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Severe flooding in Thailand, which has taken the lives of almost 400 people and nearly obliterated its rice crop export, has resulted in a laptop shortage that will undoubtedly cause prices of electronics to rise, just in time for the holiday shopping season.

Lenovo Group Ltd, the world's No.2 PC brand, posted a better-than-expected 88 percent rise in second-quarter profit, helped by acquisitions and an increase in sales in emerging markets such as China.

Lenovo Group Ltd, the world's No.2 PC brand, posted a better-than-expected 88 percent rise in second-quarter profit, helped by acquisitions and an increase in sales in emerging markets such as China.

South Africa's Allied Technologies Ltd is in talks to pay up to $60 million for unlisted Kenyan IT firm Symphony, according to a person familiar with the matter, to help revive its struggling business in fast-growing east Africa.

Indian authorities seized computer equipment from a data center in Mumbai as part of an investigation into the Duqu malicious software that some security experts warned could be the next big cyber threat.

Indian authorities have seized computer equipment from a data center in Mumbai as part of an investigation into the Duqu malicious software that some security experts warned could be the next big cyber threat.

Prices for hard drives are jumping as flooding in Thailand creates a shortage of the major components used in personal computers, while one big customer is already complaining of price gouging.

Now that Dropbox has a comprehensive group collaboration offering, it is finally on-par with Box.net. Which is the best cloud solution for you?

Now that most U.S. technology companies have reported quarterly results, the upshot is that they largely dodged any bullets from the European economic crisis.

Dell on Tuesday unveiled a new flagship ultra-thin laptop XPS 14z, whose thinness (0.9 inches) and low price ($999) could pit it as a formidable rival of Apple's MacBook Pro. The XPS 14z features the second-generation Intel Core i5 / i7 processors, an HD WLED display for great entertainment experiences, a slot-load optical drive and NVIDIA graphics option. Its unique design maximizes screen size, delivering a 14-inch screen in a 13-inch form factor.

Dell versus Apple in a showdown of thin laptops.

In a sold-out theater in downtown Manhattan, two miles from the square where anti-Wall Street demonstrators daily use iPhones, iPads and other devices to mobilize their forces, a performance artist named Mike Daisey is mounting a subversive attack on Apple Inc.

A looming shortage of hard drives caused by floods in Thailand threatens to disrupt computer manufacturers as soon as December and hurt tech giants like Intel , Apple and Dell .

Apple shares opened down about 4.3 percent after the world’s most valuable company reported fourth-quarter results that narrowly missed analyst estimates.

After weeks of speculations and rumors surrounding it, iPhone 4S reached the hands of Apple's fans on Friday. The other Apple device that made rounds along with iPhone 4S was iPad 3.

Hewlett-Packard Co's personal computer shipments grew 5.3 percent in the third quarter, while China's Lenovo overtook Dell to become the world's No. 2 PC maker for the first time, according to data from two influential research firms.

Hewlett-Packard Co's personal computer shipments grew 5.3 percent in the third quarter, while China's Lenovo overtook Dell to become the world's No. 2 PC maker for the first time, Gartner data showed.

If Apple truly is “insanely great” as co-founder Steve Jobs would have it, the availability of iOS 5 could be his true will and testament. It's a gigantic effort to seal loyalties of as many as 250 million global customers who will upgrade their current products, then set the stage for the roll-out of iPhone 4S, prospective iPhone 5, iPads and more.

Explosive growth of the tablet sector, compared to tepid PCs sales, have led market researcher Gartner to conclude the computer industry is irrevocably shifting to tablets.

T-Mobile USA, which was selling 7-inch Samsung Galaxy Tab, the G-Slate and Dell streak earlier, has announced two new Android tabs with Huawei Springboard with Google, and Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1.

It is rumored that Amazon.com has received more than 250,000 preorders for the Kindle Fire - the online retail giant's competitively-priced tablet computer - in the five days since its launch. However, the Kindle Fire, priced at $199, will only be shipped from Nov.15. If you're unwililng to wait that long, you could look at a few other options, apart from the iPad 2. Here is a list of some Android-based tablets.

Hewlett-Packard Co could face a troubled turnaround, with tough challenges that could result in underwhelming revenue and earnings growth, JP Morgan said, resuming coverage of the Silicon Valley company with an underweight rating.

Information technology people unite! It's OpenWorld time and here's what you need to know.

The tech-savvy handymen over at iFixit broke into the new 27-inch Apple Thunderbolt Display - if meticulous dis-assembly constitutes 'breaking in.' The sleek design of the product includes a limited number of backside ports, including three powered USB 2.0 ports, a FireWire 800 port, a Thunderbolt port, and a Gigabit Ethernet port. The display, which is mostly unchanged from the previously released Apple Cinema Display, utilizes the same screen as Dell's competing UltraSharp U2711 27-in...

Private African-American businesses, especially in areas with large black populations like the greater Washington, D.C., area and Los Angeles have done well, winning major federal contracts for critical IT projects. The important thing is not to be the CEO of Xerox, eAccess founder John W. Templeton told IBTimes. The important thing is to be the one who creates the next imaging device.

The conference realignment rumor mill has slowed down a bit recently, but several conferences could still expand in the foreseeable future, including the SEC.

Texas A&M is officially headed to the SEC in 2012 and despite commissioner Mike Slive's assertions the conference is content at 13 teams, it's only a matter of time before the SEC looks to round up its base to 14 or more.

Amazon has unveiled its Kindle Fire tablet, so how will Apple keep its iPad customers loyal?

It has been barely a year since HP's last CEO shakeup and already the company is moving in a new direction, dismissing Léo Apotheker and bringing Meg Whitman on board as full time CEO.