New outsourcing kid on the block: Costa Rica
The Costa Rican outsourcing industry is preparing to step up its emerging IT expertise, as it builds on some existing successful outsourcing contracts while struggling with the agonies of moving rapidly out of third-world country status. More...

AMD unveils new Opterons
Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices' new Opteron processors come with advanced power management technology that the company says will give OEMs and system builders an additional tool to get into large-scale data centres. More...

Symbian claims smartphone shipments doubled in 2004
Smartphone platform vendor Symbian this week said that 14.4 million smartphones using its Symbian OS were shipped in 2004. More...

HP won't spin off printer business: Winkler
Acknowledging a "large moose on the table" following last week's ouster of Hewlett-Packard Chairman CEO Carly Fiorina, HP executive vice president Mike Winkler this week told several thousand channel partners that the company remains committed to its current strategy and isn't interested in spinning off its highly profitable printer business. More...