Stories by Sharon Gaudin

Physicist: Large Hadron Collider glitch was not unexpected

An MIT physics professor said it was completely normal that one of the hundreds of transformers failed a day after the Large Hadron Collider's first test last week.

Cray takes supercomputers to the desktop

Think of supercomputers and you tend to think of multi-million dollar machines that easily take up a football field. With miles and miles of cabling and cooling systems running beneath the floors.

Worldwide grid evaluating collider test results

The successful test run of a massive particle collider brought scientists a step closer to finding answers to a question that has haunted people for centuries: How was the universe created?

Blowing past quads, Intel launches 6-core chips

The processor world has officially moved beyond quad-core.

Former Intel engineer charged with stealing trade secrets

A former Intel design engineer has been charged with theft of trade secrets from the chip maker while secretly working for rival Advanced Micro Devices.

Lenovo halts online sales of Linux-based PCs

Lenovo is cutting back on sales of desktops and laptop systems with the Linux operating systems pre-installed.

Collider test called a 'great milestone of mankind'

Wednesday's successful test run of a massive particle collider is being called "one of the great engineering milestones of mankind."

MIT physicist gets death threat over collider experiment

An MIT physics professor and Nobel laureate has received death threats because of his involvement with the Large Hadron Collider, which performed the world's biggest physics experiment Wednesday.

IDC: Sluggish economy won't slow hot laptop sales

Forget the sluggish economy. Worldwide demand for laptops is driving the PC market into an area of solid growth for the next several years, according to a study just released by IDC.

Collider probes universe's mysteries at the speed of light

With the world's biggest physics experiment ready to fire up today, scientists from around the world are hoping to find answers to a question that has haunted mankind for centuries -- how was the universe created?

AMD pushes out three more triple-core chips

Advanced Micro Devices Monday unveiled more triple-core processors, adding to several models released earlier this year.

HP unveils desktop PC family for power business users

Hewlett-Packard this week unveiled a new desktop PC family for power business users that it said offers added security and power-saving features.

Intel goes green with new low-power Xeon chips

Just weeks before Intel is expected launch its six-core Dunnington processors, the company Monday unveiled four new Xeon chips.

Report: Dell may sell off manufacturing plants

If speculation that Dell is trying to sell off its computer manufacturing plants is true, then the company could wind up being a more agile competitor in the PC market, according to multiple industry analysts.

Analyst: AMD may spin off fab plants this month

A Wall Street analyst is predicting that Advanced Micro Devices is preparing to spin off its manufacturing operations into a separate company and may announce the plan as soon as September 15.