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NEC Computers has launched a kit that will allow IT administrators to quickly "downgrade" machines running Windows Vista Business to Windows XP Professional.

A week to the day since NEC launched its new SX-9 supercomputer, the company has its first order.

NEC has sold its Packard Bell BV unit to companies controlled by John Hui, the former owner of e-Machines, NEC said Monday.

Mandriva, now the third-largest Linux distributor behind Red Hat and Novell, is pushing to move from its consumer and small-business market niches into the realm of enterprise IT.

Europe-based computer maker NEC Computers is teaming up with Paris-based Linux vendor Mandriva to develop and sell a line of server, desktop and laptop computers than run Mandriva Linux for the business, home and education markets in Europe.

The US District Court for the District of Delaware has granted a request by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) that documents be preserved for use as evidence as the company pursues its antitrust litigation against Intel, AMD said Monday.

These days, higher processor speeds alone aren't enough to justify the purchase of a new PC.

Three new products emerged from NEC Computers Inc. Tuesday, as the company expanded its fault-tolerant server offerings, released a new midrange server, and provided users with some extra storage room.

NEC Computers Inc. will unveil its highest performance notebook to date on Monday, based on Intel Corp.'s 1GHz mobile processor.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) has been claiming for some time that there is more to performance than clock speed in its battle with chip giant Intel Corp., and now the company is ready to bet on it with the launch of its Athlon XP family of processors.

With Hewlett-Packard Co. (HP) and Compaq Computer Corp. focused on merging, the competition could jump in and take away customers, said two competitors. Fujitsu Siemens Computers BV, itself the result of the merger two years ago of Siemens AG's Computer Systems division and Fujitsu Computers Europe Ltd., said the takeover of Compaq by HP is something that could backfire on both companies.