Analyst: 'big 'bang' to hit PC and handset industry

Intel rethinks Netbooks: 'Fine for an hour' but...
The smallish designs may not be the next big thing after all. Intel, whose Atom chip powers most Netbooks, says it now foresees mostly incremental gains.

AST founder seeks room inside the PC
Safi Qureshey's Quartics aims to create a new type of processor for Netbooks that would augment the CPU and graphics chip for handling things like Flash movies and video conferencing.

Memo to Intel: Netbooks morphing into notebooks
Some Netbooks will look more like notebooks in the coming months.

iPhone gaining ground with lower-income fans
The iPhone might have been one of the most expensive--and therefore trendiest--smartphones of 2007, but this year more parts of the economic spectrum are getting in on the action.

HP gets serious about Netbooks
After its test run with the Mini-Note 2133, Hewlett-Packard adds a line of inexpensive Atom-powered notebooks to its arsenal.