From InfoWorld: Dell has launched a dedicated services organization, appropriately named Dell Services, that will focus on midmarket enterprise customers. The company formed the unit by integrating Perot Systems, purchased Nov. 3 for $3.9 billion, with the enterprise services...

From InfoWorld: Google Labs on Wednesday unveiled a tool for Web designers called Browser Size, which is intended to make it easier to understand how everyone sees Web sites.

Designers can use Browser Size to gauge which parts of a Web page are visible and which are not, according...

From CNET News.com: PC shipments are the latest tech sector showing signs of life.

For the third quarter, worldwide computer shipments rose 2.3 percent from the same quarter a year ago, their first gain after three consecutive quarters of declines, according to IDC's latest...

From DailyTech: Maybe it's a coincidence, but Dell's recent round of layoffs seems to have sparked a flurry of price mistakes on Dell.com. According to the Wall Street Journal, Dell has plans to lay off 16 percent of its 4,500 strong workforce in Malaysia -- that means that 700...

From CNET News.com: Intel on Thursday previewed new Core processors and graphics technology that will become the pillar of its mainstream chip offerings.

As reported previously, Intel said it will roll out new Intel Core i processors on January 7 at the Consumer Electronics Show in...

From X-bit Labs: Elpida Memory, Japan's only supplier of dynamic random access memory (DRAM), has announced that it had completed development of a 65nm XS extra-shrink version 1Gb DDR3 SDRAM that is as cost-competitive as 50nm process memory devices.

The 65nm XS is a smaller version...

From InfoWorld: The Novell-sponsored Mono Project will announce on Thursday availability of Moonlight 2, an open source browser plug-in that brings to Unix and Linux desktops the capabilities of the Microsoft Silverlight multimedia platform.

The company also will announce an...

From PC World: While I was up in the air yesterday crossing the pond, Square Enix launched its Final Fantasy XIV beta program, giving Final Fantasy buffs a shot at early access. If you already know all there is to know about the game, you can skip straight to the action by visiting...

From CNET News.com: There are many ways to measure how Windows 7 is doing. There are reports on new PC sales, tallies of boxed copy sales, and surveys of planned enterprise adoption, to name a few.

But one of the most encouraging signs for Microsoft is the lack of phone calls it is...

From CNET News.com: Talk about unfortunate timing. Research In Motion (RIMM) has confirmed reports that Blackberry users across North America have been experiencing e-mail problems this morning. Evidently, the outage is affecting all BlackBerry users who rely on RIM's Internet-based...