Samsung is considered a bellwether for the global technology industry due to its size and market share in important businesses, from memory chips and LCD panels to mobile phones. The strong results show demand for technology products remains resilient in the face of the global recession.

Much of this was the result of customers eschewing pricier, higher-end versions of its products, such as Premium, Ultimate or Enterprise. Those higher-end versions, Dell 1691P Battery ,what the software maker calls "Premium Mix," made up 59% of Windows sales during the the quarter, down from 72% a year ago, hurting Microsoft's margins.

To make the case for more performance, Intel showed a Calpella laptop with a 32nm processor running a brain scan application from a company called Vital Imaging. This application takes 10 minutes to run on current Intel laptops,Fujitsu FMV-BIBLO MR16B  Batteries but the next-generation can complete the scan in only two minutes, according to Intel. “EMTs can take this on the road and do imaging on the fly in an ambulance,” Chandrasekher said. “At the point of care delivery, the caregiver will be able to make decision 5X faster.” Calpella, the next iteration of Intel’s Centrino mobile platform, is due late this year, initially with 45nm Clarksfield processors based on the Nehalem architecture, followed by 32nm Arrandale chips sometime in the first half of 2010.

Microsoft recently debuted Bing, a new search engine it hoped would fare well in comparison to Google. It’s got some fine innovations, and shows the company is thinking very hard about better ways to present information to users by finding ways to synthesize data, Fujitsu FMV-BIBLO NE Batteries rather than just retrieving links. Still, despite these improvements, a $100 million ad campaign, and generous press coverage that treats Bing like an underdog, Bing gained only a point in June to get Microsoft 8.2 percent of all searches.

Eight, freakin, hours. I couldn’t believe it. In my lightest test, the new Dell Inspiron 6400 Battery lasted eight hours and eight minutes. That’s with the screen at half brightness (completely usable) and no funny optimizations. The notebook is just playing music and surfing through a lot of my old reviews. There’s no way this could be right. Maybe my test was too light?

Netbook shipments will double this year, while mainstream laptop Sony VGP-BPS2C Battery shipments will remain flat, research firm DisplaySearch said on Monday.

Netbook shipments this year could reach around 32.7 million units, propelled by competitive pricing and improved hardware capabilities. Shipments will be close to double that of 16.4 million netbooks that shipped last year, said John Jacobs, director of laptop research at DisplaySearch.