Soon after the world’s largest Personal computer manufacturer, Dell Inc. announced the industry's largest voluntary safety recall of its 4.1 million batteries it has reported a huge drop in its second quarter profits by 51% to $502 million from $1.02 billion last year. The Securities and Exchange Commission would also be investigating into its accounts.

Dell will roll out new servers based on microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Dell said on Thursday (August 17) that it will launch its first desktop computers with AMD processors in September.

Bangalore -- Ybrant Technologies Inc, which delivers support services and software tools for enterprise e-marketing, has yesterday announced the launch of its second unit in Hyderabad, India.

The Dell battery debacle, as expected, has started the passing the buck game between Dell and Sony. The recall of 4.1 million batteries by Dell over concerns of their overheating, is likely to put a big dent in the bottom lines of both the companies. The loss of goodwill will be an added cost.

Advanced Micro Devices introduced a new version of its prevailing Opteron processor, in an attempt to expand on the momentum and market share the company has acquired in the server market in the past three years. The Next-generation AMD Opteron family was launched on Tuesday, featuring industry-leading performance-per-watt and outstanding virtualization capabilities.

Dell woke up to the fact that its laptop batteries pose potential fire hazard after the US Consumer Product Safety Division (CPSD) received six such complaints. Thankfully, no one was hurt in the incidents. The consequence: The US computer maker is recalling an estimated 4.1 million laptop computer batteries made for Dell by Sony.

Tamil Nadu will soon turn into the power hub of India, thanks to Tamil Nadu’s very active Chief Minister M Karunanidhi and his investment friendly policies.

A statement released by the US Department of Homeland Security has warned all the PC users to be aware of a bug, which if exploited, could put a PC under the control of an attacker. The statement released advises the Window PC owners to update their systems or be prepared to face hackers.