The Microsoft-Intel alliance -- the "Wintel" duopoly -- defined the PC era. For decades, the two giants worked hand in hand building the software and hardware platforms of personal computing and ...

Reading my RSS and Twitter feeds Tuesday night, I turned to a tech writer friend and said, "the Wintel Era just ended, and half of these people are fighting over whether demo tablets should have fans.

Opinion The OpenAI and Nvidia $100 billion partnership sure sounds impressive. $100 billion isn't chicken feed, even as more and more tech companies cross the trillion-dollar mark. But what does it ...

Intel and Microsoft, left out of Apple's success, are courting new hardware and software partners that have a presence in the mobile market. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and ...

The dynamic WinTel duo is splitting apart faster than the average Hollywood couple. These companies are joined by the hip in many ways. How can one of them soar just as fast as the other one is ...

The most basic, and traditional, Wintel vs Lintel TCO comparison argued that since the hardware is the same, everything comes down to the cost of the OS and applications licenses -all of which are ...

Most tech “alliances” -- two or more big companies that work together when they would otherwise head for the jugular – are just short-lived deals surrounded with blather. There just aren’t a lot ...

Propelled by the massive success of its iPad and iPhone, Apple in 2012 became the world's most valuable company. The Cupertino, Calif.-based giant, according to analyst firm IHS iSuppli, managed to ...

There are odd things hiding in the kinds of budget numbers collected by companies like IDC and Compustat. One of the oddest I saw recently was the claim (made in computerworld) that IT support costs ...

OpenOSX on Wednesday announced the release of WinTel 2.1.2, an updated version of their graphical user interface to control the open source PC emulator Qemu. WinTel costs as little as $25. OpenOSX ...

New Chromebooks announced this week signal Intel’s willingness to broaden its horizons and work with companies like Google, at the expense of its long-standing Windows partnership with Microsoft.