A supposed rear shell for Apple's rumored budget iPhone has been leaked. But whether the image is legitimate or not, would a low-cost iPhone boost Apple's fortunes? More...

It turns out that it's actually cheaper to fly from Australia to the United States, purchase Adobe CS6, then fly back, than it is to pick up a copy of the software in a local Australian store More...

With 802.11n poised to become the mainstream Wi-Fi standard, chips suppliers are racing to lower their costs and offer affordable single-chip solutions at 90nm and below in order to get a head-start in the market,... More...

Wal-Mart has denied rumors of placing a substantial order with a Taiwan-based consumer electronics manufacturer, Fuh Yuan, and TDK in China to manufacture $250-299 HD DVD players. "The article... was full of inaccuracies and we... More...

Samsung Electronics Company Limited will be very selective in choosing new markets for its mobile phones and will not take on handset leader Nokia in the cheapest models, said Samsung Chief Executive Yun Jong-yong: "Nokia... More...

In March, Kodak will introduce three printers, priced at $149.99, $199.99 and $299.99, that use much cheaper ink - the move is expected to put pressure on the company's rivals. Unveiled in New York, the... More...

Dell customers can upgrade from Microsoft Windows XP to the Media Center operating system for half the price as part of a promotion running from now until Nov. 22. The Round Rock,... More...

The ISP formerly known as Freeserve, Wanadoo, has launched a very cheap 1 megabit ADSL option. Wanadoo will be making the service available for a very reasonable £17.99 per month. The service will be charging... More...

America Online on Thursday said it plans to sell a low-priced PC targeting low-income and minority households who agree to sign up for a year of dialup Internet service. The online unit of Time Warner... More...

Aiming to foil the advent of Linux and attack software piracy in emerging markets, Microsoft plans to expand its cheap Windows XP Starter Edition offer to more countries, a company executive said Thursday. Windows XP... More...

America Online is entering the low-priced ISP market with a service under the Netscape name that will be priced at about $10 monthly. Customers can get the Netscape unlimited Internet access service for just $1... More...

MEMORY FIRM Kingmax said it has released a DDR 500 memory module which it described as "hard core" and "hyperband". According to Kingmax, since Intel introduced its "PAT" technology, a number of motherboards have "hit... More...

When a new crop of tablet PCs debuts next week, they aren't likely to be cheap. Prices of tablet PC models from Acer, Toshiba and Viewsonic, posted on CompUSA's Web site this week, range... More...

UK BOX SHIFTER Evesham Micros has jumped on the Lindows bandwagon, offering a PC running the operating system for a mere 249 quid. US buyers were offered a Lindows PC for $199 but since... More...

At the beginning of the year, recordable DVD drives were a high-end item found only in top-notch desktops. But by the end of the year, consumers will likely be able to get them in $1,000... More...

Both AMD and Intel proudly claim they can make chips cheaper than the other guy, but after going through the math and examining the two companies' divergent strategies, analysts conclude it's a dead heat. ... More...

Over at the also very spicey Digitimes today we learn that Microsoft will push its suppliers of DVD drives down by around 30 per cent, as part of a general cost cutting exercise before.... ... More...

Taiwan's SiS is to release an integrated chipset for cheap Pentium 4 PCs PCs with Intel's Pentium 4 processor will get a little cheaper next month with the release of a new... More...