Apple kick-started pre-orders of the iPad Mini early today, and within hours, sold out the white model in all three Wi-Fi configurations. Pre-sales for the iPad Mini -- at 7.9-in., Apple's first downsized tablet -- started just after ...
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The Apple effect is rubbing off on Citrix, with the desktop virtualisation specialist posting 16% year-over-year growth for the second quarter of 2012. Sales of iPads and tablet computers have driven adoption of XenApps, said Citrix CEO ...
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Facebook has shown Wall Street that it's finally starting to figure out how to make money from its vast array of mobile users. It's third quarter financial report, which showed a significant increase in mobile users and mobile revenue, ...
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Computerworld - Apple's suppliers had a banner July, providing yet another clue that the company has geared up production to release a new iPhone and a smaller iPad in four weeks, an analyst said. According to Brian White of Topeka ...
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IDG News Service - Hewlett-Packard has found new leadership for its Autonomy information management software division in the form of Microsoft executive Robert Youngjohns, HP announced Friday. Former Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch left the ...
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Even Apple has been hit by the computer sales tailspin in the U.S., research firms IDC and Gartner said yesterday. The two companies projected that U.S. Mac sales during the quarter ending Sept. 30 were down from the same period the year ...
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Google's CEO Larry Page spoke for the first time in public in months, addressing the company's annual Zeitgeist conference in Paradise Valley, Arizona on Tuesday, a spokesman confirmed. Page has not spoken in public since June, when a ...
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While hardware and components makers face economic hurdles, the picture for software is getting brighter, according to earnings reports from major vendors and mid-year market research polls. Vendors and analysts lay much of the blame for ...
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Facebook boosted revenue by 32% in its first earnings report as a public company, bringing in $1.18 billion and topping analysts' expectations slightly. The company reported a loss of $157 million for the quarter ended June 30, noting ...
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IBM has shown interest in acquiring the vital enterprise services business of struggling smartphone maker Research in Motion, according to a Bloomberg report on Friday. The report cites two unnamed sources, including one person who said ...
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Marissa Mayer has her work cut out for her at Yahoo. The fading Internet star reported its second-quarter financial results Tuesday, in which revenue and profit both dipped slightly from a year earlier. Subtracting commissions paid to ...
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Samsung is considering buying Research in Motion or licensing RIM's BlackBerry 10 operating system, Jefferies analyst Peter Misek wrote in a note to investors this week. "Among other options, we believe Samsung is considering ramping up ...
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Taiwanese PC maker Acer, revising its estimates, does not expect "explosive growth" for Windows 8 devices when the Microsoft operating system launches in October, with its company CEO citing a lack of consumer interest as one of the ...
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Lenovo said on Thursday the company was not worried about Microsoft's new Surface tablet, with its CEO stating the PC maker is confident it provides better hardware than its competitors including Microsoft. "They (Microsoft) are strong in ...
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Increased talk of a September launch of the next iPhone, as well as a new, smaller iPad -- if accurate -- would make it easier for Apple to erase the bad taste of the second quarter and beat its own lowered expectations this quarter, a Wall ...
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