Tablets will be rated based on the Energy Star specification in the future. The specification will be part of the Energy Star version 6.1, according to documents posted on the U.S. Energy Star website. But a date for ratings on tablets ...
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The continuing decline in PC sales worldwide potends a "structural shift" in the market for personal computing devices, says Gartner. Gartner Monday reported that fourth quarter shipments of personal computers were nearly 5% less than in ...
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HP is to axe staff from its Autonomy business in a shake-up that will also see the company take on 50 new engineers. In an email published by AllThingsD, Robert Youngjohns (pictured), who took over as Autonomy CEO from Mike Lynch in ...
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Tablets and smartphones are more popular than ever, but PCs will continue to dominate how we use the internet and work. That's according to a new report by analysts at Deloitte, which examines the top technology trends for 2013. The ...
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Dell, the world's third-biggest PC vendor, is in talks that could see it taken over by private equity, according to reports. However, discussions with TPG Capital and Silver Lake are currently at a preliminary stage and financing has ...
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PC shipments fell 4.9% in Q4 despite the launch of Windows 8, reports Gartner. Laptops fell 11% and desktops declined 6%. PC shipments totalled 90.3m in Q4. EMEA sales fell 9.6% to 28m units. Asia-Pac sales fell 1.8% to 30m units. US ...
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Dell may be sold to private equity, reports Bloomberg, with the computer company said to be talking to two private equity companies - Texas Pacific Group and Silver Lake. The reports surfaced after Dell's corporate strategy boss left to ...
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The market for personal computing devices is enduring a “structural shift”, which can be seen in the continuing decline of PC sales, Gartner reported on Monday. The research firm said that fourth quarter shipments of personal ...
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Growth trends of the (source: Industry Data, Steme Agee Estimates) According to foreign media reports, the investment firm Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu published an Investment Report on Monday, pointing out that the strong demand for ...
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The US market research firm NPD DisplaySearch (NPD) announced the tablet PC market forecast on January 7, local time. The report expected that in 2013 global supply of tablet PCs will reach 240 million units, while the notebook is 207 ...
It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,20 commodities increased in prices, 18 fell and 61 remained unchanged on 11/01/2013.The largest rises were Silver (1.44%),Mild steel plate (0.80%),Tin ingot (0.47%),while ...
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Vendor earnings, market research reports and the International CES in Las Vegas this week highlighted the hardware arena, which appears to be a tale of two sectors with very different fates: PCs and mobile devices. The PC market continues ...
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Shortages of touch-enabled Windows notebooks led to a steeper-than-expected decline in PC sales last quarter, an analyst said. According to IDC, global PC shipments in 2012's fourth quarter fell 6.4% compared to the same period in 2011, a ...
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Despite a major push by rival Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard has held onto its position as the top seller of PCs worldwide, according to IDC. The researcher Thursday reported that HP maintained its worldwide PC lead in the fourth quarter despite ...
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PCs were upstaged by tablets, smartphones and TVs at this year's International CES show, with some companies maintaining a smaller presence or holding back product announcements for a later date. There were fewer product announcements ...
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