Computer sellers have scaled back their expectations of the sales pop they'll get from Windows 8 this year,an analyst said today. Brian White,of Topeka Capital Markets,said that his checks of Asian computer manufacturers--the relatively ...
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Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday launched new FirePro processors that include CPUs and graphics processors, a change from previous FirePro chips that only had graphics processors. The new FirePro A300 series processors combines CPUs and ...
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Lenovo Monday said that its lighter, quicker ThinkPad, unveiled last spring as part of an effort to attract buyers more interested in smartphones and tablets than PCs, will go on sale later this month. Lenovo's ThinkPad X1 Carbon. And ...
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IDG News Service-Emerging chip technologies that Arm Holdings announced on Wednesday could help to power mobile networks that are being asked to handle more traffic with more fine-tuned controls. The provider of the dominant architecture ...
Computerworld - In its 73 years, Hewlett-Packard has had bad quarters, but perhaps none like the one it posted Wednesday. Its $8.9 billion loss was huge, but there was little drama about it. HP's CEO, Meg Whitman, is already deep into a ...
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A new file backup feature in Windows 8 that Microsoft trumpeted this week will help users protect their data but it is incomplete and far from unique, according to analysts. The feature, called File History, is innovative because it makes ...
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Microsoft and several online retailers today revealed more Windows 8 pricing information, and began taking pre-orders for the operating system. The prices were unveiled in a Microsoft blog post and by several online retailers, including ...
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Dell will continue offering Windows 7 even after the release of Windows 8 at the end of October, the company said. The Windows 7 OS, which reached PCs in October of 2009, will be offered as an option to commercial and gaming customers, ...
Apple will be the world's largest chip buyer this year because of the surge in demand for the company's products, enabling it to command lower prices and quicker delivery, IHS iSuppli said in research released on Wednesday. The company's ...
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The PC market in Western Europe is changing, which could transform the way businesses procure PCs. The latest PC market share data from Gartner shows Acer grew 15.3% to become western Europe's second biggest PC supplier. Asus grew 42.3% ...
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If the PC industry can't come up with a better way to make the PC a part of our Internet-crazed lives, then it will continue down its current path to becoming a has-been in the high-tech world. That's the message from Intel CTO Justin ...
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Apple retained the top spot in a survey released Tuesday by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index, which also found that the tablet market is spurring PC makers to improve the quality of their products. The satisfaction rate for ...
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Worldwide ultrabook shipments are falling short -- way short-- of expectations, according to a report released Monday. IHS iSuppli, in a forecast earlier this year, said 22 million ultrabooks would be sold this year. However, the analyst ...
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Intel will make a major mobile push at the Intel Developer Forum next week as the company tries to remain relevant in a market where tablets and smartphones are becoming an alternative to PCs for everyday computing. Intel is at a critical ...
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Shipments of Windows laptops and desktops have hit new lows as tablet shipments continued to rise during the second quarter of this year, Canalys Research said in a study released on Tuesday. Combined shipments of tablets and PCs totaled ...
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