On the back end of an earnings season that by many accounts could have been worse, tech investors appeared to be in the mood to celebrate on Friday, sending shares of IT companies higher as key stock-market indexes hit milestone highs. ...
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Acer has placed its bet in the tablet wars on low pricing, introducing a $169 Android tablet with a 7.9-inch screen. The Iconia A1 is full-featured, has an "accessible" price and will raise the stakes in the tablet wars, said Jim Wong, ...
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Retailers share part of the blame for poor Windows 8 sales and the ensuing decline of PC shipments, analysts contended today. Microsoft's radical overhaul of Windows has been cited by some to explain plummeting PC shipments, but the very ...
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A Qualcomm executive Friday defended Windows RT tablets despite poor initial sales, saying the mobile device chip maker is "very optimistic with the future of Win RT." Qualcomm currently supplies ARM-based Snapdragon processors for ...
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Hewlett-Packard on Monday kicked off a series of upcoming PC announcements with new ProBook 400 series laptops, including a 15.6-inch model with a touchscreen. The new laptops are 36 percent thinner and 18 percent lighter than their ...
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McAfee plans to acquire Stonesoft, a Helsinki-based maker of firewalls, for US$389 million in cash, the companies said Monday. The Intel subsidiary said firewalls are one of the fastest growing products in network security, which it plans ...
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Intel is expected to announce its fourth-generation Core processors code-named Haswell for laptops and desktops in June, but the company is already releasing teasers that talk about their performance. The Haswell laptop chip will deliver ...
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Armed with a contract to build chips for Sony's PlayStation 4 gaming console, Advanced Micro Devices has now officially established a custom-chip business unit in an effort to break away from its heavy reliance on the slumping PC market. ...
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A major problem with using Windows 8's touch-screen interface on a traditional computer has been having to reach across a keyboard to touch the display. Today, I was able to see firsthand a touch-screen laptop design that may solve this ...
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Dish Network chairman Charlie Ergen said Wednesday that his is an American company, and the modernization of Sprint Nextel's network will have to be done from the U.S. with operations control in the country, and English speaking staff. ...
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After a vetting process that lasted a little more than six months, Intel has named Brian Krzanich as its next CEO, succeeding Paul Otellini, who will officially hand over the reins of the chip giant at the company's annual stockholders' ...
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Toshiba plans to expand its tablet offerings in the U.S. later this year as it explores more screen sizes and price points. The company will introduce new Windows 8 and Android tablets at multiple price ranges in the U.S., said Carl ...
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With Intel's new CEO ready to step up next month to lead the world's largest chip maker, industry analysts don't expect to see any big change in strategy. Brian Krzanich, Intel chief operating officer and senior vice president, was named ...
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Intel, the largest chip manufacturer in the world, has named Brian Krzanich, a 30-year veteran of the firm, as its new CEO. The Intel board of directors unanimously elected Krzanich, who has held the role of Intel COO since January 2012, ...
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Jolla, the smartphone operating system start-up set up by refugees from Nokia, is to announce the availability of new mobile devices running its Sailfish operating system this month. The devices will be available, according to the ...