THE ailing personal computer market is getting weaker, and it's starting to look like it will never fully recover as a new generation of mobile devices reshapes the way people use technology. The latest evidence of the PC's infirmity ...
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A "perfect storm" of struggling PC companies, aversion to Windows 8 and wider mobile-device adoption plunged the already struggling PC market into a free fall during the first quarter this year, according to the latest report from research ...
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Intel has doubled the speed of the Thunderbolt data transfer technology, which will soon shuttle data between host computers like Macs and peripherals at a rate of 20Gbps. This is the first big speed boost for the interconnect, which has ...
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Dell last week released a filing to the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) that highlighted commercial considerations that led to the firm looking to go private, citing the financial outlook for the PC market as a primary reason. ...
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Microsoft is hoping to build momentum behind its Surface Pro tablet in China by launching a special edition including Office Home & Student 2013 -- but with Windows 8 Standard, rather than Windows 8 Pro. Microsoft's Surface Pro 128 GB ...
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Early models of Google's wearable computer, Glass, may be manufactured in the U.S., according to a report. The Glass eyewear, which is still in development, is expected to be built in Silicon Valley, the Financial Times reported, citing ...
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The US government is to introduce a "cyber espionage review" process into future purchases of IT after the measures were passed in a new funding law signed this week by President Obama. It follows reports in the press since the beginning ...
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In the midst of its latest campaign to fight piracy in China, Microsoft has signed an agreement with Lenovo to ensure that its PCs ship with licensed versions of Windows software on its computers As part of the agreement signed Tuesday, ...
InFocus has announced a 55-inch touchscreen PC with Windows 8, which has an upgradeable design that is uncommon in all-in-one PCs. The Big Touch PC comes with a detachable hardware unit that contains a processor, storage and memory and ...
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Lenovo is updating the design of its ThinkPad laptops to keep them up-to-date in a market where computers are getting thinner and lighter at a fast rate. The ThinkPad's external appearance isn't changing a great deal, but it is getting ...
Based on a study of 10,000 U.S consumers, Apple and HP earned the top spots in the computer sector of the 2013 Temkin Experience Ratings. At the other end of the spectrum, Sony and Lenovo were the lowest-rated computer makers. "Apple ...
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As PC sales remain sluggish, analysts expect Taiwanese vendors Acer and Asustek Computer to try to seize today's changing tech market with low-end Android tablets, for which consumer demand is high. Acer hopes to ship up to 10 million ...
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There appears to be no end to the Chromebook phenomenon, which has seen PC maker after PC maker jump onto Google‘s Chrome OS-powered bandwagon. Samsung, Acer, Lenovo, and HP have all joined the fray, and this week Acer expanded its ...
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On March 1, "Fortune" magazine publishes "2013 Global Most Admired Companies" list and Baosteel is again on the list.. According to this year's "Fortune" list, Apple, Google, Amazon rank the top three of the Most Admired Companies and ...
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Yang Yuanqing, CEO of Lenovo Said may consider the acquisition of the BlackBerry. Affected by this news, the BlackBerry rose 14% on Monday. BlackBerry began to examine various strategic choices since last year, the reason was that its ...
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