Just as Dell announced it had finalized its buyout deal, Hewlett-Packard came out swinging, criticizing its rival and declaring it's going after Dell's customers. On Tuesday, Dell, the third-largest PC maker, said executives had finalized ...
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Microsoft's $2 billion loan to Dell, the world's third-largest seller of personal computers, was a signal that the personal computer, Microsoft's Windows, or both, are at growing risk of irrelevance, analysts said Tuesday. The loan was ...
For those who call tablets personal computers, Apple Inc. is the world's top PC maker, according to research firm Canalys. Canalys reported Wednesday that one in five PCs shipped in the fourth quarter of 2012 was an Apple device, and most ...
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Dell's buyout deal should give the company renewed business flexibility and stealth, but its customers need to know if Dell will be in the PC market for the long haul. "Now, Dell will be able to better compete with HP, Lenovo, IBM and ...
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Dell customers have shown mixed reactions to the firm’s decision to go private, and are watching developments closely as they consider the next steps in their product procurement plans. Some of Dell’s customers think ...
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HP has come out fighting. Following the announcement that Dell had finalised its buyout deal, the technology giant criticised its rival and claimed that it will go after Dell’s customers. On Tuesday, Dell, the world’s ...
Dell reportedly is closing in on finalizing a deal to take the company private and all the speculation is shining a renewed spotlight on the PC maker, say analysts. "The buyout speculation is helping Dell in that investors and customers ...
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Following weeks of speculation, Michael Dell has teamed up with investment firm Silver Lake to buy computer maker Dell, in a deal valued at around $24.4 billion. Following the transaction, Michael Dell will continue on as CEO and chairman ...
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IDG News Service - Increased sales of electronics and new forms of computing devices will drive the worldwide semiconductor market to growth this year after a slowdown in 2012, the nonprofit organization World Semiconductor Trade Statistics ...
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Michael Dell Dell is close to finalising a deal to take the company private, with all the speculation shining a renewed spotlight on the fledgling PC maker, according to a number of analysts. “The buyout speculation is helping ...
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Michael Dell has teamed up with investment firm Silver Lake to buy computer maker Dell, the company he founded as a 19-year-old in 1984, in a deal valued at about $24.4 billion. After the transaction closes, Michael Dell will continue as ...
According to data recently released by IDC, Apple’s share in the Tablet PC market fell to 43.6% from 51.7%, while Samsung's jumped from 7.3% to 15%. However, iPad’s dominance remains unshakable in tablet market. In addition, ...
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Worldwide tablet sales jumped in the fourth quarter beyond even some of the most optimistic forecasts to 52.5 million - a growth rate of 75 per cent. The preliminary survey by business research firm IDC showed the tablet market grew 75.3 ...
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Apple and Samsung Electronics led the tablet market in the fourth quarter of 2012, but new entrant Microsoft did not make it to the top five with its Surface tablet. The market share of Apple also continued to drop in the quarter, IDC ...
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IDC said on Friday that Microsoft shipped an estimated 900,000 Surface RT tablets last quarter, barely missing the top five device makers, and illustrating that demand was “muted at best”. “There is no question that ...
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