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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Lenovo's CEO said sales of its Windows 8 PCs have been "normal", neither surpassing nor falling behind expectations, but added that PC-tablet convertible devices using the OS are helping the company break into the high-end segment for the ...
Lenovo's profit for its fiscal third quarter grew by 34% over last year, as the company also reported that its smartphone business in China had become profitable for the first time. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Lenovo's net profit ...
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According to Japanese media, the Japanese mobile phone company NTT DoCoMo announced that it would launch a cheap tablet PC at a price of only 9,975 yen (about 709 yuan) in March this year. Despite the low price, the Tablet PC is ...
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U.S. market research firm NPD DisplaySearch (hereinafter referred to as "NPD") announced the Tablet PC market forecast on Jan.7. The report says, in 2013, global shipments of tablet PCs will reach 240 million units, exceeding ...
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Revenue at Microsoft's Windows division was up 11% in the fourth quarter of 2012, bucking the long-running trend where the company's OS sales have mirrored PC sales. But the unexpected results, which made Windows the company's top ...
After a number of rumours last week surrounding Microsoft's and Sony's chosen hardware for their next-generation game consoles, a new report from Eurogamer's Digital Foundry states that both machines will contain AMD Jaguar processors. ...
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Acer’s still hoping for Windows 8 sales to take off, but in the meantime, the company has been pleasantly surprised with sales of its Chromebooks. Since November, Chromebooks have accounted for 5 percent to 10 percent of ...
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Microsoft reported a drop in profit for the second quarter of its fiscal year, though revenue increased, thanks partly to a 24 percent jump in sales from its Windows division. Microsoft's revenue increased 2.7 percent to US$21.46 billion ...
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Together they consumed $45.3bn of semiconductors during the year Samsung has overtaken Apple by becoming the top global semiconductor consumer in 2012, according to a new report from Gartner. Gartner's design total available market ...
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Apple's revenue grew but profit was flat in its first fiscal quarter of 2013, during which sales of iPhones and iPads rose, but Mac and iPod shipments dropped. Apple reported a net profit of $13.1 billion for the quarter ended Dec. 29, ...
Acer is trying to adapt to the slowdown in the PC market by shutting down its eMachines unit and refocusing Gateway and Packard Bell to offer new products that are "beyond the PC." Earlier this week, Acer took charges to the tune of ...
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Intel's decision to leave the desktop motherboard business is a smart move in a troubled market, analysts said Wednesday. Intel confirmed to Computerworld on Wednesday that it will slowly back off the desktop motherboard business over the ...
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Intel's decision to leave the motherboard business is a smart move in a troubled market, analysts said Wednesday. Intel confirmed to Computerworld on Wednesday that it will slowly back off the motherboard business over the next three ...
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With a tough 2012 behind it, Advanced Micro Devices hopes to return to profitability this year through cost-cutting, new chips and other measures, executives said Tuesday. The moves include releasing new chips this year for laptops and ...
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