PC sales in China and high growth in smartphones shipments helped boost Lenovo's net profit for its fiscal fourth quarter by 90% year-over-year. For the quarter ended March 31, Lenovo's net profit was $127 million, the company said on ...
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Samsung will soon release its first Android tablet based on an Intel Atom processor, according to a source familiar with the plan, in what would be a vote of confidence for Intel chips in mobile devices. The tablet, a Galaxy Tab 3, will ...
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A boutique system builder has bucked the industry trend of slumping PC sales by continuing to focus on selling Windows 7 machines. Auburn, Wash.-based Puget Systems grew sales 20% in 2012, said Jon Bach, president of the independent PC ...
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LIKE several Japanese technology firms, Toshiba has its back to the wall. The vagaries of the yen, decline in demand for TVs and computers and Japan's earthquake and Tsunami in 2011 left manufacturers wounded. Case in point is Toshiba ...
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This week during the Google I/O developers conference, Vivante Corporation announced product readiness for the latest Android Jelly Bean 4.2.2 operating system update. Today's Google TV? products featuring the Vivante GC1000 IP cores ready ...
PC shipments in Western Europe declined by 20.5% during the first quarter: The only vendors to see shipments grow were Lenovo and Apple, which returned to the top five. Shipments during the quarter dropped to 12.3 million, compared to ...
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The tie-up will enable companies in the travel trade to reach users of Lenovo PCs, smartphones and tablets globally. Technology firm Lenovo and 3rd Planet, an interactive 3D travel online media, have signed a deal that will see them ...
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Apple retook its spot as China's fifth largest smartphone vendor in the first quarter, as the country's market grew to triple the size of the U.S.'s. Apple had an 8 percent share of the smartphone market, while Samsung continued to lead ...
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Hewlett-Packard is barely holding on to the top spot in the laptop and desktop market, but hopes a renewed vigor regarding product design will help reverse the fortunes of its PC business. The company is standardizing the design and ...
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As part of Microsoft's loan of $2 billion to a group trying to buy PC maker Dell, the two companies must modify the payment terms of Dell's current agreements with Microsoft, a document filed with U.S. regulators said. CEO and founder ...
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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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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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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There's no need to sacrifice performance or portability if you're looking to save a few bucks on a new laptop. We turned up several models in our latest batch of Ratings that don't cost a fortune but come close to performing as if they do. ...
Toshiba has announced its WT310, a Windows 8 tablet to rival Microsoft’s Surface Pro. With Windows 8 Pro, an 11-inch Full HD screen and an Intel Ivy Bridge Core processor, Toshiba is taking aim the Surface Pro and other business ...
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