Hewlett-Packard is taking an $8.8 billion charge as a result of what it called serious accounting improprieties that occurred at U.K. software company Autonomy before it acquired the firm in 2011. Taking the charge into account, HP ...
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Computerworld-Intel CEO Paul Otellini is getting ready to leave the company,and analysts say this could be a good change for the world's largest chip maker. Intel announced on Monday that Otellini,62,will retire in May after nearly four ...
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Taiwanese PCB (printed circuit board) makers reported mixed operation results for the third quarter, with Compeq Manufacturing Co., Ltd. Witnessing after-tax net income surging the most sequentially and Unitech Electronics Co., Ltd. ...
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Holiday wish lists may deal another blow to the PC industry, according to a new survey. Asked if they'd rather receive a PC or a tablet as a holiday gift, 59% of respondents in a PriceGrabber survey opted for the tablet, the price ...
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Lenovo's CEO said on Thursday he expects the market will gradually move away from entertainment-focused tablets in favor for convertible PCs,which he said can strike a balance between the functions of touch-based tablets and the ...
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Lenovo said Thursday its net profit for the fiscal second quarter increased by only 13% year-over-year, marking a shift from the high profit growth the company has previously seen. For the fiscal second quarter ending on Sept. 30, ...
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IDG News Service - Intel gained PC microprocessor market share over Advanced Micro Devices during the third quarter, but worldwide shipments of x86 chips declined at rates not seen in more than a decade, according to Mercury Research. ...
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Looking beyond PCs and tablets,Lenovo on Monday announced the first server from the newly formed Enterprise Product Group,which deals in servers,storage,networking and software. The ThinkServer TD330 is a tower server based on Intel's ...
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The LED backlighting industry is expected to see production value of US$2.69 billion in 2013, about the same as this year, reported market research firm LEDinside yesterday. LED, or light-emitting diode, has become a popular technology, ...
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Taipei, Oct. 24, 2012 (CENS)--LED maker Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. vows to snatch 50% of the non-Apple tablet PC backlight market next year. The company predicts to outperform other Taiwanese backlight manufacturers in revenue this ...
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Taiwan LED maker Unity Opto Technology Co., Ltd. has targeted to snatch 50% of the non-Apple tablet PC backlight market in 2013. Unity Opto attributes its advantage outperforming other Taiwanese backlight manufacturers in revenue this ...
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Computerworld-ORLANDO--Enterprises won't move quickly to adopt Windows 8,and most will wait till the year after next,according to market research firm Gartner. Users at Gartner's Symposium/ITexpo conference tended to back up the view that ...
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Computerworld - The Windows division's share of Microsoft's revenue last quarter dropped to a four-year low as Windows 7 sales stalled before the launch of Windows 8, financial data released by Microsoft yesterday showed. The Windows and ...
Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices(AMD)posted third-quarter revenue figures of$1.27 billion(£0.79bn),a 10 per cent decrease on Q2 figures,and a 25 per cent year-on-year decline.This was in line with revised guidance issued by the firm ...
Tags: AMD, chip, job cuts, computing devices, steep decline in the PC market
IDG News Service-Chip company Advanced Micro Devices on Thursday said it would lay off 15%of its workforce as it tries to inch back to profitability at a time when the PC market is slumping. The company will lay off close to 1,800 of its ...
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