Apple dominated the global tablet market last quarter on the back of record sales, a research firm said today, and reclaimed a massive lead over rivals. The Cupertino, Calif. company's share of all tablet sales jumped 44% in the second ...
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Apple will be the world's largest chip buyer this year because of the surge in demand for the company's products, enabling it to command lower prices and quicker delivery, IHS iSuppli said in research released on Wednesday. The company's ...
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The reported slow early sales of Microsoft's Surface RT tablet have raised a question among IT analysts -- does Microsoft truly want to produce boffo sales of the new device? Some analysts say that Microsoft can't afford to have smashing ...
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An aggressive iPad Mini cannibalization rate could add as few as 3 million tablets to Apple's bottom line in what is shaping up to be a record total for the quarter, an analyst said today. Cannibalization -- as opposed to replacement -- ...
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Reports of the drastic decline of e-readers amidst an explosion in multi-use tablets re-ignited a passionate debate in technology: Is a single-purpose device better and worth the cost, compared to a multi-function device? "I love my ...
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Microsoft's upcoming Surface Pro tablet sums up the company's seeming strategy with Windows 8: That business users can do with one device what they currently accomplish with two. "The Surface Pro is designed for people who want a premium, ...
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Samsung Display will terminate its contract to supply LCD panels for Apple due to financial pressures caused by Apple's tight supply chain management, according to a news report published in The Korea Times on Monday. Samsung can't ...
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US government anti-dumping penalties on imports of solar cells from China could suspend nearly half of solar module shipments to North America this year, impacting pricing, inventories and project timelines, according to an IHS iSuppli. ...
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With the purchase of Elpida Memory, the third-largest DRAM maker, Micron Technology not only becomes a Tier 1 supplier, but also catapults itself into the mobile space as a supplier to leading smartphone and tablet makers, including Apple. ...
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Google's new $199 Nexus 7 tablet takes advantage of Nvidia's Kai reference design, a proprietary technology that allows for a cheaper display and memory components that work in concert with a high-performance quad-core Tegra 3 processor. ...
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Microsoft's launch of Windows 8 amid great fanfare yesterday left many users wondering whether the new operating system can prove a big boost to the ailing PC market. Analysts said today that while Windows 8 may help keep the business ...
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Computerworld - Fred Abounader, a performance systems engineer at chip maker AMD, recently deployed a 6TB all-NAND flash storage array into a virtual server test environment. The result, he said, was astounding. In AMD's virtualization ...
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If the PC industry can't come up with a better way to make the PC a part of our Internet-crazed lives, then it will continue down its current path to becoming a has-been in the high-tech world. That's the message from Intel CTO Justin ...
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Computerworld - Intel needs to generate a lot of excitement at its annual developers conference this week -- not just around the company but also around the whole PC industry. After Intel lowered its third-quarter revenue forecast last ...
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Apple retained the top spot in a survey released Tuesday by the American Consumer Satisfaction Index, which also found that the tablet market is spurring PC makers to improve the quality of their products. The satisfaction rate for ...
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