Apple's Mac has been punished by shifting consumer tastes just as has the overall PC industry, data from the company's earnings statements show. But in the end, Apple may not care. "I think PC, and Mac, volumes will continue to shrink ...
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Microsoft's Business division, which manages the company's Office cash cow, recorded a 5% revenue bump in the first quarter over the same period in 2012, an increase driven by a surge in enterprises signing long-term licensing agreements. ...
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Microsoft Took another hard knock this month when top tech researchers laid much of the blame for dwindling first-quarter PC sales on the beleaguered Windows 8 operating system. Estimates of first-quarter shipments, from both IDC and ...
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Some of the biggest names in IT including IBM, Microsoft, Google and Intel reported quarterly earnings this week, revealing a picture of the tech sector that, while not as gloomy as had been feared, is nevertheless mixed. The earnings ...
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Even though PC shipments were down 14% last quarter, Microsoft's Windows division yesterday posted revenue about the same as the last year, making up for slumping sales to OEMs with impressive growth in long-term licensing agreements sold ...
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Blackstone Group has given up its bid for Dell, less than a month after the private-equity fund manager said it was planning to top an offer from founder Michael Dell and private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners. In the so-called ...
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Intel's outgoing CEO took a few parting shots at Microsoft's Windows 8 Tuesday as he explained a slump in both revenue and profits for the first quarter. Paul Otellini, who will retire from Intel next month, joined a chorus of others, ...
Blackstone Group has given up its bid for Dell, less than a month after the private-equity fund manager said it was planning to top an offer from founder Michael Dell and private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners. In the so-called ...
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Net income declined to $2.04bn for the quarter Intel has reported a slight decrease in its first quarter revenue to $12.6bn, compared to $12.9bn for the corresponding period in 2011, partly due to PC sales slide. Revenue declined 7%, ...
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Intel, the world's largest chip manufacturer, has not adjusted its sales forecasts for 2013, despite a drop in first quarter revenue and a slump in PC sales. Revenue for Q1 2013 was $12.6bn (£8.2bn), down from $12.9bn (£8.4bn) ...
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Don't blame Windows 8 for plummeting PC sales, a retail analyst said today. "It wasn't about Windows 8, it was much more about the price challenges facing OEMs," said Stephen Baker of the NPD Group, citing U.S. retail sales data the firm ...
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The looming retirement of Windows XP won't stem the dramatic drop in PC sales this year, but it may help bolster Microsoft's revenue, analysts said today. Although experts expect some business laggards to buy new hardware as they try to ...
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Asian acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene producers Thursday said a sharp drop in ABS demand in China in the first quarter of 2013 could be linked to a record decline in worldwide sales of personal computers as reported by the US-based research ...
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Intel's Atom processors designed for netbooks could be on their last leg, with analysts saying that the chip maker could be tweaking its product road map as PC sales tumble and tablet adoption widens. Intel's most recent Atom processor ...
Microsoft’s stock took a beating over the weekend after a pair of research firms said PC shipments in the first quarter were down as much as 14 percent from the year before. As of 4pm on Thursday, shares of Microsoft were down ...
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