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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Windows 8 computers are catching up to their older Windows 7 counterparts, the latest tests from our labs show—likely at least partly due to manufacturers catching up with driver updates. In particular, two Dell laptops with Windows 8 ...
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Cyber criminals have moved beyond the traditional PC, targeting Android, social media and even the Mac OS X with new attacks, according to Trend Micro’s 2012 Annual Roundup and Mobile Security reports. Malware targeting Android alone ...
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It was just last week that Fedora Linux 18 "Spherical Cow" made its official debut, but since then the Red Hat-supported distribution has been all over the news for a variety of reasons, not all of them complimentary. First came the news ...
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Because of struggling economy of developed countries, global demand for consumer electronic products declined in 2012. However, it is expected to rebound in 2013, growing by one trillion U.S. dollars. Although industry researchers said ...
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Music Computing, the makers of advanced computer-based production stations and leading edge touchscreen products releases CoreMC (Gen3), the world's most powerful PC designed for audio and video production. The concept was to use ...
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It was assessed by SunSirs that in the tracked 100 spot commodities,20 commodities increased in prices, 20 fell and 59 remained unchanged on 24/01/2013.The largest rises were Phenol (1.50%),Coke (0.79%),Color coated sheet (0.68%),while the ...
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GammaTech Computer Corp., a major international manufacturer and supplier of innovative notebook and tablet computers, will showcase its Durabook line of mobile rugged tablets and convertible computers at West 2013, January 29 - 31. ...
Under the helm of new CEO Steve Bennett, Symantec late yesterday outlined a re-organization intended to lead to a leaner company and a new range of security and backup services and products, built primarily on internal research and ...
Mac sales plummeted in the fourth quarter of 2012, falling 22% from the same period the year before, with computer sales accounting for a record low percentage of Apple's total revenue of $54.5 billion. The decline in Mac sales was ...
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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Lenovo on Monday played down reports that it was interested in buying Research In Motion, saying that the BlackBerry maker was one of many companies it was looking at as a potential takeover target. Lenovo's chief financial officer, Wai ...
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