A "perfect storm" of struggling PC companies, aversion to Windows 8 and wider mobile-device adoption plunged the already struggling PC market into a free fall during the first quarter this year, according to the latest report from research ...
Tags: PC, software, Computer Products
Intel has doubled the speed of the Thunderbolt data transfer technology, which will soon shuttle data between host computers like Macs and peripherals at a rate of 20Gbps. This is the first big speed boost for the interconnect, which has ...
Tags: Computer Products
ARE you confident about working on a notebook that stores your documents straight to the cloud? Are you happy to forgo Microsoft and Apple applications you have used for years, such as Photoshop, Microsoft Word and Excel, and Apple's iWorks ...
Tags: Chromebook, Computer Products, Consumer Electronics, software
When Apple launched the first iPad, tablets were tablets, and laptops were laptops. Sure, there were cross-over features, but aside from a few outliers, it was always pretty clear which was which. Enter Windows 8: We're now seeing tablets ...
Tags: Laptop-Tablet, Electronics, Apple
Based on a study of 10,000 U.S consumers, Apple and HP earned the top spots in the computer sector of the 2013 Temkin Experience Ratings. At the other end of the spectrum, Sony and Lenovo were the lowest-rated computer makers. "Apple ...
Tags: Consumer Electronics, apple, HP
Taiwanese PC maker Acer reported a net loss in last year's fourth quarter, weighed down by a US$120 million write-off related to its Gateway, eMachines and Packard Bell product brands. Acer said on Tuesday its fourth quarter loss reached ...
Tags: Acer, Computer Products
Taiwanese PC maker Acer reported a net loss in last year’s fourth quarter, weighed down by a US$120 million write-off related to its Gateway, eMachines and Packard Bell product brands. Acer said on Tuesday its fourth quarter loss ...
As PC sales remain sluggish, analysts expect Taiwanese vendors Acer and Asustek Computer to try to seize today's changing tech market with low-end Android tablets, for which consumer demand is high. Acer hopes to ship up to 10 million ...
Tags: Taiwan, Computer Products, Acer
There appears to be no end to the Chromebook phenomenon, which has seen PC maker after PC maker jump onto Google‘s Chrome OS-powered bandwagon. Samsung, Acer, Lenovo, and HP have all joined the fray, and this week Acer expanded its ...
Tags: Acer, Chromebook Line, C7
Sales of both versions of the Microsoft Surface tablet computer number just 1.5 million, four months after the software giant launched the devices in a fanfare of publicity. Furthermore, just 400,000 Surface Pros have been sold since its ...
Tags: Microsoft, Computer Products, software
The grumbling of PC makers is getting louder with Windows 8 doing little to spark laptop sales. The latest complaints come from Jun Dong-Soo, President of Samsung‘s memory chip division, who had no kind words for Windows 8 during a ...
IT administrators now have more control over the usage of Chrome OS devices in their organizations, with new settings covering areas like Web browsing, cookie acceptance and plug-in management. IT staffers will find the new controls in ...
Tags: Chrome OS device, Google, IT
Google has updated the IT controls for its Chrome operating system, meaning that IT administrators now have more control over the usage of Chrome OS devices in their organisations. New settings covering areas like Web browsing, cookie ...
Tags: Google, IT Controls, Chrome OS
Acer's DA220HQL looks like a giant Android tablet, with its 1920 x 1080 pixel, 21.5-inch touch screen -- but you wouldn't want to carry it around. That's because the All-in-One Android Display weighs 4.8 kilograms and has no battery, so ...
Tags: Acer, Android tablet, company news
Microsoft has done something it's historically been loath to do: discount prices for the copies of Windows it sells to computer makers, online reports said today. Both the Wall Street Journal and the Asian electronics supply chain ...
Tags: Microsoft, computer, company news