PCs were upstaged by tablets, smartphones and TVs at this year's International CES show, with some companies maintaining a smaller presence or holding back product announcements for a later date. There were fewer product announcements ...
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IDG News Service - Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system failed to provide a spark to PC sales during last year's fourth quarter, with worldwide unit shipments falling by 6.4% compared to the same quarter in 2011, according to research by ...
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Despite a major push by rival Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard has held onto its position as the top seller of PCs worldwide, according to IDC. The researcher Thursday reported that HP maintained its worldwide PC lead in the fourth quarter despite ...
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According to IDC, Windows 8 should shoulder part of the blame for a worse-than-expected dip in Q4 PC sales because it failed to spark a surge in PC buying by making completely clear the benefits of the new operating system. During the ...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook expects China to become the company’s largest market, surpassing the U.S. Optimistic about the potential of the market, the company now plans to exceed its original target of 25 official Apple stores in the ...
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Nokia beat profit forecasts for the final quarter of 2012,with healthy sales of the Lumia smartphone helping to boost its results. The October to December period saw Nokia return to underlying profitability on the back of 6.6 million ...
despite the October release of Microsoft's new operating system,Windows 8,which was supposed to have stimulated a spike in PC and laptop sales. According to figures from analysts IDC,global PC sales fell by 6.4 per cent in the fourth ...
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IDG News Service - Apple CEO Tim Cook expects China to become the company's largest market, surpassing the U.S. Optimistic about the potential of the market, the company now plans to exceed its original target of 25 official Apple stores ...
Tags: China, Apple, Largest Market, Computer Products
Point-of-view camera makers iON and GoPro hawked new devices at the International CES,in the wake of explosive growth in the market in recent years. To see coverage of iON's and GoPro's newest cameras,watch a video on YouTube. IDC ...
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IDC says Big Data market outstripping IT as a whole by sevenfold. IT systems management firm Kaseya said firms must be mindful of the complexities of handling Big Data projects, and also bear in mind the "worrying skills shortage" in the ...
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IDG News Service - As TVs get higher resolution and bigger displays, while getting cheaper over time, cable operators may be able to cover an entire wall of your home with a screen that includes two full-size TV shows plus weather, upcoming ...
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By Mark DeWeaver. On December 13 the ISX amended the Iraq Depository Center (IDC) bylaws to prohibit investors from owning the same names in accounts at different brokers. The new rule, which went into effect on January 7, requires anyone ...
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Microsoft’s Internet Explorer (IE) turned things around in 2012, posting an annual usage share gain for the first time in the last eight years, according to data published earlier this week by a Web analytics company. Net ...
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Computerworld - Microsoft's Internet Explorer (IE) turned things around in 2012, posting an annual usage share gain for the first time in the last eight years, according to data published earlier this week by a Web analytics company. Net ...
IDG News Service - Lenovo is reorganizing its operations into two business groups, in an apparent move to leverage the company's ThinkPad brand to better compete in the market. The reorganization, which will be completed on April 1, seeks ...
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