Microsoft's $2 billion loan to Dell, the world's third-largest seller of personal computers, was a signal that the personal computer, Microsoft's Windows, or both, are at growing risk of irrelevance, analysts said Tuesday. The loan was ...
Free from the bright lights of Wall Street, Dell's decision to go private is likely to lead to the company downplaying if not entirely eliminating consumer products in favor of building out its enterprise product portfolio, analysts said. ...
A watch that doubles as a computer and two-way radio has been a technology vision since at least the 1950s. Recently, reports that Apple is building an iWatch have lit a fire under the smart watch concept, at least in part because of ...
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Apple sold more phones in Japan than any other manufacturer last year, rising above local manufacturers for the first time, according to a research firm. The report from Counterpoint Research, based in Hong Kong, said Apple had a 15% ...
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The head of IBM's mainframe group is looking to bring mobile and social workloads into the platform in another move that would help the mainframe stay relevant and fend off competition from lower-cost systems. The mainframe has confounded ...
Intel has scaled back plans for the next version of Itanium in a move that raises questions about the future of the 64-bit server chip, used primarily in Hewlett-Packard's high-end Integrity servers. In a short notice posted quietly to ...
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A two per cent profit margin is 'success' for a PC manufacturer, according to Lenovo's COO of EMEA, Gianfranco Lanci. Lenovo overtakes Acer’s EMEA PC sales but HP remains top Analysis: PC makers need to shape up or ship out HP ...
The Governments of West African country of Nigeria and Southeast Asian nation of Indonesia have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) on technical cooperation for development of Micro, Small and Medium Enterprises (MSMEs) in Nigeria. ...
According to a number of reports, Apple is experimenting with watch-like wearable devices with some smartphone capabilities, as the company looks at new product categories to populate. Apple has discussed the design with manufacturing ...
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A picture is worth a thousand words; the grey line in a graph from MetroStore Scanner, a site that keeps unofficial tabs on new additions to the Windows Store, shows the growth rate over the Windows Store over the past 15 days. It’s a ...
Intel has scaled back plans for the next version of Itanium, raising questions about the future of the 64-bit server chip, used primarily in HP’s high-end Integrity servers. In a short notice posted quietly to its website on January ...
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Could a return to an integrated technology 'stack' turn out to be the perfect way to build and grow private clouds for the enterprise? HP thinks so - and has some strong arguments to back up its claims, too. CBR reports. In April last ...
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IDG News Service - Increased sales of electronics and new forms of computing devices will drive the worldwide semiconductor market to growth this year after a slowdown in 2012, the nonprofit organization World Semiconductor Trade Statistics ...
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DELL has unveiled plans to go private in a $US24.4 billion ($23.4bn) deal which would give founder Michael Dell a chance to reshape the former number one PC maker. "I believe this transaction will open an exciting new chapter for Dell, ...
Huawei squeezes HTC and enters the top 5 of global smart phone. IDC released smart phone rankings of the fourth quarter of last year, which was a major reshuffle. Chinese continent brand, Huawei, beat South Korea's LG and Taiwan's HTC with ...
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