Lenovo's profit for its fiscal third quarter grew by 34% over last year, as the company also reported that its smartphone business in China had become profitable for the first time. For the quarter ended Dec. 31, Lenovo's net profit ...
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Acer’s still hoping for Windows 8 sales to take off, but in the meantime, the company has been pleasantly surprised with sales of its Chromebooks. Since November, Chromebooks have accounted for 5 percent to 10 percent of ...
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The scale of global semiconductor sales in 2012 down 3% compared with 2011, to 297.6 billion dollars. Among them South Korea's Samsung Electronics purchases increased 28.9% year-on-year, reached 23.9 billion dollars to be the global sales ...
According to Japanese media reports, the most authoritative global IT research and advisory firm Gartner consulting firm (gartner) released a 2012 Global electronics manufacturers, semiconductor accessories demand survey report on January ...
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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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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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A cheaper iPhone ? A deal with China Mobile ? Despite having neither of the two, Apple reported strong earnings in the Chinese market in its fiscal first quarter, with revenue buoyed by triple digit growth in iPhone sales. The company's ...
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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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Taiwan-based LED packaging house Unity Opto recently received an order for 20,000 street lamps from Europe, therefore, the firm expects first-quarter 2013 revenues to show an on-year increase of 60%. In addition to the street lamp orders, ...
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Microsoft has identified 13 PC resellers based in Shanghai that it claims have been distributing counterfeit versions of its Windows OS, and the company could take legal action against them if a settlement isn't reached. Microsoft made ...
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Dell is said to be close to being bought out for about $24bn (£15.1bn) as the crisis amid PC makers takes its toll on one of the world's largest technology firms. The company, which has switched its focus from producing PCs to ...
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Monday’s opening keynote, “The Impact of Robotics on Economic Growth,” drew a 50/50 split of attendees for both ProMat and Automate, according to a show of hands requested by presenter Henrik Christensen, KUKA Chair of ...
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Oliver Ebel, Executive Director and General Manager, Lenovo Middle East and Africa Lenovo announced on Monday that it is now the number-four PC manufacturer in the Middle East and Africa, based on the latest preliminary results from IDC ...
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Lenovo announced a rugged ThinkPad X131e laptop starting at $429 with Google's Chrome OS. Lenovo joins Acer and Samsung as companies offering laptops with Chrome OS. The X131e, announced Thursday, has an 11.6-inch screen and runs on an ...
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Chinese firm Lenovo has overtaken Acer in the volume of EMEA PC sales made by quarter, to become the second biggest PC maker in the region, behind HP. According to figures for the fourth quarter of 2012 from analysts IDC, a sustained ...
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