Gartner has lowered its expectations for growth this year in global IT spending, saying it will rise 2% to $3.7 trillion. Earlier this year, the analyst firm predicted 2013 growth of 4.1%. The reduction "mainly reflects the impact of ...
Global growth in IT spending is slowing, according to analyst group Gartner, which forecasts that total spending in 2013 will amount to $3.7 trillion, an increase of just two per cent on the $3.6 trillion that it believes was spent ...
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Gartner today projected that the overall decline in shipments of desktop and laptop PC's will be 10.6 percent in 2013,while tablet shipments will grow by 67.9 percent. The trend toward'anytime-anywhere'computing has been underway for ...
Walmart has begun selling the Chromebook in 2,800 of its approximately 4,600 U.S. stores, expanding the reach of this still-on-the-margins platform. Staples will also be selling the Chromebook in 1,500 stores, Google said on Monday. ...
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While Windows 8 is getting blamed for dismal PC sales, upgrading laptops and desktop systems isn't a priority for business users, according to new research. Businesses are increasing capital spending, but they are directing that money at ...
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Microsoft today announced it's struck a deal with Best Buy to create 600 stores-within-stores in the U.S. and Canada to sell customers on Windows 8, the Surface tablet line, and new PCs and devices from other OEMs. The move, which ...
MICROSOFT is trying to fix what it got wrong with its radical makeover of Windows. It's making the operating system easier to navigate and enabling users to set up the software so it starts in a more familiar format designed for personal ...
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When it comes to tablets, Microsoft and its OEMs don't know where they're going, an analyst said today. "There's still the idea that they don't quite get it," said Carolina Milanesi of Gartner in an interview. "And I don't think the ...
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Despite dismal forecasts for PCs and servers, tech stocks have been doing well on optimism about cloud technology and mobile devices. A fresh batch of dire forecasts for the hardware market came out this week, yet tech stocks have ...
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Microsoft today revealed some of the changes in Windows 8 due to reach customers in a month, but didn't address what analysts called the biggest barrier to the OS's success. That would be Windows 8 apps, dubbed "Modern" apps, or if one ...
Lenovo, the world's second-largest PC maker, has recorded a 90 per cent hike in net profit for the March quarter compared to a year earlier. The Chinese firm beat analysts' expectations by reporting a quarterly net profit of $127m ...
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Intel’s upcoming family of Core processors, code-named Haswell, will offer 50 percent more battery life in laptops than did their “Ivy Bridge” predecessors, Intel said on Thursday. Haswell chips were designed with ...
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PC sales in China and high growth in smartphones shipments helped boost Lenovo’s net profit for its fiscal fourth quarter by 90 percent year-over-year. For the quarter ended March 31, Lenovo’s net profit was US$127 million, ...
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IDC today drastically lowered its forecast for PC shipments in 2013, a prediction that if accurate means more bad news for Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system. "Lower PC sales are certainly not a positive for Microsoft," said Loren ...
Intel's upcoming family of Core processors, code-named Haswell, will offer 50% more battery life in laptops than did their "Ivy Bridge" predecessors, Intel said on Thursday. Haswell chips were designed with laptops and tablets in mind, ...