U.S. market research firm NPD DisplaySearch (hereinafter referred to as "NPD") announced the Tablet PC market forecast on Jan.7. The report says, in 2013, global shipments of tablet PCs will reach 240 million units, exceeding ...
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Microsoft reported a drop in profit for the second quarter of its fiscal year, though revenue increased, thanks partly to a 24 percent jump in sales from its Windows division. Microsoft's revenue increased 2.7 percent to US$21.46 billion ...
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Strong demand for Android tablets helped boost Carphone Warehouse's sales in the final quarter of 2012, the firm announced in its Q3 financial statement. Like-for-like revenue in the UK was up 16 per cent as the retailer's tablet sales ...
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With a tough 2012 behind it, Advanced Micro Devices hopes to return to profitability this year through cost-cutting, new chips and other measures, executives said Tuesday. The moves include releasing new chips this year for laptops and ...
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Advanced Micro Devices' financial struggles continued in the fourth quarter, with revenue sinking 32 percent due to slow chip sales and charges tied to restructuring and inventory adjustments. AMD reported revenue of US$1.16 billion for ...
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A strong Q4 helped. The fourth quarter of 2012 saw Google generate revenue of $14.4bn (£9bn), up 36 per cent on the same period in 2011. Total revenue from outside the US accounted for 54 per cent of Google's sales for the quarter. ...
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Intel saw its sales and profits drop in 2012 as the company was hit by slower demand for personal computers and its continued inability to make it big in the smartphone and tablet markets, although its data center business continued to ...
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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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Microsoft has announced that its business-oriented Surface Windows 8 Pro tablet computer will debut in the US and Canada in February with a lofty starting price of $US899 ($A851). Microsoft also said that the consumer-focused version of ...
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A new report from Gartner states that worldwide IT spending is set to total $3.7 trillion in 2013, marking a 4.2% increase over 2012. “Uncertainties surrounding prospects for an upturn in global economic growth are the major ...
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Sharp has drastically cut-back production of 9.7-inch touchscreens for Apple's iPad, shifting its focus to the 7.85-inch screens that it makes for the iPad Mini at its Kameyama plant in Japan. The news caps a slowdown that began in ...
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With buyout talks gaining steam, analysts say Dell Inc. could be looking to free itself from quarterly distractions and shareholder pressures - a move they said could be good for the world's No. 3 PC maker. "I can see where it would look ...
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HCL Infosystems has predicted that tablets will overtake smartphones and laptops to become the number one device used by consumers by the year 2015. Speaking at the launch of HCL Infosystems’ new range of tablets for the Middle East ...
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The PC market may be taking a beating but chip maker Advanced Micro Devices is has no plans to move toward the hot new market: smartphones. Mark Papermaster, chief technology officer at AMD, made it clear in an interview with ...
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Microsoft has sold more than 60 million Windows 8 licenses so far, a number that is "roughly" in line with the performance of Windows 7 at the same stage of its release three years ago, according to Tami Reller, CFO and chief marketing ...