With Facebook preparing for its mysterious press conference on Tuesday, speculation is surging that the announcement could be about anything from a new smartphone, a new mobile plan to a new search feature. Last week, Facebook invited ...
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Microsoft's Surface RT tablet sold 1 million units in the fourth quarter, fewer than expected, according to a UBS analyst. The analyst, Brent Thill, had expected 2 million Surface RT tablets to sell. In a note to investors, he said that ...
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Microsoft sold just one million Surface tablets in the fourth quarter of 2012, according to UBS analyst Brent Thill. That's 19 million fewer than the number of iPads sold by Apple in the same quarter, and half the number Thill originally ...
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Tablets and smartphones are more popular than ever, but PCs will continue to dominate how we use the internet and work. That's according to a new report by analysts at Deloitte, which examines the top technology trends for 2013. The ...
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Dell, the world's third-biggest PC vendor, is in talks that could see it taken over by private equity, according to reports. However, discussions with TPG Capital and Silver Lake are currently at a preliminary stage and financing has ...
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PC shipments fell 4.9% in Q4 despite the launch of Windows 8, reports Gartner. Laptops fell 11% and desktops declined 6%. PC shipments totalled 90.3m in Q4. EMEA sales fell 9.6% to 28m units. Asia-Pac sales fell 1.8% to 30m units. US ...
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Sales of Microsoft’s Surface RT tablet failed to meet expectations in the fourth quarter of 2012, selling just 1 million units, according to a UBS analyst. The analyst, Brent Thill, had expected 2 million Surface RT tablets to sell. ...
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Growth trends of the (source: Industry Data, Steme Agee Estimates) According to foreign media reports, the investment firm Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu published an Investment Report on Monday, pointing out that the strong demand for ...
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Vendor earnings, market research reports and the International CES in Las Vegas this week highlighted the hardware arena, which appears to be a tale of two sectors with very different fates: PCs and mobile devices. The PC market continues ...
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Shortages of touch-enabled Windows notebooks led to a steeper-than-expected decline in PC sales last quarter, an analyst said. According to IDC, global PC shipments in 2012's fourth quarter fell 6.4% compared to the same period in 2011, a ...
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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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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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Google on Thursday upgraded Chrome, improving the browser's start-up performance and patching two dozen security vulnerabilities. Chrome 24 contained few major changes. That's typical, as Google usually refreshes its browser every six to ...
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IDG News Service - IPv6, the next version of the Internet Protocol, could make life easier and battery life longer for electronics-addicted consumers. Much of the push for IPv6 has been focused on the requirements of enterprises and the ...
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Microsoft and a respected researcher disagreed this week about whether a bug in Windows RT is actually a security vulnerability that should be patched. The bug, revealed Jan. 5 by a hacker known as "clrokr," can be used to bypass a ...
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