AMD is anticipating gross margin to be 31% less during the third quarter. Chip maker Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is planning to lay off nearly about 2,340 jobs, 20% to 30% of its total workforce of about 11,700. The Chip ...
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The latest predictions from researcher IDC show a continuing increase in tablet sales from the end of 2012 all the way through 2016,according to the company's latest Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker. IDC raised its estimate for the ...
Computerworld - Windows 8 has delivered no bump to flagging consumer PC sales in the U.S., a retail research analyst said today. "There wasn't any pop at all," said Steven Baker of the NPD Group. "The hope was that Windows 8 would shift ...
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Tablets will outsell laptops for the first time ever this quarter,at least in North America,and will continue to outsell them next year. That's according to NPD DisplaySearch,whose Quarterly Mobile PC Shipment and Forecast Report suggests ...
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IDG News Service-Apple's iPad shipments for China nearly doubled in the third quarter,after Apple settled in July a lengthy dispute over the iPad trademark name that once threatened to ban the device from store shelves in the country. ...
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Analysts predict that cloud computing will play a larger role in mobility and consumerization of IT, Windows Phone and Android tablet sales will grow and there will more hot-desking in large organisations in 2013. IDC head of research ...
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IDG News Service-Taiwanese PC maker Asus saw major growth in its tablet shipments in the third quarter with the launch of Google's Nexus 7 and projects the shipments will reach at least 10 million units next year. In this year's third ...
Computer chip maker Intel has reported falls in both sales and profits in the third quarter,saying the results"reflected a continuing,tough economic environment". The company reported a net profit of$2.97bn for the quarter ending 29 ...
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Hewlett-Packard has outlined a turnaround plan that includes slashing the number of PC models it sells by 25 percent over the next two years. At its financial analyst day in San Francisco on Wednesday,HP also painted a weak financial ...
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IDG News Service-Worldwide IT spending remains on course to grow by 6%in 2012 despite the grim economic situation in Europe,thanks to strong software,storage,smartphone and tablet sales,according to IDC. While 2012 has been a tough year ...
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Amazon's new tablet lineup, ranging from a $159 repriced Kindle Fire to the all-new $499 Kindle Fire 8.9-in. HD 4G, pose little threat to Apple's tablet dominance, several analysts said. On Thursday, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos unveiled several ...
Amazon on Thursday heated up the tablet competition with the introduction of new Kindle Fire HD tablets, including a model with LTE capabilities and another model with an 8.9-inch screen that can display images at a resolution of ...