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Intel's Upcoming Family of Core Processors Will Offer 50% More Battery Life in Laptops

May 28, 2013

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 ...

Tags: battery life, CNME, computer news middle east, Computex, core, graphics

PC Sales in China and High Growth in Smartphones Shipments Helps Boost Lenovo's Net Profit

May 28, 2013

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, ...

Tags: Asia, call, China, CNME, computer news middle east, computers, consumer

Hewlett-Packard Reported a 32% Drop in Profit for Its Second Fiscal Quarter

May 28, 2013

Hewlett-Packard reported a 32% drop in profit for its second fiscal quarter, due partly to slower sales of PCs and servers. HP's revenue for the quarter, ended April 30, was $27.6 billion, down 10% from the same period last year, the ...

Tags: HP, PC, Computer

Intel's Upcoming Family of Core Processors,Code-Named Haswell

May 28, 2013

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, ...

Tags: Intel, Haswell, Laptops

PC Sales in China and High Growth in Smartphones Shipments

May 28, 2013

PC sales in China and high growth in smartphones shipments helped boost Lenovo's net profit for its fiscal fourth quarter by 90% year-over-year. For the quarter ended March 31, Lenovo's net profit was $127 million, the company said on ...

Tags: Lenovo, Smartphone, Profit

AMD Today Launched Three New Additions

May 24, 2013

AMD today launched three new additions to its 2013 A-Series and E-Series Mobile Accelerated Processing Unit (APU) lineup – delivering solutions ideally positioned to address today’s evolving PC market with dramatically increased ...

Tags: AMD Amplifies, Graphics

A Boutique System Builder Has Bucked The Industry Trend of Slumping PC Sales

May 22, 2013

A boutique system builder has bucked the industry trend of slumping PC sales by continuing to focus on selling Windows 7 machines. Auburn, Wash.-based Puget Systems grew sales 20% in 2012, said Jon Bach, president of the independent PC ...

Tags: PC, Computer Products, Windows 7

A Strong Stock Market Could Open The Floodgates for More Tech IPOs in The Wake of Debut

May 17, 2013

A strong stock market could open the floodgates for more tech IPOs in the wake of Friday's solid debut of Marketo and Tableau, but not all segments of IT may be able to ride the wave. Marketo, which sells cloud-based marketing software, ...

Tags: Tech IPO, Tableau, Marketo

PC Shipments in Western Europe Declined by 20.5% During The First Quarter

May 17, 2013

PC shipments in Western Europe declined by 20.5% during the first quarter: The only vendors to see shipments grow were Lenovo and Apple, which returned to the top five. Shipments during the quarter dropped to 12.3 million, compared to ...

Tags: PC shipments, Lenovo, Apple

Windows 8 Update Will Be Formally Released as Windows 8.1 and Will Be Free for Customers

May 16, 2013

Microsoft's Windows 8 update, code-named Windows Blue, will be formally released as Windows 8.1 and will be free for customers who have the new OS installed. Windows 8.1 will be an "update" for both Windows 8 and for Windows RT, the ...

Tags: Windows, Microsoft, Computer Products

Microsoft Plans to Release a Preview Version of Windows 8's Update

May 9, 2013

Microsoft plans to release a preview version of Windows 8′s update, code-named Windows Blue, at the end of June, according to Julie Larson-Green, a corporate vice president in charge of the OS's development. Larson-Green didn't say ...

Tags: Windows, Computer Products

Microsoft's Update of Its Windows 8 Operating System, Code-Named Windows Blue

May 9, 2013

Microsoft's update of its Windows 8 operating system, code-named Windows Blue, will be available later this year, supporting a variety of form factors and display sizes, and providing more options for both businesses and consumers. "The ...

Tags: Microsoft, Windows

Asus Plans on Getting Behind Google's Chrome OS and Will Launch a Notebook Running The OS

May 8, 2013

Taiwanese PC maker Asus plans on getting behind Google's Chrome OS and will launch a notebook running the OS in the second half of this year, said company CEO Jerry Shen. The Google-developed OS is still in its early stages, but "market ...

Tags: Asus, Chromebook

Acer Issues a $169 Android Tablet with a 7.9-Inch Screen

May 7, 2013

Acer has placed its bet in the tablet wars on low pricing, introducing a $169 Android tablet with a 7.9-inch screen. The Iconia A1 is full-featured, has an "accessible" price and will raise the stakes in the tablet wars, said Jim Wong, ...

Tags: Android Tablet, Computer Products

AMD Has Established a Custom-Chip Business Unit to Break Away From Its Reliance on The PC

May 6, 2013

Armed with a contract to build chips for Sony's PlayStation 4 gaming console, Advanced Micro Devices has now officially established a custom-chip business unit in an effort to break away from its heavy reliance on the slumping PC market. ...

Tags: AMD, Chip Business, PCs

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