Weakness in the global economy, component shortages, sluggish demand for Windows 8 and the popularity of tablets all contributed to another double-digit percentage decline for the global PC market in the second quarter. PC shipments in ...
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At US$99, the mini PC developed by thin-client expert Young Song is meant to be affordable. In fact, the price is so low, most consumers won't hesitate to buy one, he said Wednesday. But unlike other mini PCs that run Windows, this one ...
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After months on the market, Windows 8 tablets have yet to rack up the sales Microsoft and PC vendors were originally hoping for. But on Monday Taiwanese PC maker Acer showed what could be the first of many Windows 8 tablets to come in ...
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Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics manufacturer, has become the latest company to back Mozilla's Firefox OS and is developing more than five devices running the mobile operating system for its customers. The Taiwanese ...
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Taiwan's MediaTek has launched a new quad-core ARM processor for tablets that is slated to be used in an upcoming IdeaTab device from Lenovo. The MT8125 chip features a quad-core processor built with ARM's Cortex A7 CPU and can run at up ...
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Hewlett-Packard has introduced a new wave of Envy and Pavilion thin and light laptops, including an 11.6-inch touchscreen model priced aggressively at $399. The lineup includes three TouchSmart laptops with touchscreens and two non-touch ...
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As PC sales remain sluggish, analysts expect Taiwanese vendors Acer and Asustek Computer to try to seize today's changing tech market with low-end Android tablets, for which consumer demand is high. Acer hopes to ship up to 10 million ...
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While first day sales for Microsoft's Surface RT tablet attracted a long line in Beijing back in October, demand for the device in China has been low, as shipments reached only 30,000 units during the fourth quarter, according to research ...
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Analyst firm says vendors missed the potential excitement of touch Analyst firm Gartner says that the launch of Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system had little effect on PC shipments in the fourth quarter. The firm's analysts said that, ...
According to IDC, Windows 8 should shoulder part of the blame for a worse-than-expected dip in Q4 PC sales because it failed to spark a surge in PC buying by making completely clear the benefits of the new operating system. During the ...
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despite the October release of Microsoft's new operating system,Windows 8,which was supposed to have stimulated a spike in PC and laptop sales. According to figures from analysts IDC,global PC sales fell by 6.4 per cent in the fourth ...
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Computer sellers have scaled back their expectations of the sales pop they'll get from Windows 8 this year, an analyst said recently. Brian White of Topeka Capital Markets said that his checks of Asian computer manufacturers -- the ...
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If the PC industry can't come up with a better way to make the PC a part of our Internet-crazed lives, then it will continue down its current path to becoming a has-been in the high-tech world. That's the message from Intel CTO Justin ...
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Have you noticed that it's just not cool to be in the PC business these days? Granted, it's been no secret that the PC industry has been taking it on the chin for more than a year. With a down economy and people excited about new, smaller ...
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Shipments of Windows laptops and desktops have hit new lows as tablet shipments continued to rise during the second quarter of this year, Canalys Research said in a study released on Tuesday. Combined shipments of tablets and PCs totaled ...
Tags: Windows, laptops, desktops, second quarter