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3Com Claims 'Greenest' Network Title
3Com has announced that the independent research firm In-Stat has found that 3Com's local area network (LAN) switches are up to 60 percent more energy-efficient, or 'green', than competitors' products.
Open Open Tab May 10, 2008 Provides Information
3Com Sold for $2.2 Billion Cash
3Com said Friday that it had reached a deal to be acquired by private equity firm Bain Capital and former partner Huawei Technology for $2.2 billion USD in cash. Huawei would gain a minority stake in the 3Com as part of the transaction.
Open Open Tab September 28, 2007 Provides Information
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Acer Could Block Lenovo's Growth in Global PC Market
A fast growth rate and recent acquisitions in the U.S. and Europe will extend Acer Inc.'s lead over Lenovo Group Ltd. as the world's third-largest PC vendor behind Hewlett-Packard Co. and Dell Inc., according to a study released by Gartner Inc. Wednesday.
Open Open Tab October 19, 2007 Provides Information
Acer countersues HP in PC patent row
HP: You're a patent infringer. Acer: I know you are but what am I?
Open Open Tab July 20, 2007 Provides Information
Acer Eclipses Lenovo, Takes Aim at Dell
Next year, Acer could take up to a 12 percent share of the global PC market, putting it in the position to challenge Dell, said J.T. Wang, chairman of Acer, at the company's third quarter investors' conference in Taipei on Friday.
Open Open Tab October 26, 2007 Provides Information
Acer Eyes the SMB Market
After growing its U.S. retail presence, the Taiwan-based vendor unveils low-cost notebooks for smaller businesses.
Open Open Tab December 20, 2007 Provides Information
Acer Gobbles Up Gateway
Don't be fooled by the analyses that suggest this is just a business deal.
Open Open Tab August 31, 2007 Provides Information
Acer outlook not so sunny after all
Acer has scaled back its expectations in the PC market after an optimistic forecast earlier this year.
Open Open Tab June 14, 2007 Provides Information
Acer Q1 profits down, revs revved up
Acer Inc today reported a drop in first quarter net profit after one-off investment gains this time last year.
Open Open Tab April 23, 2008 Provides Information
Acer Q3 Net Up 58% on Strong Laptop Demand
Acer is hot on the heels of rival OEM Lenovo to become the world's third-largest PC maker.
Open Open Tab October 25, 2007 Provides Information
Acer to Acquire Gateway in $710 Million Deal
Acer's plan to buy Gateway derails Lenovo's acquisition of Packard Bell and promotes the merged firm to the number three PC vendor.
Open Open Tab August 27, 2007 Provides Information
Acer trumped Dell in Q4 07 world laptop sales
Acer nudged Dell into third place in the world notebook sales chart for the last quarter of 2007, but the market leader, HP, and up-and-coming Asus experienced the most growth.
Open Open Tab March 6, 2008 Provides Information
Acer-Gateway Merger Complete
Acer announced today that it has completed the merger of its indirect wholly owned subsidiary with Gateway.
Open Open Tab October 17, 2007 Provides Information
Acer's Growth Hiccups as Lenovo Reclaims World #3 PC Maker Position
We've been using the term "resurgent" in conjunction with Acer so often that you'd begin to think it was a brand name for a new PC model. But in the quarter just ended the surge failed, so to speak, as hardware analysis firm iSuppli reports unit shipments for Acer fell by 10,000 for the first time in several quarters.
Open Open Tab September 6, 2007 Provides Information
Acer, Lenovo Deals Just the Beginning?
Why Asian companies lusting after American gems is more than a trend.
Open Open Tab August 28, 2007 Provides Information
ADI to Distribute D-Link Products
The newly added line of IP products can be used for residential and business applications.
Open Open Tab March 5, 2008 Provides Information
Adobe Quarterly Net Rises as Product Upgrades Kick In
Adobe Systems Inc., the top maker of graphic and Web design software, reported quarterly net profit rose 24 percent, powered by pent-up demand for upgrades to its two main product lines.
Open Open Tab June 14, 2007 Provides Information
Ads watchdog okays Intel 'world's best processor' claim
The UK's advertising watchdog has rejected complaints that a claim made by chip giant Intel that Core 2 Duo CPUs are the "world's best processors" is false.
Open Open Tab June 6, 2007 Provides Information
After an 11-year holdout, Iomega agrees to a buyout
It's the end of another great technology brand that came to light, shot like a comet, and then started blinking out all during the 1990s. Iomega held out as long as it could, and in the end, a nearly quarter-billion-dollar buyout may not be all that bad.
Open Open Tab April 9, 2008 Provides Information
AMD adjusts Athlon prices
AMD has juggled the prices of its desktop processors, knocking up to 27.5 per cent of various CPUs, introducing some new, low-power ones, and upping what it charges for a number of other parts.
Open Open Tab October 9, 2007 Provides Information
AMD Admits Mistakes with Quad-Core Chips
Despite struggles this year, company executives expect to return to profitability by the third quarter of 2008.
Open Open Tab December 13, 2007 Provides Information
AMD Aims for Profit
The beleaguered chip maker says pricing will remain competitive and returning to profit after four quarters of loss is its No. 1 goal.
Open Open Tab November 29, 2007 Provides Information
AMD Aims to Reverse Market Share Slide in '07
AMD has steadily lost share to Intel over the last half year in the $40 billion PC processor industry, after making strong gains against its better-known rival before that.
Open Open Tab June 6, 2007 Provides Information
AMD and ATI head for uncharted territory with 'Spider'
In an effort to make its investment in ATI pay off, AMD is rolling out its first comprehensive PC platform today, aimed carefully at the lower half of the high-dollar enthusiast market.
Open Open Tab November 19, 2007 Provides Information
AMD appoints former Dell exec to CIO
Ahmed Mahmoud brings more than 20 years of enterprise IT experience to AMD, with 13 years of those years at Dell. Most recently, he was VP of IT at Dell, and during his time there, led a series of transformational efforts across its data warehousing, virtual storefront, manufacturing, supply chain and corporate computing operations.
Open Open Tab March 11, 2008 Provides Information
AMD braces for financial mayhem from ATI acquisition
AMD, Intel's on-again, off-again rival, has given another example how it's mostly been off again over the past year, disclosing plans to take a "material" goodwill impairment charge for its $5.6bn acquisition of ATI Technologies.
Open Open Tab December 12, 2007 Provides Information
AMD Builds Second R&D Facility in India
AMD has opened a second R&D center in Bangalore, India, having outgrown its first chip engineering facility in just three years.
Open Open Tab November 29, 2007 Provides Information
AMD Business Class Helps Shave Costs
AMD Monday announced Business Class, an initiative to gain market share among small to medium enterprises. Opening the door for longer lifecycles, it will lower PC total cost of ownership, according to AMD.
Open Open Tab April 28, 2008 Provides Information
AMD chops desktop processor prices
AMD today took the axe to its desktop processor price list, knocking up to almost 30 per cent off what it charges for its gaming, mainstream and budget CPUs, as expected.
Open Open Tab July 9, 2007 Provides Information
AMD chief condemns Intel 'abuses'
AMD boss Hector Ruiz today called for an end to “illegal abuses” by Intel - the AMD competitor that controls 80 percent of the worldwide x86 microprocessor market.
Open Open Tab June 21, 2007 Provides Information
AMD denies reports of layoffs under way
Two separate AMD spokespersons denied to BetaNews this afternoon published reports that the company was already implementing a five percent workforce reduction, and that employees were already receiving pink slips.
Open Open Tab March 20, 2008 Provides Information
AMD Drops Out of Top 10 Chipmakers
Intel remains top dog of the semiconductor market as market beats expectations.
Open Open Tab November 28, 2007 Provides Information
AMD excises two senior execs, while promoting server chief
AMD is undergoing a major shakeup, forming a new product roadmap task force, promoting one senior executive, and dropping two others in the fallout.
Open Open Tab May 12, 2008 Provides Information
AMD Fights Back, But Still Treads Water
It was a quarter where AMD shipped more product than ever in its history, with 68% more mobile processors headed for trucking than at this time last year, and graphics processors adding substantially to that mix.
Open Open Tab October 19, 2007 Provides Information
AMD Gains Mobile Market Share
Overall, PC microprocessor shipments grew 14.3 percent sequentially, while revenue increased at a similar pace: 14.8 percent to $7.95 billion.
Open Open Tab October 26, 2007 Provides Information
AMD halted market share slump in Q2, says analyst
For the last six months, AMD's market share has been on the wane as arch-rival Intel regained much of the lead it lost to the smaller chip maker during 2006.
Open Open Tab July 20, 2007 Provides Information
AMD hit by birth defects lawsuit
Chip giant AMD was yesterday slapped with a lawsuit from a former worker who claims that exposure to hazardous chemicals during pregnancy had caused multiple birth defects in her son.
Open Open Tab November 9, 2007 Provides Information
AMD Hopes New Products Help Propel `08 Comeback
The chip maker plans to release a range of new products for PCs and servers that it hopes will help return the company to profitability.
Open Open Tab April 18, 2008 Provides Information
AMD Invests in Ailing Chip Company Transmeta
AMD is investing $7.5 million in energy-efficient chip company Transmeta, which has been battling falling revenue and widening losses.
Open Open Tab July 6, 2007 Provides Information
AMD Loses Its Chief Technology Officer
Phil Hester, chief technology officer and a senior vice president at Advanced Micro Devices, is leaving the company April 11 and the chip maker has no plans to fill his position.
Open Open Tab April 11, 2008 Provides Information
AMD market share down in Q4 '07
AMD may have regained some lost market share between Q3 and Q4 2007, but it was down year on year, the latest figures from market watcher iSuppli reveal.
Open Open Tab April 23, 2008 Provides Information
AMD Must Double Processor Market Share to Survive
Advanced Micro Devices needs to more than double its share of the microprocessor market to survive, according to a brief filed by the company's lawyers in its antitrust lawsuit against Intel.
Open Open Tab May 5, 2008 Provides Information
AMD Names IBM Processor Designer As Lead Engineer
AMD drastically revamped its engineering management team on Monday, in a carousel of departures and new arrivals.
Open Open Tab May 12, 2008 Provides Information
AMD now has 'more than allegations' against Intel
As Intel and AMD near the end of the discovery process in their US antitrust battle, the two companies have begun fighting over whose testimony will make it to the big dance. In a legal filing, AMD has pointed to the employees at some of the technology world's biggest names - HP, Dell, IBM and others - who it thinks will help make its case.
Open Open Tab May 5, 2008 Provides Information
AMD Offering More Athlons for Embedded Market
The latest addition to the company's embedded portfolio offers customers new low-watt, single-core options.
Open Open Tab September 19, 2007 Provides Information
AMD passes the collection plate again
AMD is hoping to keep the debt collector at bay by selling $1.5bn worth of convertible senior notes.
Open Open Tab August 9, 2007 Provides Information
AMD Reports First Quarter Results
AMD today reported first quarter 2008 revenue of $1.505 billion, a net loss of $358 million, or $0.59 per share, and an operating loss of $264 million.
Open Open Tab April 17, 2008 Provides Information
AMD reports fourth straight quarter net loss
Still carrying the weight of costs related to last year's acquisition of graphics vendor ATI, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. recorded its fourth straight quarter of net losses Thursday.
Open Open Tab October 18, 2007 Provides Information
AMD to collaborate with chipset start-up Commex
The company's solution can provide a performance leap for multi-core processors.
Open Open Tab December 31, 2007 Provides Information
AMD to Take Charge on ATI Deal
AMD is said to have paid too much for the graphics chip maker.
Open Open Tab December 13, 2007 Provides Information
AMD tightlipped on company's future
Grappling with major layoffs and a stock price that's been chopped nearly in half since last year, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. kept new details about its turnaround plans close to the vest Thursday in a very brief annual meeting with shareholders.
Open Open Tab May 8, 2008 Provides Information
AMD transforms into a platform company, to release triple-core CPUs
It builds CPUs, chipsets, and now with ATI, it builds graphics processors. So beginning today, AMD is radically reforming its marketing strategy, arguing now that it takes all three components together in harmony for customers to realize value.
Open Open Tab March 27, 2008 Provides Information
AMD Tuning Out Distractions to Bring ATI on Board
AMD's acquisition of ATI for US$5.4 billion, announced in July 2006 and completed one year ago Thursday, was viewed as a potent weapon in AMD's attempt to dent Intel's domination of the x86 processor market.
Open Open Tab October 26, 2007 Provides Information
AMD will cut 10 per cent of global workforce
AMD plans to cut 10 per cent of its workforce over the next two quarters, after suffering lower-than-expected sales across all business units, the company said today.
Open Open Tab April 7, 2008 Provides Information
AMD's Q1 loss comes in as planned
Chipmaker AMD posted its sixth consecutive loss yesterday, for the first quarter of 2008. The firm brought in revenues of $1.51bn, but made a net loss of $358m and an operating loss of $264m.
Open Open Tab April 18, 2008 Provides Information
AMD's Executive VP Resigns
Former CEO and president of ATI, Dave Orton, announced on Tuesday he will be leaving Advanced Micro Devices at the end of the month.
Open Open Tab July 11, 2007 Provides Information
AMD, IBM Lose Ground to Intel in Latest Top 500 List
The news last year at this time from the University of Mannheim was the surge of supercomputers with relatively simple 2.4 GHz AMD Opteron processors, among the school's list of the world's Top 500 Supercomputers. So if big shifts qualify as news, then AMD has to face the music this time around with the release this week of the November list: Its fastest supercomputer on the list no longer rates #2, but #6; and instead of 113 AMD-based systems on the full list, there are now just 79.
Open Open Tab November 13, 2007 Provides Information
AMD, Intel Processor Race Unchanged in Q4
The analyst firm's conclusions are that AMD and Intel are in a state of detente, with neither able to pick up any significant ground on the other. During the fourth quarter of 2007, Intel's market share was 76.7 percent, a gain of 0.4 percent from the third quarter. AMD earned 23.1 percent, a loss of 0.4 percent. Those fourth-quarter figures were about the same as the second quarter of 2007.
Open Open Tab January 22, 2008 Provides Information
AMD, Intel Set Sights on the High End
After a bruising first half of 2007 that saw chip prices fall, both companies are readying quad-core products for servers.
Open Open Tab July 20, 2007 Provides Information
An Ailing AMD Faces Scrutiny
News Analysis: When AMD comes to Wall Street Dec. 13, executives will face questions about the company's direction.
Open Open Tab December 6, 2007 Provides Information
Appeal Court Overturns FTC Order Against Rambus
The court overturns the FTC's order accusing Rambus of advocating its technologies as the new standard without approaching any actual standard-setting organization.
Open Open Tab April 22, 2008 Provides Information
Apple Cuts Flash Orders; SanDisk, Toshiba Build
In an interesting confluence of events, market researcher iSuppli reported that Apple had cut its orders for NAND flash memory, a day after SanDisk and Toshiba announced plans for a new 300-mm flash fab.
Open Open Tab February 20, 2008 Provides Information
Apple pushes past Toshiba in US
Apple grabbed 6.6 per cent of the US personal computer market during Q1 on the back of a leading year-on-year 32.5 per cent jump in unit shipments, research company Gartner said yesterday.
Open Open Tab April 17, 2008 Provides Information
Apple sneezes, flash industry gets sick
Reports from iSuppli Corp's industry sources indicate that the consumer-electronics maker significantly slashed its 2008 NAND-flash orders.
Open Open Tab April 3, 2008 Provides Information
ATI's latest graphics card aims for stock traders
As the battle between NVidia and ATI for graphics supremacy seems focused more on the desktop and notebook markets, there's activity shaping up in the enterprise market as well, with a new device from ATI that's more about efficiency and multiplicity than 3D.
Open Open Tab March 17, 2008 Provides Information
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Battery shortage leaves Compal forecast flat
Contract laptop PC maker Compal Electronics Inc has been forced to scale back its Q2 shipment growth forecast, blaming a shortage of batteries.
Open Open Tab May 6, 2008 Provides Information
Broadcom-Qualcomm Litigation Cleared to Continue
An appeals panel rules that the district court erred in dismissing Broadcom's antitrust allegations against Qualcomm.
Open Open Tab September 6, 2007 Provides Information
Budget PCs and Mobile Devices Due from Acer
Acer is taking aim at Japan and also plans to launch low cost PCs and mobility products this year.
Open Open Tab February 13, 2008 Provides Information
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CEDIA Execs Outline Initiatives, Plans for Industry Growth
Tougher membership requirements, a new spring expo and consumer outreach highlight association's initiatives for 2008.
Open Open Tab August 31, 2007 Provides Information
Chinese Company Interested in Buying Seagate
A New York Times report outlines security concerns among U.S. officials about such a transaction.
Open Open Tab August 25, 2007 Provides Information
Chinese Retailer Gome to Sell Dell PCs
Dell joins its competitors on the shelves of the biggest Chinese electronics retailer.
Open Open Tab September 24, 2007 Provides Information
Chip overflow puts dent in 2008 forecast
Talks of pesky recession ain't helping much either.
Open Open Tab December 21, 2007 Provides Information
Cisco 4Q Profit Jumps 25 Percent
Cisco Systems fiscal fourth-quarter profit jumped 25 percent as the network equipment maker continued to see strong sales of the routers and switches that direct traffic over the Internet and other technologies tied to a boom in multimedia online content.
Open Open Tab August 8, 2007 Provides Information
Cisco Acquires Securent for $100 Million
Cisco adds policy management provider Securent to its acquisition portfolio.
Open Open Tab November 1, 2007 Provides Information
Cisco disconnects Linksys brand
The network is the SMB router.
Open Open Tab July 30, 2007 Provides Information
Cisco Expands TelePresence
Network equipment maker Cisco Systems Inc on Monday unveiled an expansion of its high-end video conferencing series to include a simpler, cheaper version as well as one targeting big groups.
Open Open Tab May 12, 2008 Provides Information
Cisco Gives Weak Outlook
Cisco is the latest technology company to raise a warning flag about nervous consumers and businesses facing the threat of a recession.
Open Open Tab February 7, 2008 Provides Information
Cisco hits lowered targets
Cisco hit its lowered targets for the third quarter of 2008, increasing sales by 10.4 per cent ahead of targeted growth of 10 per cent.
Open Open Tab May 7, 2008 Provides Information
Cisco Profit Falls on Acquisition Charge
Cisco Systems revenue rose more than 10 percent in the company's fiscal third quarter, though its net income fell due to an acquisition charge and other one-time factors.
Open Open Tab May 6, 2008 Provides Information
Cisco's Giancarlo Resigns
Cisco Systems Chief Development Officer and Executive Vice President Charles Giancarlo has resigned, the company announced today.
Open Open Tab December 20, 2007 Provides Information
Citrix Acquiring XenSource for $500 Million
The Citrix-XenSource deal comes during an important week for virtualization technology as VMware announced its long-anticipated IPO.
Open Open Tab August 15, 2007 Provides Information
Contract Chip Makers Face More Cutbacks
Flash memory giant Spansion on Wednesday announced it will reduce orders to contract chip makers by US$50 million per quarter in the first half of 2008 due to new production technology at its own factories. But the order changes couldn't come at a worse time for manufacturers because other companies are cutting back as well.
Open Open Tab March 20, 2008 Provides Information
Counterfeit Cisco Gear Seized
U.S. and Canadian authorities have seized fake Cisco networking equipment imported from China, worth $78 million.
Open Open Tab February 29, 2008 Provides Information
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DDR2 chip prices rebound
The DRAM industry has seen DDR2 spot prices spike by 15-20 per cent in the past month, with eTT chips outpacing branded equivalents.
Open Open Tab January 23, 2008 Provides Information
Dell Acquires Everdream
Dell is buying desktop services management company Everdream to boost its IT services portfolio.
Open Open Tab November 15, 2007 Provides Information
Dell axes 900 jobs in Austin plant shutdown
Round Rock's Sword of Dell-ocles has once again dropped on employees of the world's number two PC manufacturer.
Open Open Tab April 1, 2008 Provides Information
Dell Buys Mobile Media Startup Zing
Dell has announced that it has entered into an agreement to buy privately-held ZING Systems, a company that focuses on always-connected audio and entertainment devices.
Open Open Tab August 8, 2007 Provides Information
Dell Buys Storage Firm for $1.4 Billion
Dell bolsters its biggest division with acquisition of EqualLogic, maker of networked data storage gear.
Open Open Tab November 5, 2007 Provides Information
Dell CEO: SMBs Get the Storage Cold Shoulder
Michael Dell says large storage vendors are, by and large, ignoring the storage requirements for small and medium-size businesses.
Open Open Tab September 11, 2007 Provides Information
Dell coming to Best Buy stores across the US
Dell, your good PC-making buddies, are planning to launch sales nationwide at Best Buy stores over the next few weeks, beginning with the new XPS One, the XPS 1330 laptop, and the Inspiron 1521, amongst others.
Open Open Tab December 6, 2007 Provides Information
Dell committed to AMD despite consumer kit shift to retail
With almost mud-like clarity, Dell has explained the way it's balancing the availability of AMD-based computers between its online, phone and retail sales channels. But one thing it wants us to be certain about is that it remains committed to AMD product lines.
Open Open Tab February 8, 2008 Provides Information
Dell cuts 250 tech support jobs in Nashville
Dell is waving goodbye to 250 tech support workers at its Nashville, Tennessee operations, the company said today.
Open Open Tab October 9, 2007 Provides Information
Dell Delays Another Financial Filing
Dell filed paperwork with the SEC earlier this week, claiming that it could not file its 11-K report, which concerns the company's 401(k) plan for employees, because of an ongoing internal audit.
Open Open Tab July 5, 2007 Provides Information
Dell Dives Deeper into Storage
Dell plans to buy a privately held British consulting firm as it looks to increase its storage offerings.
Open Open Tab December 21, 2007 Provides Information
Dell Drop Kicks Proprietary Parts
Dell, long dinged for using proprietary hardware in its gaming PCs, has seen the light. The company said such annoying traits such as proprietary motherboards and power supplies is now a thing of the past.
Open Open Tab February 26, 2008 Provides Information
Dell Forced to Delay Quarterly Report
Once again, Dell will delay filing financial reports with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission, citing the company's own probe into its accounting practices.
Open Open Tab June 15, 2007 Provides Information
Dell Gets Closer to Retail Sales in Asia
Dell will sell PCs through stores in Asia and Australia, talking to retail partners now.
Open Open Tab June 14, 2007 Provides Information
Dell Hit with Patent Lawsuit
The lawsuit complains that both Dell and Motion Computing violated patents related to tablet PCs.
Open Open Tab December 7, 2007 Provides Information
Dell launches Linux PCs in the UK
New Inspirons will have Factory Installed Ubuntu.
Open Open Tab August 7, 2007 Provides Information
Dell Launches New PC Line for SMBs
In an ongoing effort to reinvent and reinvigorate itself, Dell is launching a new set of desktops, laptops and services specifically aimed at the smallest of small businesses.
Open Open Tab July 10, 2007 Provides Information
Dell Layoffs Could Exceed Expectations
Michael Dell confirmed the company's cost-cutting and realignment plans.
Open Open Tab April 6, 2008 Provides Information
Dell Lets Small Business Users Decline PC 'Crapware'
Dell unveiled a new line of desktop and laptop computers that will ship without free and limited-use software.
Open Open Tab July 11, 2007 Provides Information
Dell Looks to Sell Virtualisation Services
Dell has announced the availability of virtualisation services.
Open Open Tab June 1, 2007 Provides Information
Dell Net Profit Gains as Component Costs Decline
Dell, the world's second-largest personal computer maker, on Thursday reported a higher quarterly profit as it benefited from lower costs for disk drives, microprocessors and other components.
Open Open Tab August 30, 2007 Provides Information
Dell Now $92 Million Less Valuable Than Originally Stated
An FTC investigation begun two years ago initially looked into the possibility of backdating options to maximize their value on-paper, but later turned up an even uglier truth: From 2003 up until the middle of last year, Dell's fiscal managers adjusted their books by shuffling amounts between accounts, in order to shore up the appearance of better performance.
Open Open Tab October 31, 2007 Provides Information
Dell Overhauling Its PowerEdge Portfolio
The company is reworking its servers with updated management tools, new Intel and AMD chips, and a new number scheme.
Open Open Tab November 12, 2007 Provides Information
Dell Plans 'Significant Investment' in China
Speaking in Beijing, CEO Michael Dell said he is beefing up the company's presence in the region.
Open Open Tab March 23, 2008 Provides Information
Dell Product Delays a Portent?
Delivery delays for the ultraportable notebook indicate that notebook manufacturers have trouble on their hands.
Open Open Tab August 22, 2007 Provides Information
Dell Says 'We Blew It' When Bullying Blog
A Dell manager said his company was wrong to threaten a blog for posting great bargain-hunting tips.
Open Open Tab June 18, 2007 Provides Information
Dell Says Internal Audit is Nearly Complete
The company told the SEC it will delay filing an audited earnings report for the fourth consecutive quarter.
Open Open Tab June 15, 2007 Provides Information
Dell Sees Growth in Storage
$1.4B EqualLogic deal underscores the company's growth plans and iSCSI momentum.
Open Open Tab November 13, 2007 Provides Information
Dell Shifts its AMD Systems to Retail Sales
Dell has trimmed its online selection of AMD-based consumer systems, focusing instead on offering Intel-based PCs.
Open Open Tab February 9, 2008 Provides Information
Dell shuts 140 retail kiosks in US
The closings comes at a time when Dell is repositioning its retail strategy to attract more customers by selling products through its Web site, retail outlets and over the phone.
Open Open Tab January 30, 2008 Provides Information
Dell signs Croma to sell PCs in India
Dell will begin flogging its PCs in India through Infinity Retail’s Croma chain of stores from next month.
Open Open Tab March 25, 2008 Provides Information
Dell takes aim at costs and employees in Q4
The analyst crowd pounced on Dell once again, as the company tried to explain a fourth quarter that failed to exceed expectations. Sure Dell upped revenue by 10 per cent to $16bn, but its net income fell by 6 per cent to $679m.
Open Open Tab February 29, 2008 Provides Information
Dell takes more hits as its reorganization continues
Dell Inc. took a 6 percent hit in profits for the fourth quarter of its fiscal year, warning that the earnings slide could continue in light of cautious consumer spending.
Open Open Tab March 3, 2008 Provides Information
Dell Trims 3,200 Jobs in 8 Months
The cuts are part of Dell's goal of reducing its 82,000-person worldwide work force by 10 percent as it looks to streamline its business.
Open Open Tab February 28, 2008 Provides Information
Dell to Buy Back $10 Billion in Stock
The authorized repurchase represents about 18 percent of Dell's market capitalization of about $55 billion.
Open Open Tab December 4, 2007 Provides Information
Dell to Pay Former CEO Rollins $48.5M in Cash
Personal computer maker Dell says it will pay its ousted former Chief Executive Kevin Rollins $48.5 million in cash.
Open Open Tab August 8, 2007 Provides Information
Dell to Restate 4 Years of Results After Audit Ends
Dell Inc said on Thursday it would restate four years of financial results, reducing net income for the period by as much as $150 million, after a lengthy audit found that top executives sought accounting adjustments to reach quarterly performance goals.
Open Open Tab August 16, 2007 Provides Information
Dell to Sell Laptops at Sam's Club Stores
Dell said it will start selling consumer notebook computers at more than 500 of Wal-Mart Stores and Sam's Club stores starting next week, its latest move to sell computers in retail chains.
Open Open Tab June 8, 2007 Provides Information
Dell to Sell PCs at Asian Retail Chains
The company broke from its 23-year-old practice of direct sales to customers via the Internet or phone last month, and started selling low-priced PCs at Wal-Mart Stores Inc. in North America.
Open Open Tab July 5, 2007 Provides Information
Dell waves goodbye to 1100 Canadians
Dell is shutting down a call centre in Ottawa, with the loss of 1,100 jobs. The company told CBC news today that it has issued 500 lay-off notices already, and the rest of the jobs are to go in June. It is keeping on 100 sales support employees at the Ottawa site.
Open Open Tab April 23, 2008 Provides Information
Dell Will Sell Linux on PCs Outside of U.S.
Dell plans to sell computers with preinstalled Linux outside the U.S. as well as offer the Ubuntu Linux distribution to small business customers.
Open Open Tab July 9, 2007 Provides Information
Desktop PC Sales Still Strong
Despite growing demand for notebook PCs, desktops are still popular.
Open Open Tab July 19, 2007 Provides Information
DRAM Prices Plunge
Heavy competition has caused memory prices to tumble and industry analysts predict further price declines.
Open Open Tab September 20, 2007 Provides Information
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EarthLink Layoffs: What of Municipal Wi-Fi?
EarthLink's plans to lay off 900 people signals change for wi-fi deployment efforts.
Open Open Tab August 29, 2007 Provides Information
EC takes aim at Qualcomm
The European Commission has launched an anti-trust investigation into chip maker Qualcomm. It is the third chip or memory competition case launched by the commission since July and follows a recent commission competition court victory over Microsoft.
Open Open Tab October 3, 2007 Provides Information
Economy Could Slam PC Shipments in US
Though PC shipments grew in the first half of 2008, the economic slowdown in the U.S. could rear its ugly head on desktop and laptop sales as consumers get more price-sensitive and companies cut IT budgets, analysts said.
Open Open Tab April 16, 2008 Provides Information
EMC squares up to charges, sees profit fall
Storage vendor EMC Corp today reported a 14 per cent first quarter profit drop and blamed acquisition-related expenses for the fall.
Open Open Tab April 23, 2008 Provides Information
EMC to Buy Iomega for $213 Million
EMC has agreed to buy storage vendor Iomega for US$213 million in cash, expanding EMC's reach into the fast-growing consumer and small business markets, the companies announced Tuesday.
Open Open Tab April 8, 2008 Provides Information
Energy Companies Urge Greener Tech
Representatives from 19 North American utility companies met in San Francisco last week to explore ways of cutting IT energy consumption by offering rebates and other incentives.
Open Open Tab March 30, 2008 Provides Information
EU slaps Intel with formal antitrust charges
As suspected, the European Union formally lodged antitrust charges against Intel, accusing the CPU maker of using illegal methods to compete against its main rival AMD.
Open Open Tab July 27, 2007 Provides Information
European Commission Accuses Rambus of 'Patent Ambush'
The European Union is taking a close look at the company's monopoly on the DRAM chip market.
Open Open Tab August 24, 2007 Provides Information
European Regulators OK Acer Purchase of Packard Bell
The European Commission Wednesday gave approved the takeover, estimated at $45.8 million.
Open Open Tab February 27, 2008 Provides Information
Evidence the worst may be over for AMD's market share drop
The plunge in AMD's worldwide CPU market share in 2007 may have finally stopped in the fourth quarter of last year, according to the most recent statistics from hardware market analysis firm iSuppli.
Open Open Tab April 22, 2008 Provides Information
Ex-Palm CEO Yankowski Joins Ambient Devices
Gadget maker Ambient Devices on Monday announced that former Palm chief executive Carl James Yankowski has joined the company as CEO.
Open Open Tab January 2, 2008 Provides Information
Excess semiconductor inventories decline, but market still troubled
According to iSuppli, excess chip inventory is on the decline. While this normally signals a rise in semiconductor sales, the market research company reports that as Q1 closed, it revealed "troubling signs of market weakness."
Open Open Tab April 2, 2008 Provides Information
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Fake, Flammable Laptop Batteries Prompt IBM Lawsuit
IBM sues Shentech for selling laptop batteries that catch fire and sport allegedly fake IBM logos.
Open Open Tab November 28, 2007 Provides Information
For Dell, More Pain Before Any Gain
For its financial quarter that ended April 30, the Round Rock, Texas, company posted net income of $759 million, or 34 cents per share. While those numbers were down from last year's results—$762 million, or 33 cents a share—the quarter was certainly better than the 22 percent drop that was Wall Street's consensus.
Open Open Tab June 1, 2007 Provides Information
Former HP Exec Capellas to Head First Data
Former Compaq and Hewlett-Packard executive Michael Capellas is slated to become the CEO of First Data later this year, following the $29 billion acquisition of the financial-transaction processor company by a private equity firm.
Open Open Tab July 11, 2007 Provides Information
Fujitsu Siemens Announces Green Makeover
This is not the first time the company has touted its green offerings, but it now offers a monitor consuming no power in sleep mode, and the company has made a commitment to an energy-efficient product line at no extra cost.
Open Open Tab November 8, 2007 Provides Information
Fujitsu Siemens Computers profit up, revs down
Fujitsu Siemens Computers (FSC) today blamed the weak US dollar and strong Euro for a five per cent sales tumble in its 2007 fiscal year.
Open Open Tab April 16, 2008 Provides Information
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Gartner Cuts Chips Forecast
DRAM and CPU price drops will slow growth of the global market in 2007, analysts say.
Open Open Tab June 2, 2007 Provides Information
Gateway Acquisition Gives Acer More to Fight HP With
Setting up more guns on its side in its all out brawl against global #1 PC seller Hewlett-Packard, global #3 Acer - now with Gateway under its belt - filed amendments to its countersuit on Tuesday, alleging HP infringed on patents held by Acer.
Open Open Tab November 1, 2007 Provides Information
Gateway sells professional biz unit to MPC
Gateway is to sell its education, government and SMB arm of the business to MPC Corporation in a deal valued at about $90m.
Open Open Tab September 5, 2007 Provides Information
Gateway Sheds Professional Computer Division
Gateway continued to reposition itself following its sale to Acer on Monday, saying that it had sold its professional division -- which includes desktops, laptops, and tablets -- to MPC (formerly Micron) for an undisclosed sum.
Open Open Tab October 15, 2007 Provides Information
Gateway's Coleman to Step Down in January
Gateway CEO Ed Coleman will resign from his position at the end of January, clearing the way for Acer's top executive in the Americas to take the helm, the Taiwanese company said Friday.
Open Open Tab December 14, 2007 Provides Information
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Hard Drive Prices Drop as PC Demand Rises
Competition from flash memory and increased shipment of PCs and consumer electronics are driving down prices and fueling demand for hard disk drives, according to a survey released by iSuppli Wednesday.
Open Open Tab November 8, 2007 Provides Information
HP and Microsoft plan Taiwanese R&D centre
Tech boffins at the R&D hub will work on advanced software and hardware. They'll also brainstorm ways of improving technical support for Taiwan partners such as contract laptop manufacturer Quanta, reports Reuters today.
Open Open Tab March 20, 2008 Provides Information
HP and Wal-Mart Partner to Implement a Next-generation Business Intelligence and Data Warehousing Solution Using HP Neoview
HP today announced that Wal-Mart has selected the HP Neoview data warehousing platform to power complex analysis of data collected across its 4,000 U.S. stores.
Open Open Tab August 1, 2007 Provides Information
HP Appoints Neal Woods to Lead Worldwide Operations for Imaging and Printing Group
HP today announced the appointment of Neal Woods as senior vice president of worldwide operations for the company's Imaging and Printing Group (IPG), effective Jan. 22.
Open Open Tab January 11, 2008 Provides Information
HP Board Authorizes Additional $8 Billion for Share Repurchases, Declares Regular Dividend
Company also amends bylaws, sets annual meeting and record dates.
Open Open Tab November 19, 2007 Provides Information
HP Board Declares Regular Dividend
The board of directors of HP declared a regular cash dividend of 8 cents per share on the company’s common stock.
Open Open Tab July 20, 2007 Provides Information
HP Board Declares Regular Dividend
The dividend, the second in HP's fiscal year 2008, is payable on April 2, 2008, to stockholders of record as of the close of business on March 12, 2008.
Open Open Tab January 18, 2008 Provides Information
HP delivers PC Q3 smackdown
Hewlett-Packard remained leader of the pack in global PC sales for the third quarter while Dell continued to lag behind.
Open Open Tab November 30, 2007 Provides Information
HP Expands Enterprise PC Lineup
Hewlett-Packard, which continues to dominate the PC industry, is releasing updates to its enterprise desktops and workstations.
Open Open Tab September 5, 2007 Provides Information
HP First to Display U.S. EPA SmartWay Logo
Company continues to reduce its environmental impact with consumer supply chain programs.
Open Open Tab April 18, 2008 Provides Information
HP Hires Stephen DeWitt to Lead Americas PC Business
HP today announced it has hired Stephen DeWitt as senior vice president for the Americas region of its Personal Systems Group (PSG), effective immediately.
Open Open Tab March 13, 2008 Provides Information
HP latches onto Qualcomm's Gobi chipset
HP is to incorporate Qualcomm's Gobi chips into its laptops, supporting both CDMA and GSM 3G technologies and making Wi-Fi connectivity redundant.
Open Open Tab February 13, 2008 Provides Information
HP Makes Big Investment in Consumer Tech Support
HP today announced the most substantial investment in consumer technical support in its history – the aim of which is to enable people to get faster, more effective help with the HP technology products in their homes.
Open Open Tab February 28, 2008 Provides Information
HP Named Wal-Mart Supplier of the Year
HP today announced that it has been named a Wal-Mart supplier of the year for its role in helping the world's largest retailer expand its printer and ink business and develop environmental initiatives.
Open Open Tab February 13, 2008 Provides Information
HP Profit Advances on PC and Server Sales
HP was helped by cost cuts and strong sales outside the United States as U.S. technology spending slowed thanks to recession concerns.
Open Open Tab February 19, 2008 Provides Information
HP punches reseller for lying over customers
HP has administered a public thrashing to a computer dealer for lying over where the vendor's kit was going to gain bigger reseller discounts.
Open Open Tab March 12, 2008 Provides Information
HP Receives "Strong Positive" Vendor Rating from Analyst Firm
HP today announced that Gartner, Inc., the leading provider of research and analysis on the global information technology industry, has rated the company "strong positive" - its highest rating possible - in a recent report.
Open Open Tab June 12, 2007 Provides Information
HP Recycles PCs in China
The expanded program offers free services to Chinese consumers and small businesses.
Open Open Tab September 4, 2007 Provides Information
HP Reports First Quarter 2008 Results
HP today announced financial results for its first fiscal quarter ended Jan. 31, 2008, with net revenue of $28.5 billion, up 13% from a year earlier and up 8% when adjusted for the effects of currency.
Open Open Tab February 19, 2008 Provides Information
HP reports Q4 profit, strong software sales
Revenue for the quarter ended Oct. 31 hit $28.3B.
Open Open Tab November 19, 2007 Provides Information
HP Reports Social and Environmental Progress and Goals in Fiscal Year 2007
HP today issued its annual Global Citizenship Report that outlines the company’s progress, as well as challenges, for fiscal year 2007.
Open Open Tab April 3, 2008 Provides Information
HP Resolves Ink Cartridge Patent Infringement Dispute
The settlement also included resolution with Korea-based InkTec Ltd., the manufacturer and distributor of the infringing products.
Open Open Tab July 19, 2007 Provides Information
HP Resolves Ink Patent Infringement Suit Against Pelikan
HP today announced that Germany-based Pelikan Hardcopy Deutschland GmbH and the Swiss Pelikan Hardcopy (International) AG have admitted claims asserted by HP in an action for patent infringement filed with the Düsseldorf Regional Court in Germany.
Open Open Tab August 2, 2007 Provides Information
HP Retakes No. 1 Position in Total Disk Storage Systems
HP has reclaimed the No. 1 position in worldwide total disk storage systems revenue from IBM, with 20.1 percent market share, according to market data for the first calendar quarter of 2007 released today by IDC.
Open Open Tab June 7, 2007 Provides Information
HP Ships Red Hat PC in Australia
A new low-cost desktop bundle runs Red Hat Enterprise and is aimed at small and medium-size businesses.
Open Open Tab September 1, 2007 Provides Information
HP Signs Seven-year, $675 Million Outsourcing Services Contract with Unilever
HP and Unilever today announced an extension of their relationship with the signing of a seven-year outsourcing contract for the management of Unilever's technology infrastructure in the Americas, Asia, Africa, Turkey and Middle East.
Open Open Tab February 13, 2008 Provides Information
HP steals agenda setting crown from IBM
It took the well-dressed businessmen hanging upside down from the rafters, the acrobats with iPAQs and the data center porn to mush the concept all over my brain. HP has unseated IBM as the agenda setter in the IT game. Or at least that's what HP believes.
Open Open Tab June 28, 2007 Provides Information
HP to Open Global Services Delivery Center in Panama
HP today announced plans to build a global delivery center in Panama City, Panama, that will provide services to help customers better manage business information and optimize their technology infrastructures.
Open Open Tab October 10, 2007 Provides Information
HP to update media PCs with AMD Phenom, hybrid high-def drives
While even HP has admitted consumers' shifting preference toward notebooks as desktop PCs, for 2008, it plans to give desktops a boost with multimedia form factors, new AMD CPUs, and some intriguing price points.
Open Open Tab January 4, 2008 Provides Information
HP's PC lead over Dell increases even further in Q3
As HP's market share soars, Dell's growth continues to underperform with PC shipment growth sagging to only 1.5% annually. Meanwhile, the flip-flop battle continues for the #3 and #4 slots.
Open Open Tab November 29, 2007 Provides Information
HP's PC Market Growth Outpaces Industry's
The HP personal computing business continues to grow at a pace more than twice the global average, according to results from the third calendar quarter of 2007 released today by industry analyst firm IDC.
Open Open Tab October 17, 2007 Provides Information
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IBM and HP fight over EMC's scraps in Q1
IBM and HP are neck-and-neck for the second place position in the external disk storage market but remain well behind EMC for top billing, according to the latest report by research house IDC.
Open Open Tab June 7, 2007 Provides Information
IBM barred from federal contracts pending investigation on EPA bid
In an extraordinary move last Thursday, the US federal government placed IBM on an "excluded parties" list after having learned a grand jury issued a subpoena to the company, reportedly regarding a contract with the Environmental Protection Agency on which it had placed a bid.
Open Open Tab April 1, 2008 Provides Information
IBM Broadens Its Chip Technology Offerings
At the Design Automation Conference in San Diego June 5, Big Blue is announcing that it will offer once proprietary chip technology to a much larger audience, which will have new implications for enterprise customers and consumers.
Open Open Tab June 5, 2007 Provides Information
IBM forks out $7m in Dollar General settlement
IBM has agreed to pay $7m to settle a Securities and Exchange Commision investigation into financial statements from Dollar General in 2000.
Open Open Tab June 26, 2007 Provides Information
IBM Sales Reorganization Targets SMB Market
IBM is realigning elements of its sales organization to better reach small-to-medium-sized businesses.
Open Open Tab July 19, 2007 Provides Information
IBM, PWC settle US contracting lawsuit
IBM Corp. and PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) have separately agreed to pay the U.S. government a total of US$5.3 million to settle allegations that the companies solicited and provided improper payments on technology contracts with government agencies, the U.S. Department of Justice announced Thursday.
Open Open Tab August 16, 2007 Provides Information
Intel and Dixons raided by Competition Commission
Officials from the European Competition Commission, accompanied by local officials, raided Intel offices in Munich and those of Dixons Store Group International in the UK today as part of an investigation into alleged illegal collusion - that Intel and retailers worked together to fix prices.
Open Open Tab February 12, 2008 Provides Information
Intel Atom Will Bring Cheaper "Nettop" Computers
A standard PC setup with DVD drive (and we're assuming with monitor) would run just $199 to $250. Intel calls the system a "Nettop," and it will use the Atom Centrino processor to run Vista without Aero, XP or Linux (depending on target price and intended application).
Open Open Tab March 14, 2008 Provides Information
Intel Buys Green Power
The chip maker is now the largest corporate purchaser of alternative energy in the United States.
Open Open Tab January 28, 2008 Provides Information
Intel Cuts Core 2 Quad Processor Price in Half
In a shocking price cut, Intel trimmed the price of the Q6700 Core 2 Quad processor in half, and trimmed the price of other processors by as much as 30 percent.
Open Open Tab April 21, 2008 Provides Information
Intel earns 45% more in 2007 than in 2006
It was by any measure a stellar year for the world's leading microprocessor manufacturer, but what's disappointing investors thi