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| 75 Computer Hardware - Business News Resources |
| Acer, Asus and Lenovo lead pack as PC sales surge |
| Taiwan's Acer and Asus and China's Lenovo posted strong growth as personal computer sales surged more than 20 percent in the second quarter over a year ago, market research company Gartner said. |
| View Source | July 15, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Acer comes back down to earth, Dell rises |
| After vaulting over Dell to take the No. 2 spot among the top sellers of PCs last year, Acer now finds itself back in third place. |
| View Source | September 2, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Acer's PC market numbers add up |
| Reinforcing what we learned last fall, iSuppli's PC market numbers for full-year 2009 show Acer mounting a serious challenge to Dell for the title of world's second biggest PC company. |
| View Source | March 10, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Adaptec disappearing down rabbit hole |
| The remnants of adapter company Adaptec, having sold its RAID adapter business to PMC-Sierra, is leaving storage further behind as it becomes a Steele Partners shell for financial operations. |
| View Source | June 16, 2010 | Provides Information |
| AMD nabs ex-Intel techie as server CTO |
| Chip designer and seller Advanced Micro Devices said today that three weeks ago it nabbed Don Newell, a chip tech from rival Intel, to be its new chief technology officer for its server microprocessors. |
| View Source | August 23, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Asia computer sales up 38 percent in first quarter: IDC |
| Sales of personal computers in the Asia-Pacific region outside Japan rose 38 percent in the first quarter from last year, driven by demand for notebooks, industry consultancy IDC said Tuesday. |
| View Source | April 20, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Big biz loved Dell servers and storage in Q2 |
| Large corporations are not buying servers, storage and PCs like it is 1999, and neither are their SMB counterparts, but if Dell's numbers for the second quarter of fiscal 2011 are any indication, they are acting a bit like it is early 2008 before the bottom dropped out of the global economy. |
| View Source | August 20, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| China's Biggest Chip Maker Posts 12th Straight Loss |
| Semiconductor Manufacturing International (SMIC) reported its 12th straight losing quarter on Tuesday, despite a dramatic rebound in the global chip industry. |
| View Source | May 11, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Cisco profits and revenue rise but still disappoint |
| Cisco Systems fell slightly short of revenue expectations for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2010, sending its stock price down on Wednesday after the market closed. |
| View Source | August 11, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Chip shipments jump over last year |
| Global shipments of microprocessors for the first quarter of the year grew by 39 percent over the same quarter in 2009, paving the way for a market recovery, according to findings from IDC released Thursday. |
| View Source | April 29, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Cisco buys ExtendMedia in IP video play |
| Cisco said Thursday that it will acquire Extend Media, which makes video content management systems, for an undisclosed sum. |
| View Source | August 26, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Cisco shells out $99m for CoreOptics |
| Cisco Systems, the very rich and ever-acquisitive networking giant, has reached into its front pocket for some change to snap up CoreOptics, a maker of optical networking subsystems based in San Jose but with most of its engineering done in Germany. |
| View Source | May 20, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Class-action lawsuit may be filed against Palm for HP merger |
| When HP bought Palm, it seemed like a match made in heaven. On Palm’s part, the trendsetting smartphone company was sitting on a brilliant new touchscreen oriented operating system, but was having problems producing phones worthy of it. HP, on the other hand, has a long history of making great hardware, but wanted to own their own operating system to run on it. |
| View Source | April 30, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Cloud to drive a quarter of server sales |
| The cloudy infrastructure bandwagon is so crammed full of server makers and cloud hosting providers that no one can see where it is heading. And so the box counters at IDC grabbed the reins this morning and gave them a good firm yank. |
| View Source | May 10, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Component Shortages Tax Hardware Makers |
| Latent effects of recession continue to sap computer and electronics makers as components remain in short supply, driving up prices and limiting product availability. |
| View Source | July 6, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Consumer Demand Ignites PC Sales in 1Q |
| No longer viewed as a luxury item, PCs, particularly netbooks and notebooks, are now considered a necessity by and more consumers and manufacturers are happy to oblige them. |
| View Source | May 27, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Consumer electronics sales to reach $174.9B in 2010 |
| Devices such as iPad, Kindle helping spur purchases, trade group says |
| View Source | July 22, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Cray revenues slammed in Q1 |
| Nothing illustrates so clearly why supercomputer maker Cray has been expanding into entry and midrange supercomputer markets as the financial results that the company posted in the first quarter ended in March. |
| View Source | May 5, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Dell 2Q net income rises 16 percent |
| PC maker Dell Inc. said Thursday that its net income improved 16 percent in the most recent quarter, though a key measure called gross profit margin fell. |
| View Source | August 19, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Dell Knowingly Sold 11.8 Million Computers With a 97% Failure Rate |
| Between 2003 and 2005, Dell sold millions of OptiPlex computers to everyone from Walmart to Mayo Clinic. And according to newly unsealed documents, Dell knew these systems were full of dangerously faulty motherboards all along. |
| View Source | June 30, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Dell paying $1.15 bln for storage company 3PAR |
| Dell Inc said Monday it plans to buy data storage company 3PAR Inc for $18 per share in cash, or $1.15 billion, extending its storage product offering for cloud computing. |
| View Source | August 16, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Dell pulls out of battle with HP for 3Par |
| Dell has pulled out of bidding for 3Par after rival Hewlett-Packard raised its offer for the data storage company to $33 a share, or $2.1bn (£1.34bn). |
| View Source | September 2, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Dell: SEC staff to recommend accounting settlement |
| Computer maker Dell Inc. said Friday it's getting closer to settling investigations by regulators into its accounting and the actions of CEO Michael Dell. |
| View Source | July 16, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Dell sues Sharp, Hitachi, Toshiba, two more for LCD price fixing |
| Dell, the world’s No. 3 computer maker, has filed a lawsuit against Sharp, Hitachi, Toshiba and two other companies for the price fixing of LCD displays. |
| View Source | March 15, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Dell to Pay $100 Million in SEC Accounting Probe |
| Dell Inc. said on Thursday it has agreed to a $100 million settlement with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission following an investigation into its accounting practices and its relationship with chipmaker Intel Corp.. |
| View Source | July 22, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Gartner chops PC shipment forecasts for 2010 |
| It is looking like Friday, October 22, is going to be a fabulous day to buy a new desktop, notebook, or netbook. That's a week before Hewlett-Packard finishes its fourth quarter of fiscal 2010 and also a week before PC rival Dell completes its third quarter of its fiscal 2011. |
| View Source | September 1, 2010 | Provides Information |
| German chip maker Infineon raises yearly sales target |
| The German chip maker Infineon raised on Wednesday its annual sales target after swinging into profit in the third quarter of its 2010 fiscal year. |
| View Source | July 28, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Global PC shipments up 22 pct as businesses spend |
| Market research group IDC said Wednesday that worldwide shipments of personal computers climbed 22.4 percent in the second quarter as businesses replaced aging computers and consumers continued to show interest in inexpensive laptops. |
| View Source | July 14, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| HP Announces Settlement with U.S. Department of Justice |
| HP today announced it has reached a settlement agreement in principle with the U.S. Department of Justice to resolve an investigation into HP’s GSA Multiple Award Schedule contract as well as separate allegations associated with the Rille complaint filed in the U.S. District Court in the Eastern District of Arkansas in 2007. The settlement is subject to the approval of the Department of Justice, appropriate agencies and the Court. |
| View Source | August 2, 2010 | Provides Information |
| HP bids $2.4bn for 3PAR |
| HP has raised its bid for 3PAR to $33 a share, around $2.4bn, beating a revised Dell offer made earlier today. |
| View Source | September 2, 2010 | Provides Information |
| HP Expands Consulting Services to Speed Transformation for Telecom Customers |
| HP today introduced an expanded set of consulting services to help telecom companies transform their businesses to improve the customer experience, streamline operations and accelerate service creation. |
| View Source | May 3, 2010 | Provides Information |
| HP Gets Air Force Supply Contract Worth Up To $800 Million |
| Hewlett-Packard Co. said it has been selected by the U.S. Air Force for a five-year purchase contract that could be worth up to $800 million. |
| View Source | August 30, 2010 | Provides Information |
| HP, Intel Acquisition Deals Heat Up Tech Action |
| Tech stocks scored some gains in early trading Monday, led by Hewlett-Packard Co. . H-P shares rose $1.27, or more than 3%, to $39.29 after the tech giant said it had authorized a $10 billion stock buyback. Also, over the weekend, 3Par Inc. said it planned to accept H-P's $2 billion, or $30-a-share-offer, for the data-storage company, and spurn an earlier acquisition deal with Dell Inc. . |
| View Source | August 30, 2010 | Provides Information |
| HP is acquiring boot-boosting technology from the BIOS maker Phoenix |
| Hewlett-Packard is buying several software products from Phoenix Technologies. The acquisition comes at a time when HP is expected to deploy Palm’s webOS software into a number of its portable products, including tablets and printers, and HP has largely given up on its Linux offering on netbooks (known as Mi Linux). |
| View Source | June 14, 2010 | Provides Information |
| HP profit rises on strength in servers and PCs |
| Hewlett-Packard Co's profit rose 6 percent, helped by server and personal computer sales, in its first quarterly report since the surprise ouster of Chief Executive Mark Hurd. |
| View Source | August 19, 2010 | Provides Information |
| HP To Pay $55 Million In Fraud Settlement |
| Hewlett-Packard Co. has agreed to pay the U.S. government $55 million as part of a settlement of claims that the technology giant defrauded the General Services Administration, the Justice Department said Monday. |
| View Source | August 30, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| IBM Q1 profit jumps 16% |
| IBM on Monday reported first-quarter earnings of $1.97 per share on $22.9 billion in revenue, a rise of 16% and 5%, respectively, over the same period last year. |
| View Source | April 19, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Intel 1Q profit nearly quadruples from a year ago |
| Intel Corp. said Tuesday its net income in the first quarter nearly quadrupled over last year and reflected an overall bump in spending on technology by companies. The results sent Intel shares higher. |
| View Source | April 13, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Intel and Micron team up for flash fab |
| Intel and Micron will start building a new fabrication plant for NAND flash chips by the end of the year, according to a DigiTimes report. |
| View Source | July 15, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Intel Capital Announces Three Investments |
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| View Source | May 3, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Intel Secures $7.68 Deal to Take Over McAfee |
| intel snatched up McAfee for $7.68 billion in cash on Thursday in a surprise deal that placed a 60% premium on the world’s largest security technology company. |
| View Source | August 19, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Intel to Buy Infineon's Mobile Unit for $1.4 Billion |
| In an effort to boost its smartphone exposure, chip giant Intel inked a $1.4 billion deal on Monday to acquire Infineon’s wireless unit. |
| View Source | August 30, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Intel to buy Texas Instruments' cable modem unit |
| Intel said Monday it agreed to acquire Texas Instruments' cable modem unit as it tries to expand markets for its Atom processor line. |
| View Source | August 16, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Intel to pay $1.4bn for Infineon WLS |
| Intel has embarked on a major shopping spree to counter the pressures on its traditional businesses, which prompted it to issue a results warning at the end of last week. That was swiftly followed by the announcement that it would acquire Infineon‘s wireless arm, as widely expected, for $1.4bn, hard on the heels of the purchase of security software firm McAfee. |
| View Source | September 5, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Intel’s boss explains Infineon and McAfee acquisitions |
| According to Intel’s head honcho, Apple is cool with the Infineon deal and their McAfee acquisition will drive new solutions to keep viruses and malware off your smartphone and PC. |
| View Source | August 31, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Intel's Third-Quarter Below Expectations |
| Intel Corporation today announced that third-quarter revenue will be below the company’s previous outlook. The company now expects third-quarter revenue to be $11.0 billion, plus or minus $200 million, compared to the previous expectation of between $11.2 and $12.0 billion. Revenue is being affected by weaker than expected demand for consumer PCs in mature markets. Inventories across the supply chain appear to be in-line with the company’s revised expectations. |
| View Source | August 27, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Lenovo surges back to the black |
| Buoyed by double-digit gains in market share, Lenovo returned to profitability in the first fiscal quarter. |
| View Source | August 19, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Netbook, laptop sales growth biggest in 8 years |
| Last year was one of the most discouraging for PC makers as consumers hit hard by the recession started pinching their pennies. |
| View Source | May 25, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Next HP CEO needs to deliver growth and vision not just cost cuts |
| Wanted: Chief executive for technology giant, known to some as a megacap. This executive will need strategic thinking and find ways to grow into new markets. Financial discipline also required, but most of all we’re looking for vision, strategic insight and potential game changing innovation. |
| View Source | August 9, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Nvidia Lowers Q2 Revenue Expectations |
| Graphics company Nvidia on Wednesday lowered its revenue expectations for the second quarter of its fiscal 2011, partly because of a shift toward lower-priced graphics processing units and integrated graphics. |
| View Source | July 28, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Panasonic trims net loss, sees return to profit |
| Japanese electronics giant Panasonic Corp. said Friday it saw a net loss of 1.1 billion dollars in the year to March 2010, much smaller than the previous year, and expected to return to profit soon. |
| View Source | May 7, 2010 | Provides Information |
| PC maker Lenovo turns to profit on China sales |
| Lenovo Group, the fourth-largest personal computer maker, said Thursday it rebounded to a quarterly profit from a loss a year earlier, driven by strong sales in China and other emerging markets. |
| View Source | August 19, 2010 | Provides Information |
| PC, Memory Prices Seen Rising in 2010 |
| Latest check of the supply chain shows demand for memory surging, with the likely result of driving up for prices for PCs throughout 2010. |
| View Source | May 11, 2010 | Provides Information |
| PC prices rise in Q2 as iPad fuels tablet consumption |
| PCs have gotten more expensive over the last quarter, with average selling prices up three per cent to €457.37. |
| View Source | July 8, 2010 | Provides Information |
| PC sales are back in the black |
| After a miserable six months PC sales got back into positive territory in the second half of 2009. |
| View Source | March 16, 2010 | Provides Information |
| PC Sales Jump on Notebook Strength |
| Acer narrows its lead behind HP as the top PC maker, thanks to its successes in netbooks and notebooks. |
| View Source | June 7, 2010 | Provides Information |
| PC shipments rise nearly 23 percent |
| Hot demand in Asian markets helped first-quarter PC shipments around the world jump 22.7 percent over the same period last year, the highest annual surge recorded by iSuppli since it began tracking the market in 2003. |
| View Source | June 7, 2010 | Provides Information |
| PC shipments to grow this year as economies recover |
| The continuing economic recovery and growing interest in mobile devices will drive PC shipment growth by 19.8 percent this year compared to 2009, IDC said on Tuesday. |
| View Source | June 15, 2010 | Provides Information |
| PCs beat Apple in summer price wars |
| Summer pricing for consumer laptops demonstrates why Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Acer, and Toshiba continue to beat Apple in shipment numbers--ergo, popularity. |
| View Source | July 6, 2010 | Provides Information |
| PCs, servers push Micron to profits |
| Micron bagged $365 million in profits during its latest fiscal quarter, completely rebounding from a $763m loss this time last year. |
| View Source | April 1, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Rising Demand for PCs Lifts Lenovo out of the Red |
| The Chinese PC maker reported a profit of US$129 million on revenue of $16.6 billion for the year to March 31. By comparison, the company reported a loss of $226 million on revenue of $14.9 billion during its previous fiscal year. |
| View Source | May 27, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Sales of Laptops Grew by 43 Percent in Q1, Says Gartner |
| Shipments of laptops rose by 43.4 percent in the first three months of 2010, compared to the same period last year, according to market research company Gartner. A large part of the growth was due to a 71 percent bump in netbook sales, which Gartner doesn't expect will be affected by the arrival of Apple's iPad and other tablets. |
| View Source | May 25, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Samsung Retakes Lead From Intel and Micron in Flash Memory |
| A battle over chip manufacturing prowess in the flash memory chip industry appears to be brewing between Samsung Electronics and IM Flash Technologies, a joint venture operated by Intel and Micron. |
| View Source | April 19, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Samsung's Q2 Forecast Highlights Tech Industry Strength |
| Samsung Electronics, one of the world's largest electronics makers, on Wednesday forecast record operating profit for the second quarter of 2010 on strong sales. |
| View Source | July 7, 2010 | Provides Information |
| SanDisk Announces Plans To Sell At Least $1 Billion Of Convert Notes |
| SanDisk Inc. announced plans to sell at least $1 billion of 7-year convertible notes for the repurchase other such notes, capital spending and other efforts. |
| View Source | August 18, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Tech industry exploding: Chips sales up more than 50 percent |
| The tech world is absolutely flying out of recession and into recovery. |
| View Source | May 3, 2010 | Provides Information |
| The PC Sales Boom Doesn't Really Matter |
| Research indicates that the PC Market is going to see a 20 percent rise in sales. But the future of the personal computer may not be so bright, after all. |
| View Source | June 22, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Toshiba Cuts Loss Forecast for Year Just Ended |
| Toshiba has cut by more than half the amount of money it expects to have lost in the financial year just ended. |
| View Source | April 22, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Toshiba Slashes Losses, Eyes a Return to Profits This Year |
| Toshiba managed to recover from deep losses of two years ago and moved close to break-even in the year to March, it said Friday. The company reported smaller losses or better profits at all of its key business units despite an across-the-board drop in sales |
| View Source | May 7, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Toshiba takes Violin Memory stake |
| Toshiba has taken a strategic stake in flash memory product supplier Violin Memory and agreed a flash chip supply deal. |
| View Source | April 1, 2010 | Provides Information |
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| Weak euro to hit IBM sales, profit seen solid |
| IBM is in danger of missing average Wall Street estimates for its second-quarter revenue as the weaker euro dents sales in Europe, which counts for about 30 percent of its revenue. |
| View Source | July 16, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Western Digital Earnings Rise 35% |
| Western Digital Corp. on Wednesday reported a fiscal fourth-quarter profit of $265 million, or $1.13 a share, on revenue of $2.4 billion. During the same period a year ago, the hard-disk drive maker earned $196 million, or 86 cents a share, on $1.9 billion in revenue. Analysts surveyed by FactSet Research had forecast Western Digital to earn $1.38 a share on $2.47 billion in sales for the period ended July 2. |
| View Source | July 21, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Western Digital, Seagate Tech Rise 6% |
| Hard-disk drive makers shares rose Wednesday after Morgan Stanley analyst Katy Huberty raised her rating on Western Digital Corp. to equal weight from underweight. Huberty said she made the move due to WD's valuation, as the stock has fallen about 45% this year. WD's shares rose $1.44, or 6%, to $25.59, while its top rival, Seagate Technology climbed 64 cents a share, or more than 6%, to $10.80. |
| View Source | September 1, 2010 | Provides Information |
| Will Hurd-less HP take a less proprietary turn |
| I really thought at first there was no open source angle with the Mark Hurd scandal. |
| View Source | August 10, 2010 | Provides Information |
| World's Biggest Laptop Maker Breaks Shipment Record in June |
| Quanta Computer, the world's largest contract laptop computer maker, set record highs for shipments and revenue in the month of June, a sign demand for technology products hasn't stumbled despite fears of debt problems in some parts of Europe. |
| View Source | July 8, 2010 | Provides Information |