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Psion shares rise on Bluetooth deal
News NEC Computers International is Europe's sixth-largest PC maker and a core company of Japan's NEC. Psion Connect, which makes a variety of communications equipment such as modems and PC cards, will supply Bluetooth connection technology for mobile...
[February 15, 2001, 11:44]
Dell: Throwing its weight around
News But to hear Kevin Kettler tell it, the PC maker often takes its own lead. The PC maker's customer surveys have led it to believe the Blu-ray format should succeed DVDs, Kettler says. Microsoft may bitch, Intel may bitch," but the customers want Blu...
[April 12, 2006, 15:55]
Lenovo signs $1.2bn Windows deal
News Microsoft's bid to encourage PC makers not to ship machines without pre-installed operating systems got a boost on Monday when Chinese hardware maker Lenovo said it would buy $1.2bn (£680m) of Windows licences over the next year.
[April 18, 2006, 15:25]
Latest AMD snub cuts both ways
News Struggling PC maker Gateway will part ways with chipmaker AMD once again. Since then, the slow PC market, price cuts from Intel and the need for PC makers to simplify their product lines have begun to constrict the outlets for AMD chips, although...
[September 26, 2001, 8:55]
Dell tops estimates - by a hair
News First Call consensus expected the PC maker to earn 21 cents a share in the quarter. Many industry observers fear PC demand will fall from historical levels, but Dell insisted its previously-stated goal of 30 percent annual growth is achievable.
[August 11, 2000, 11:43]
Lenovo to reveal new 'Ideas' for PC market
News The PC maker is hoping a foothold in the consumer market will give its business PCs a boost: "As many consumers trust the brand of PC they use at home for their work, there are additional opportunities to leverage our brand in the consumer market...
[January 17, 2008, 10:00]
Intel misses Q2 estimates, predicts better Q3
News In second quarter results released after market close Tuesday, the maker of PC processors posted net income of $1.75bn, or 51 cents a share. Continued cost cutting, improved efficiency, market share gains in the low end PC market, and ongoing...
[July 14, 1999, 8:09]
Gateway cuts jobs and closes shops
News The PC maker began notifying the 1,900 employees affected by the job cuts Monday morning. The PC maker is also planning new services and is looking into forming new relationships with business resellers and expanding its business sales force.
[March 18, 2003, 11:25]
HP pays $14.5m to settle spy scandal
News But the PC maker said that as part of the deal, the state will not pursue civil charges against the company, or against its current or former officers or directors. The California Attorney General's Office said on Thursday that Hewlett-Packard will...
[December 8, 2006, 8:07]
Dell trying to sidestep chip 'cartel'
News The Round Rock, Texas-based PC maker has begun to obtain memory from Taiwan's Nanya to trim back escalating memory costs seemingly caused in part by cooperation between manufacturers, Dell told an audience at Merrill Lynch's Hardware Heaven...
[May 1, 2002, 16:48]
Compaq takes wraps off 8-processor server
News Compaq Computer Tuesday announced its eight-processor ProLiant server -- the machine on which the No.computer maker is pinning its NonStop eBusiness solutions hopes. We invented the PC server with the SystemPro, and now these products are at the...
[August 18, 1999, 9:02]
Acer widens notebook screen
News The PC maker is making a bid to re-establish itself in the notebook market in the United States with a number of new models. The company is marketing the Aspire 1710 as a replacement for desktops or PC workstations primarily in the workplace.
[March 3, 2004, 10:35]
Healthy Q1 for PC makers say analysts
News Compaq recently ousted long-time CEO Eckhard Pfeiffer, just days before becoming the only PC maker to announce a poor first quarter. On Monday, both IDC and Dataquest/Gartner Group will release reports concluding that the PC industry had a strong...
[April 27, 1999, 6:53]
Compaq steps closer to PCTV
News The Houston-based PC maker is working on a new class of products made for playing video and delivering it via the Internet, said Mike Winkler, executive vice president of Compaq's global business unit.
[April 25, 2001, 14:22]
Cyrix sale: Business as usual
News We are sad to see National exit this market segment, but it will have no effect on our business," said Steve Dukker, president of the low-cost PC maker. It is pretty much business as usual for the PC part of the Cyrix business," said Steve Tobak...
[May 6, 1999, 7:44]
AMD gaining ground with Athlon
News While those problems are now behind Gateway and other PC makers, the situation helped AMD gain another foothold, according to executives at the chip maker. Advanced Micro Devices continues to gain ground in its battle to win acceptance for its...
[January 11, 2000, 9:30]
Via demonstrates Tablet PC
News Semiconductor maker Via Technologies is demonstrating a working prototype of its Tablet PC reference design this week at the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) in Taipei, Taiwan, as it continues to push into the growing market for...
[May 8, 2002, 17:31]
Worldwide PC revenue remains flat
News HP, the largest PC maker in the world for two straight quarters, expanded its lead over rival Dell in the fourth quarter worldwide. Acer, number four worldwide, also remained the fastest growing PC maker for the third year in a row.
[January 18, 2007, 8:58]
ELearning - Helping SMEs Through Economic Downturn
Blog PC maker, will cut about 1,900 of 3,000 jobs at its manufacturing plant in Limerick. The evidence that sales at many companies are struggling and that companies have to lay off employees to maintain companies' running.
[January 21, 2009, 8:42]
NEC looks to offload Euro PC business
News According to analysts at Gartner, the company was the seventh-largest PC maker worldwide in 2005, with a market share of 2.8 percent, and was the largest supplier in Japan. The European PC market received another blow on Wednesday with NEC's...
[June 21, 2006, 17:10]
