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Microsoft denies flaw in Xbox motherboard
News The Xbox is Microsoft's high-profile bid to expand into the lucrative video game market, moving beyond its traditional PC base as sales of desktop and laptop computers decline. Staying on track for the launch date is vital for Microsoft, which is...
[August 15, 2001, 10:28]
Lacey's Paper Round
News PC sales boom in Europe but prices collapse and the shakeout has started - Business Week PC sales are up by 26% in the first quarter according to figures from Dataquest but Business Week says "the price wars are sparking a shakeout among PC makers...
[June 22, 1998, 16:21]
Recovery polarises IT industry
News Although Dell and HP are fighting it out with various PC sales promotions, investors won't be hearing from those two companies, which both are in the middle of their quarters. At the time, Intel CFO Andy Bryant said that PC processor sales were at...
[July 14, 2003, 11:38]
HP to miss targets and cut 3,000 jobs
News In an echo of comments she made last month, Fiorina said recent market data suggests that Europe is seeing a slowdown in PC sales similar to the one in the United States, with "growing softness in the retail sector and increasingly competitive...
[April 18, 2001, 14:53]
The Day Ahead: AMD gets praise, but will it translate into profits?
News PC sales will likely grow at between 15 percent to 20 percent this year, depending on which market research firm you ask, and anywhere between 40 percent to 50 percent in the US alone. The company issued no less than three profit warnings in the...
[March 7, 2000, 11:46]
IDC: PC market on the comeback trail
News Semiconductor manufacturers and some PC makers already have begun to report an upswing in sales. Business and consumer sales will have to increase to make up for what could be a decline in public sector purchases in 2003.
[December 6, 2002, 10:18]
Dell customers can't get no satisfaction
News Further, Dell's PC sales growth has slowed. Dell's lingering problems with consumer satisfaction and focus on higher-priced PCs have also dampened its consumer computer sales in the US The company's PC shipments grew 17.6 percent during the third...
[November 3, 2005, 11:50]
Apple to spruce up iMac
News We don't expect very strong sales of the iMac," said David Bailey, an analyst at Gerard Klauer Mattison, noting that weak overall PC sales are exacerbating the problems posed by the iMac's age. In order to continue their momentum, they need to...
[July 17, 2001, 9:29]
PDA market remains buoyant
News Yet while Palm and Sony's relative success suggests a strong position for the Palm operating system, Dell's preliminary sales for its Axim Pocket PC-based device show perhaps the industry is no nearer to seeing a clear PDA OS winner.
[January 28, 2003, 13:05]
Dell's bad news means job cuts and weak earnings
News Like many other PC makers, Dell issued a fourth-quarter earnings warning last month, citing the sluggish U.S.economy and slowing PC sales. Sales for the Asia-Pacific region and Japan rose 51 percent, with Japan alone posting a 120 percent year-over...
[February 16, 2001, 8:01]
New Intel chips span mobile spectrum
News Although PC sales declined in 2001, notebooks grew as a percentage of overall PC sales and now account for around 25 percent of all PC sales. Intel has released seven new notebook processors, while across-the-freeway rival Advanced Micro Devices...
[January 23, 2002, 10:44]
A tablet PC in every hand?
News Top vendors Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba say sales of their tablet PCs -- tiny portable computers fitted with pens, touch screens and handwriting-recognition technology -- are exceeding predictions made before the devices' November launch.
[February 28, 2003, 8:33]
Flat-panel prices sink on low demand
News Stronger-than-expected PC sales in the first quarter buoyed enthusiasm. Consumer PC sales plummeted in April and May. PC manufacturers, analysts and even panel makers expected to see shortages and retail price increases on flat panels in 2002...
[August 9, 2002, 7:55]
Price hikes pay off for Microsoft
News Microsoft's revenue rose 10 percent in the fourth quarter, thanks in part to increased sales of Windows XP and a new, somewhat controversial corporate licensing plan. For the year, sales topped $28.37bn, up from $25.3bn in 2001.
[July 19, 2002, 7:58]
Early XP sales less than stellar
News Microsoft executives have acknowledged that OS sales are now more closely tied to PC purchases than in the past. Despite heavy marketing and lucrative rebates being offered by retailers, early results indicate that sales of Windows XP are trailing...
[November 2, 2001, 9:29]
Memory price rises set to continue
News In early 2000, executives and analysts predicted shortages and higher prices, but a sudden decline in PC sales in August 2000 kicked off a historic downward spiral. In 2001, some manufacturers appeared to be dropping prices to gain market share or...
[March 13, 2002, 9:27]
Dell woos Internet startups
News Dell, in a belated bid to woo Internet start-ups, has quietly formed a sales and marketing division to target Internet-service providers and companies that host Web sites. Webster, a former Adobe Systems regional sales vice president, as vice...
[February 7, 2000, 15:31]
Dell seeks to cash in with retailers
News While it works to expand its PC business, Dell has embarked on a broader strategy to expand its direct-sales method in other directions. Dell Computer hopes to ring up new sales with retailers. Software available from the companies, when used with...
[January 14, 2003, 8:08]
Woe is tech: Intel issues warning
News The final piece of the puzzle fell into place Thursday when chip giant Intel warned that its fourth-quarter sales will fall short of analysts' estimates mainly because several large customers cancelled significant orders.
[December 8, 2000, 8:24]
HP edges past lowered expectations
News Sales dropped 10 percent for HP's Imaging and Printing Systems unit, the company's largest division. HP's fourth-quarter sales could see a steeper year-over-year decline than in the third quarter, executives said.
[August 17, 2001, 10:37]
