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Despite growth, semiconductor sector falters
News Monday's dip came despite indications that the semiconductor industry is in the midst of its strongest sales growth since 1995, when growth was 38 percent. Worldwide, the industry is on track for sales of more than $231.6bn this year, an increase...
[October 10, 2000, 14:00]
Intel misses earnings estimates, cuts 4,000 jobs
News US consumer PC sales dropped 22.5 percent, compared to the year before, and May wasn't much better. But subsequently, computer sales began to tumble. Analysts and company executives also began to voice doubts about any potential sales bump for the...
[July 17, 2002, 8:02]
Windows Vista turns one year old
News The Dixons group, owners of PC World, blamed poor Vista-related hardware sales for a fall in profits. As Bradshaw points out, most of the consumer sales for Vista have been less an active purchase and more an acceptance of what comes on new PCs...
[November 30, 2007, 7:02]
Investment losses sap Microsoft profit
News Specifically, desktop-application sales would grow 7 percent to 8 percent for the full year, but "be up only slightly on a percentage basis due to very soft PC demand" during the first fiscal quarter, Connors said.
[July 20, 2001, 10:38]
The Day Ahead: Solectron tempers rosy outlook ... for now
News Also note that Solectron isn't the best gauge of PC demand -- 48 percent of its sales come from networking and communications gear. For the year, Solectron should generate sales of more than $20bn and earnings per share in the range of $1.12 to $1.15.
[September 12, 2000, 11:50]
Amstrad to try again with next-gen e-m@iler
News But with recent figures showing the first-ever drop in PC sales across Western Europe, and with some economists predicting a UK recession, less tech-savvy households may decide that the new Amstrad product satisfies their needs.
[September 27, 2001, 14:59]
AMD blames Intel for sales plunge
News In August, AMD said sales would be down about 15 percent. AMD said it held or gained market share in the quarter, but the price war hurt AMD as unit sales of processors stayed at record levels hit in the second quarter.
[October 8, 2001, 10:12]
Palm stays atop handheld market
News Handheld manufacturers had a far better holiday season than expected, although sales were still slightly down from 2000. Palm, the market leader worldwide and in the United States, was one of the chief beneficiaries of the sales surge.
[January 25, 2002, 12:36]
Microsoft fixes wireless glitch
News Microsoft is betting on the delivery of digital content over the Internet and the redistribution of that content over home networks to be the central driver behind the next wave of PC sales. NPDTechworld has not yet tabulated sales for October...
[November 12, 2002, 8:13]
AMD faces revenue gloom
News AMD said sales of entry-level and mainstream processors for desktops and notebooks were down, the same categories that Intel targeted with its price cuts. AMD's server business, however, continued to post strong sales during the second quarter, the...
[July 7, 2006, 9:25]
Operating systems boost the bottom line for Apple and Microsoft
Blog With Windows Vista failing to capture interest from either the consumer or corporate world, and many PC makers still heavily pushing Windows XP instead of Vista (not to mention the fact that Vista is wholly inappropriate for netbooks, which have...
[October 27, 2009, 11:07]
US Report: IBM beats estimates in 3Q
News Total hardware sales grew 4 percent to $8.7bn (£5.3bn), but PC revenue was flat. Sales from IBM's Europe/Middle East/Africa unit totalled $6.1bn (£3.72bn), up 16 percent. And Asia-Pacific sales declined 16 percent to $3.2bn (£1.95bn) and revenue...
[October 21, 1998, 10:15]
Be slashes staff and faces hard times
News But a sagging market has contributed to limited customer wins and sales. The failure of Internet appliances to take off has as much to do with overhype as it does with the slowing computer sales. Most of the cuts are in sales and marketing but also...
[April 4, 2001, 11:33]
Intel breaks 3GHz speed barrier
News While they will offer the new systems, the manufacturers are somewhat realistic as to their sales prospects. The latest data from NPD Techworld, which tracks retail sales, underlines that trend. While desktop unit sales in the US retail market...
[November 13, 2002, 7:39]
PC makers rev up 3GHz releases
News While they will offer the new systems, the manufacturers are somewhat realistic as to their sales prospects. The latest data from NPD Techworld, which tracks retail sales, underlines that trend. While desktop unit sales in the U.S.retail market...
[November 12, 2002, 15:46]
Windows 98: The morning after
News With ominous metaphor, research firm PC Data pointed out that the lead-up to Windows 98 had caused a slow-down in sales of all other pre-98 software. Across the country, however, Dixon-owned PC Worlds, which did open in the night, had clocked up 1...
[June 26, 1998, 11:20]
The Day Ahead: Debate heats up over online advertising outlook
News Meanwhile, consumer PC sales may be slowing in Europe and the US Microsoft will grow in the mid-teens, down from historical levels, and Windows 2000 "is on track with our expected plan," he said. Moore noted that sales did slow in as dot-coms...
[June 7, 2000, 12:32]
The Day Ahead: Dell tries Wall St. balancing act
News On a conference call with analysts, CFO Tom Meredith attributed 3 cents ($300m or £156m in sales) of the shortfall to chip shortages and the other 3 cents ($500m in sales) to a Y2K spending slowdown. A handful of analysts said slowing corporate...
[January 27, 2000, 11:47]
Java-based streaming '10 times faster than MPEG-4'
News Once compressed, the audio or video media can be used to enrich sales presentations, support after-sales packages or offer long-distance training," explained Anttoni Vesterinen, Oplayo chief executive, speaking to ZDNet France at the 3GSM conference.
[February 20, 2002, 12:36]
A Year Ago: IBM beats estimates in 3Q
News Total hardware sales grew 4 percent to $8.7bn (£5.3bn), but PC revenue was flat. Sales from IBM's Europe/Middle East/Africa unit totalled $6.1bn (£3.72bn), up 16 percent. And Asia-Pacific sales declined 16 percent to $3.2bn (£1.95bn) and revenue...
[October 21, 1999, 9:00]
