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AMD faces revenue gloom
News Some analysts had fretted about AMD's performance in the face of a price war on Intel's part, as the larger chip company desperately tried to cut inventory ahead of the launch of its new Core architecture chips.
[July 7, 2006, 9:25]
Five years ago: EC rule sends RAM prices up 30 per cent
News We're seeing price rises of between 25 per cent and 30 per cent," said Ian Boyle, group director of UK memory distributor Datrontech. Unless you can prove the RAM was manufactured outside Korea or Japan, or prove the goods were sold above the EC's...
[March 26, 2002, 6:01]
AMD increases sales, reduces market share
News The company also cut the price of its 2.6GHz and 2.66GHz Pentium 4s by $48, or 20 percent, to $193. It dropped the price on its 2.8GHz Pentium 4 by $113 (£70), or 30 percent, to $262. That's up nine-tenths of a point from its 2002 first-quarter...
[May 13, 2003, 8:35]
Broadband unbundler targets public sector
News Updata, which cut its teeth in the Danish telecoms market, announced this week that it is targeting the UK education market with a range of managed broadband services. Ofcom recently forced BT to cut some LLU prices in an attempt to breathe new...
[July 30, 2004, 12:40]
Intel chipsets, Celerons mean cheaper PCs
News As expected, a host of PC makers announced both low-price and mid- to high-end PCs on Monday. But the cost reduction that 845G enables is going to let the Pentium 4-class (components) get to lower price points that it simply isn't able to get to...
[May 21, 2002, 9:08]
Christmas cheer around the corner for PC buyers
News And to help PC makers keep their profit margins, Intel will provide "price protection" - that is, cut current prices to keep their own sales up, and then retroactively give discounts on chips bought earlier.
[October 21, 2005, 15:35]
Intel paints rosy picture after steady quarter
News The first Celerons based on the Pentium 4 architecture and intended for the budget market will come out this quarter, while new chipsets with integrated graphics will cut the price of standard Pentium 4 PCs.
[April 17, 2002, 14:05]
Oftel ruling will not mean cheaper Internet
News The cost of flat-rate Internet access is unlikely to fall in the UK despite Oftel's announcement on Monday that it is forcing BT to cut its wholesale unmetered Internet charges by 17 percent. Oftel's director general David Edmonds hopes that the...
[July 21, 2003, 14:47]
Gadgets for Christmas review
Reviews If money’s tight, this is a cut-price connected contender Good set of features at the right price You can file it under daft, but true: headphones are still the first thing to go when manufacturers look to cut corners on audio products.
[December 3, 2003, 10:45]
Dell's dilemma: Living up to its own reputation
News Slow demand and unusually aggressive price cuts for Dell are seen as two of the chief causes behind the shortfall. The PC maker had already cut some temporary workers. Though Dell benefited from huge market share gains during the fourth quarter...
[February 15, 2001, 15:10]
SugarCRM to launch on-demand offering
News She refused to mention a definite target, but said SugarCRM would like to reduce the amount of money being made by the CRM industry, through offering cut-price solutions. James Governor, analyst at Red Monk, said that SugarCRM is likely to shake up...
[November 4, 2004, 8:13]
UK near bottom of broadband league
News Traditionally prices have fallen within a year of the ADSL service being launched and with BT's product a year old this summer Paltridge thinks the price cut is "not far away". Paltridge is confident BT will drop its £49.99 monthly price tag soon.
[April 26, 2001, 7:39]
Panasonic breaks £200 DVD-RAM barrier
News Analysts say that despite the low price of the DVD Burner II, and Panasonic's promise to drastically cut the price of its DVD recorder, it faces an uphill struggle in Europe. The recorder is due to cost about £450 at launch, but Panasonic believes...
[March 7, 2003, 16:36]
US Report: New mobile Pentium II brings cheaper notebooks
News A by-product of the swift chip rollout will take shape by the end of the year in the form of price cuts, sources said. Shortly after the 300MHz Pentium II is released next month, Intel will cut prices on existing chips.
[August 24, 1998, 8:33]
Jumping from satellite to mobile and back
News There have been some recent price breaks -- most notably from Globalstar, which cut US satellite phone calls to 17 cents a minute and lowered the price of its hybrid phone to $600 -- but heavy price tags remain the norm.
[November 21, 2002, 9:20]
Intel bets wireless is ready for lift-off
News A number of wireless data carriers have already gone under while survivors have cut their fees. Notebook buyers also have shown that they often care more about price than battery life. Centrino computers, with a $1,500 starting price, will run for...
[March 10, 2003, 13:37]
Symantec trims workforce to cut costs
News After a disappointing quarter for its enterprise business, Symantec in January said it would cut costs by $200m to align its expenses with its revenue expectations. To achieve that target, the company said it would trim its workforce, reduce new...
[March 16, 2007, 8:16]
Xbox set for friendlier European arrival
News Dodkins noted that Sony's decision to cut the European price of the PlayStation2 helped reinvigorate sales last year. One of the challenges Microsoft will face in wooing European consumers is price. The Xbox will cost European gamers about £300...
[March 14, 2002, 9:08]
The Day Ahead: AOL Latin America has nice name, little else
News AOL Latin America, which doesn't have the critical mass to push price increases like AOL, said it has already cut prices. AOL Latin America is expected to price 25 million shares tonight between $15 and $17.
[August 1, 2000, 13:23]
US Report: Intel is lowering the boom, and the Celeron, on AMD
News The cut will mean that AMD will have to drop the price on its new processor from its current $317 (£193) to around $225 (£155) to stay competitive. Next month, Intel is expected to drop its price on its 350MHz Pentium II next month to about $300...
[August 28, 1998, 16:32]
