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Microsoft revenue grows despite PC market woes

...said in an investor conference call. "The decline of netbooks negatively impacted consumer PCs which were down six percent. Netbooks, which a year ago represented... Read more

20 January, 2012 by Ben Woods

HP quarterly earnings plunge as PC confusion bites

...factors, including the decision to discontinue its WebOS unit, falling demand for consumer PCs and multiple natural disasters, including the earthquake in Japan. "We took... Read more

22 November, 2011 by Ben Woods

PC market growth lower than expected, says Gartner

...Mikako Kitagawa said in a statement: "After strong growth in shipments of consumer PCs for four years, driven by strong demand for mini-notebooks [ie... Read more

15 July, 2011

PC sales fell in Q1 as tablets trumped netbooks

...maintain momentum." Gartner's principal analyst Mikako Kitagawa said: "Weak demand for consumer PCs was the biggest inhibitor of growth. Low prices for consumer PCs... Read more

15 April, 2011

Microsoft's profits saved as Kinect outsells iPad

...of netbooks. In the conference call after the results, Microsoft said: "Within consumer PCs, netbooks declined from their peak last year while notebook growth remained... Read more

28 January, 2011

Windows 7's first birthday: 240 million sold

...adds: "As of September, Windows 7 was running on 93% of new consumer PCs and has over 17% global OS market share (according to Net... Read more

22 October, 2010

While PC shipments will grow to a million per day, netbooks are in decline

...It said: "Revenue is being affected by weaker-than-expected demand for consumer PCs in mature markets." Gartner is now projecting worldwide PC shipments of... Read more

31 August, 2010

UK PC sales up 15%, but growth is weaker than in Western Europe

...said: In the second quarter, the mobile PC market grew 17%, with consumer PCs leading the way with more than 30% growth compared to low... Read more

25 August, 2010

Corel knocks Microsoft off HP desktops

Hewlett-Packard is booting Microsoft Office software from its Pavilion line of consumer PCs in favour of software from Corel, as more PC makers consider... Read more

27 August, 2002 by David Becker and Michael Kanellos

HP-Compaq: Both PC brands will stay

...PCs. The consensus, however, was not as strong when it came to consumer PCs. HP's Pavilion is more popular, but some stated that the... Read more

7 May, 2002 by Michael Kanellos

Cheap Linux PCs targeted at home users

A US start-up is selling PCs running the Linux operating system to consumers at bargain-basement prices Read more

24 June, 2003 by Stephen Shankland

HP hopes new blue PCs will tempt consumers

HP is targeting back-to-school shoppers with its souped-up Pavilion desktop range Read more

19 June, 2003 by John G.Spooner

Home PCs at most risk from Nimda

Antivirus experts say that most businesses now have a handle on blocking Nimda infections. It's home users - and their lax security protection - that have them worried Read more

20 September, 2001 by Robert Lemos

Consumer PCs

Guy Kewney takes a closer look at the iMerge, a CD player that does more than simply play CDs Read more

7 September, 2001 by Guy Kewney

November sales fall for consumer PCs

November's UK consumer sales of PCs were down on the same month last year, according to figures from market research firm Context. Read more

18 December, 2000 by Ben King

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