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Microsoft Office for Mac gets 30-day trial version

...this ZDNet UK-selected story, see Office for Mac gets trial, beats sales expectations on CNET News. Get the latest technology news and analysis, blogs... Read more

26 January, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Microsoft downplays sales expectations

The software giant says its rate of revenue growth could slow Read more

29 January, 2004 by Ina Fried

Palm hopes new Tungsten will shine brighter

...meant to give the struggling company a boost. It did not meet sales expectations, even after a 20 percent price reduction, which led to a... Read more

23 July, 2003 by Richard Shim

RIM lowers outlook as sales disappoint

The BlackBerry-smartphone has reduced sales expectations for its third fiscal quarter, citing economic troubles in the US... Read more

3 December, 2008 by Marguerite Reardon

Nokia further reduces forecast

Nokia on Thursday lowered fourth-quarter sales expectations for the second time in a month. The world's largest... Read more

5 December, 2008 by Marguerite Reardon

Nokia sees boost in handset sales

Nokia beat sales expectations on its mobile handset business on Thursday when it announced its... Read more

18 July, 2008 by Marguerite Reardon

E-Books: Getting there, slowly

...Three years later, Barnes & Noble discontinued its e-book efforts, citing slow sales. "Expectations were way out of line with the evolution of these new... Read more

7 April, 2006 by Elinor Mills

IDC rejigs sales forecast after Vista delay

...other factors, including a weakness in the component market, will help reduce sales expectations, said Richard Shim, an IDC analyst. PC companies are expected to... Read more

28 March, 2006 by Tom Krazit

Siebel updates hosted CRM again

...at a rapid pace, while Siebel has struggled to meet earnings and sales expectations. Among the updates to the CRM package, which is aimed at... Read more

17 June, 2005 by Matt Hines

'The saga is over' - PeopleSoft chief

PeopleSoft's chief executive says Oracle's hostile bid for his company is no longer a concern Read more

28 August, 2003 by Alorie Gilbert

Multi-feature mobiles catch consumer interest

...inventory problems that plagued it in previous quarters, a hangover from unrealistic sales expectations in the late 1990s. This was achieved thanks in large part... Read more

28 August, 2002 by Matthew Broersma

Microsoft's Tablet PC: Cool, but who'll buy it?

...comes in a slate-based form factor) has met the company's sales expectations, but has sold primarily into vertical applications for healthcare, insurance, real... Read more

3 July, 2002 by David Berlind

Gateway turning off Net appliances?

Computer giant adopts new strategy in drive for PC sales Read more

6 March, 2001 by Ian Fried

The Day Ahead: Mulling Amazon's sales, VerticalNet questions

...you slice it, Amazon is coming in at the low end of sales expectations. It would be perfectly reasonable to cut the e-tailer some... Read more

9 January, 2001 by Larry Dignan

Apple beats Street, eyes big December quarter

...a conference call with analysts, Fred Anderson, Apple's financial chief, lowered sales expectations for the September quarter because of product transitions. Revenue and unit... Read more

15 July, 1999 by Larry Barrett

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I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

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