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eMachines issues profit warning as demand sinks
News EMachines said Monday its second quarter earnings will fall significantly short of Wall Street estimates as consumer PC demand fell. EMachines shares hit a 52-week low of 3 7/8 in early trading. Shares of eMachines had a rough outing in a March IPO...
[June 19, 2000, 14:47]
eMachines: Expect appliances from us
News eMachines of Irvine, California company best known for making cheap PCs, is eyeing appliances. Instead, its top executive hinted that the company is ready to jump into the market for even cheaper, special purpose Internet-enabled devices.eMachines...
[November 19, 1999, 10:25]
The Day Ahead: EMachines' Greenspan excuse doesn't fly
News To the many investors who were skeptical about eMachines from day one, the profit warning isn't that surprising. EMachines can't. That's what eMachines tried to do yesterday when it told Wall Street it would miss estimates by a mile.
[June 20, 2000, 11:34]
eMachines prices at $9 a share
News eMachines priced its 20 million share initial public offering (IPO) at $9 (£5.58) a share on Thursday for trading on Friday. In January, eMachines acquired FreePC, a Bill Gross idealab! company that subsidises the price of a PC with Internet access...
[March 24, 2000, 10:45]
EMachines bucks PC downturn
News But the eMachines chief executive is not surprised that the consumer PC market is cooling off. So why did eMachines choose now to unveil a host of new products, including a brand new push in the business PC market?
[December 1, 2000, 9:43]
eMachines embraces Intel with new PCs
News eMachines has gone all-Intel. The new models cover eMachines' $399 (£247), $499 (£309) and $599 (£372) price points. Previously, eMachines has used National Semiconductor's Cyrix MII processor, now owned by VIA Technologies, in its $399 models; and...
[August 19, 1999, 8:51]
The Day Ahead: Will investors buy eMachines' IPO?
News eMachines, a pioneer of low-cost PCs, actually reported a fourth-quarter profit last year, and has strong brand recognition. Sans FreePC, eMachines reported sales of $814.3m (£504m) and a loss of $5.7m (£3.5m).
[March 20, 2000, 12:06]
Apple sues eMachines over eOne
News Apple said Thursday it had filed suit against eMachines in US Federal Court in San Jose, California, and is asking a judge to stop the company from shipping its new eOne computer. Apple is seeking unspecified damages from eMachines.
[August 20, 1999, 8:45]
PC prices could fall into TV-land
News While PCs from eMachines and others now sell for less than $400, ZDNN has reviewed documents for new, more eye-pleasing designs aimed at even lower price levels. Right now, that market is limited to smaller companies, but Sargent expects that...
[October 11, 1999, 11:58]
The PCs answer to the iMac
News "To Apple's credit, they have shown that the PC is ready for 'cool,' " said Stephen Dukker, president and CEO of Emachines, based in Fremont, California. The new Emachines computer will integrate a 15-inch display and a central processing unit...
[January 8, 1999, 9:02]
Compaq sues for patent infringement
News "Compaq makes substantial investments in research and development," said Alan Hodel, a spokesman for the Houston, Texas-based Compaq.eMachines is infringing patents that hurt those R&D investments.eMachines would not comment, though a spokesperson...
[July 27, 1999, 8:56]
AOL to give away PCs
News America Online Inc.has signed a bundling deal with eMachines Inc.including a package in which consumers get a free system when they sign up for CompuServe service. AOL will also take a minority stake in eMachines.
[July 1, 1999, 8:09]
PC heavyweights bet on Net appliances
News The third appliance -- a wireless Web pad -- is due out early next year.eMachines also plans to ship an MSN Companion device before the end of the year. While the likes of Gateway and eMachines have made noise about Internet appliances, Compaq...
[August 21, 2000, 12:25]
New iMac clone hits PC market
News Three weeks after the maker of the iMac brought a lawsuit against PC maker Future Power and Korean conglomerate Daewoo Telecom for producing an iMac look-alike, another mimic has popped up in Japan -- seemingly manufactured by low-cost PC leader...
[July 21, 1999, 9:00]
3Com's Audrey - no place like home
News The WebPAD design has been available for about 18 months and has agreements from the likes of Vestel, Ericsson, ProView, ViewSonic, and eMachines to produce devices based on the design. The $499 (£345) Audrey Internet Appliance takes aim at a...
[October 18, 2000, 9:15]
Can Gateway rise again?
News It was an interesting match, bringing together two corporate cultures from two vastly separate geographies: Gateway hails from the plains of South Dakota, while eMachines got its start in Southern California.
[July 28, 2004, 11:30]
Gateway closes US retail doors
News The companies already have strong ties, emanating from Gateway's new eMachines arm. Wayne Inouye, Gateway's new chief executive and eMachines' former chief executive, was also once a Best Buy executive.
[April 2, 2004, 11:35]
The Day Ahead: Analysts' snooping sparks PC sales worries
News Every year -- usually Thanksgiving weekend -- some analysts head to Best Buy and other electronics retailers to count how many iMacs, Compaqs and eMachines are being sold. EMachines: Mixed signals on this PC vendor.
[November 29, 2000, 12:55]
Gateway-AOL appliance blasts off
News Compaq and eMachines, among others, have a head start in the market. Designed to provide a simple interface to the Web, email, and other Microsoft network services, MSN Companion has just begun to hit the market in devices from Compaq and eMachines.
[November 10, 2000, 8:29]
HP opens new front in PC price war
News Emachines has also increased its share of the US retail PC market, analysts said. The Pavilion a210e also competes, to a lesser extent, with budget-PC seller Emachines. HP has been battling both Dell and Emachines for market share.
[June 27, 2003, 14:42]
