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Telecoms slump puts the bite on Bluetooth
News He said that the general economic slump, as well as persistent compatibility problems between Bluetooth products from different manufacturers, also contributed to the revised forecast. The future of the Bluetooth market does not look quite as rosy...
[July 16, 2002, 14:31]
Sony plans to ride out economic slump
News Despite the economic slump, Sony Electronics will try to maintain its double-digit growth in the United States this year by releasing a slew of new products. Fujio Nishida, president of Sony Electronics, said Tuesday that revenue within Sony's...
[April 4, 2001, 10:03]
Chips may slump into spring 2002
News He predicted that revenue growth would continue to slump through March or April 2002, adding that excess capacity "would likely lead to more aggressive pricing trends and a lacklustre recovery". The PC sector will also continue to slump, he...
[May 31, 2001, 6:28]
Nvidia warns of revenue slump
News Graphics chip maker Nvidia lowered financial forecasts for its second quarter, blaming an ongoing slump in PC sales. The company said it now expects to report revenue of $410m to $430m (£262m to £275m) for the quarter, which ended on 28 July, and...
[July 31, 2002, 8:20]
Exclusive: Apple rallies troops after slump
News Sources said Jobs repeated the company's assertions that the lower-than-expected numbers were primarily the result of disappointing Power Mac G4 Cube sales and a slump in education channels. After an earnings warning halved its stock within 24...
[October 4, 2000, 7:55]
News Burst: Mobile phone slump hits UK economy
News However, there are concerns that the sector may be heading for a slump. A post-Christmas decline in consumer demand for mobile phones caused a sharp drop in Britain's manufacturing output in January, according to government figures released last...
[March 12, 2001, 10:20]
Security business avoids tech slump
News While PC makers and dot-coms have been hit hard by the tech slump, most network and computer security companies continue to stand their ground. The earnings potholes hit by high-technology companies over the past year will be largely avoided by the...
[August 23, 2001, 8:33]
ARM chip dominance defies market slump
News UK chip designer ARM Holdings is continuing to thrive despite the continued slump in the IT market, and on Monday announced 42 percent revenue growth for the three months ended 30 September. The results arrive on the back of several high-profile...
[October 15, 2001, 14:19]
HP suspends pay raises during slump
News After already delaying raises for its employees, Hewlett-Packard has decided to suspend pay increases until business recovers from the ongoing slump in technology spending. An HP representative confirmed the company sent out a memo last week...
[November 8, 2001, 10:58]
Slump in demand for IT workers
News MSB's warning shows that the global slump in the high-tech sector is cutting deep into the UK jobs market. IT recruitment firm MSB International has warned its investors that it is suffering from the slowdown in the technology sector.
[August 15, 2001, 13:39]
Sun steers clear of computing slump
News Sun Microsystems met analyst expectations for quarterly earnings Thursday, amid a slowing economy many analysts think will later hit the successful Unix server specialist. Sun posted net income of 16 cents a share, just as analysts surveyed by...
[January 19, 2001, 8:19]
IBM admits Aptiva sales slump
News IDC research showed European, Middle East and Africa Aptiva sales down from 65,000 units in the third quarter of 1996 to 25,000 for the equivalent period this year. In the UK, the numbers were 24,000 down to under 5,000 units.
[November 28, 1997, 11:19]
Smartphone boom defies wider handset slump
News Global smartphone sales increased by 27 percent in the second quarter, compared with the same period last year, according to Gartner. The boom in the smartphone segment — from 32 million to 41 million units — was not matched by the wider mobile...
[August 12, 2009, 16:26]
Psion slump signals sea change for PC cards
News Psion shares continued to fall this morning following yesterday's revelation that the company's profits for 1999 would be hit due to poor modem sales, following the rapid switch to embedded modems in notebooks.
[February 11, 1999, 12:47]
Veitch Speaks: When slump comes, spare IT
News There are only three certainties in life: death, taxes and IT spending, said Computacenter chief executive Mike Norris. His words made for a lively quote and were instantly picked up by the media fawning over a British company that had succeeded in...
[November 14, 1998, 5:06]
Confusing jargon blamed for IT spending slump
News Consumers are balking at technology purchases because they don't understand the technology in PCs and other high-tech gadgets, according to a new survey carried out on behalf of an AMD Consumer Research Group.
[July 7, 2003, 13:15]
Ericsson plans job cuts after sales slump
News Over 20,000 Ericsson employees are facing redundancy after the company announced on Monday that it made a greater than expected loss in the first three months of this year, and expected to make an overall loss in 2002.
[April 22, 2002, 11:04]
A Year Ago: Apple shares slump 20 per cent on shock loss
News Apple shares slumped 20 per cent yesterday morning on the back of news that the beleaguered Californians will lose between $100 million and $150 million for its first fiscal quarter, due to be reported January 15.
[March 3, 1999, 5:57]
Gartner sees boom for virtualisation in slump
News The EMEA market for virtualisation software is likely to be very robust in 2009, with the market for hosted virtual desktops leading the field, according to analyst company Gartner. However, the company warned that the global recession could put a...
[April 9, 2009, 12:35]
