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PC vendors want slice of smartphone pie
News Converging mobile PCs and smartphone capabilities push vendors toward lucrative smartphone market, but barriers to diminish impact, says Gartner.
Tags: Development/design, Smart phones, Cellular phones, revenue, mobile, handset, Smart Phone, PC Company, Gartner Inc., Sales
Portables, China boost APAC PC market
News Asia-Pacific PC market grew 18 percent to hit 23.4 million units in third quarter, boosted by government procurements in China and Taiwan, IDC finds.
Tags: Personal Computers, Hewlett-Packard Co., International Data Corp., Asia-Pacific, Sales, Japan, ASUS, Pakistan, mini-notebook, China
ARM to wrestle x86 as low-cost PCs thrive
News By end-2011, ARM will become a significant PC processor architecture chipping away at x86's dominance in the industry, says Gartner.
Tags: Processors, Mobile processors, Notebooks and tablets, Netbook, Notebook, Google Inc., Google Android, Intel X86, Notebook Pricing, ARM
Gartner: PC sales to make slight recovery by year's end
News Demand isn't as dire as originally forecast; sales will be down just 2 percent for the year.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Personal Computers, Desktops, Microsoft Windows 7, Gartner Inc., Sales, Notebook, Emerging Market, Microsoft Windows, Recovery
Gartner: PCs, handsets to lead electronics recovery
News Analyst firm says it has seen first signs of economic recovery in the electronics industry, with mobile phone and consumer PC markets leading the way.
Tags: Personal Computers, Cellular phones, Smart phones, mobile-phone, Phone, home PC, Recovery, handset, Personal Computers, consumer electronics
Virtual PC 5.0 for Windows
Product Reviews Virtual PC 5.0 for Windows
Tags: Microsoft Virtual PC, Virtual Machine, computer, Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition, hard drive, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows 98, PC
Microsoft puts its 'signature' on PCs
News In its online and retail stores, Microsoft is selling computers loaded with all of its online software including its Windows Live, Zune, and Security Essentials products.
Tags: Personal Computers, Windows 7, Internet Explorer 8, Computer, Microsoft Corp., software, Windows 7, Web Browser, software company, Hardware
Acer: We'll pass Dell 'very soon'
News Acer's president says it expects to overtake Dell as the No. 2 PC maker, and challenge No. 1 HP too.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Desktops, Netbook, Notebook, Desktops, U.S., Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Computer Corp., Acer Inc., International Data Corp.
Report: HP mulls merging printer, PC units
News Tech giant is reportedly considering reuniting the units, which were combined and then separated in 2005 under two different chief executives.
Tags: Personal Computers, Peripherals, Printer, Computer, Mark Hurd, CEO, Personal Computers, Peripherals, Hewlett-Packard Co., Wall Street Journal
Windows 7 to fulfill 'unsated demand' for next OS
News Lack of Vista deployments will prompt most businesses to upgrade to Windows 7 from XP, says Microsoft executive.
Tags: Windows 7, Forrester Research Inc., Ovum, Operating System, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7, Microsoft Windows Vista, Asia-Pacific, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows XP
Netbooks changing the PC game
News Boosted by telco bundles, netbooks are "the only PC segment enjoying growth this year" and forcing big change to the industry, says Canalys.
Tags: 3G (Third Generation), Notebooks and tablets, PC Company, Asia-Pacific, Sales, leader, analyst, telecommunications company, computer game, PC
Will Windows 7 reboot PC sales?
News Boost to tech business from Microsoft's new operating system may be buffered, as economy remains primary reason for holdup in PC sales.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Chip Company, Microsoft Windows 7, Sales, Microsoft Windows, analyst, PC, Netbook
Opera: Mini leads cross-platform charge
News Browser maker says Opera's reach extended to include devices such as games devices and in-flight entertainment systems, where over 35.6 million people use Opera Mini.
Tags: Browser, Web browsers, Opera Software ASA, Microsoft Corp., mobile, Web Browser, Europe, Microsoft Internet Explorer, antitrust, Microsoft Windows
Dell: Order a Vista PC and get it with Windows 7
News Customers can order a Vista machine now but elect to have Dell upgrade the PC to Windows 7 before it ships the computer.
Tags: Personal Computers, Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Windows 7, Windows Vista, Computer, Windows 7, PC Company, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7
Microsoft says automated 'Fix it' is working
News One-click solutions to problems have attracted more than 7 million people and have had a 95 percent success rate, the software maker says.
Tags: Business applications, Computer, advertisement, Twitter Inc., Microsoft Corp., Business applications, online support, virus, PC, Facebook
