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Hong Kong hiring expectations 7-year low
News Only 20 percent of technology firms in the territory plan to grow headcount this quarter, down from 34 percent in last quarter, Hudson survey shows.
Tags: Compensation, Trends, Human resources, Recruiting, Business, Quarter, Asia, Headcount, Hong Kong, human resource agency
Mobile phone sales figures not pretty
News Manufacturers shipped between 245 million and 282 million units in the first quarter, compared with 282 to 290 million a year earlier. Only bright spot was smartphone sales.
Tags: Smart phones, Cellular phones, Apple Inc., Mobile, Quarter, Motorola Inc., Smart Phone, International Data Corp., Cell Phone, Sales
Dell earnings down 63 percent from last year
News Revenues, net income, and earnings per share nosedive in a rough first quarter. The company stresses its expense cutting.
Tags: Personal Computers, Quarter, PC Company, CFO, M&A, Dell Adamo, Notebook, Earnings, revenue, R&D
Nvidia offers hope with Q2 results
News Nvidia said Thursday that its second quarter loss had narrowed from a year ago and offered hope things might turn around.
Tags: Processors, NVidia Corp., Quarter, GPU, Compensation, Cloud Computing, quarterly revenue, stock compensation, high-performance computing, net income
Smartphones and low-cost handsets to dominate market
News Midrange mobile devices are getting squeezed out as more consumers opt for smartphones and people in the developing world buy low-cost handsets.
Tags: Smart phones, Apple Inc., Quarter, Smart Phone, Research In Motion Ltd., Juniper Networks Inc., Cell Phone, Sales, phone, Smartphone
Cisco CEO sees positive economic trends
News John Chambers, head of the tech industry bellwether, says quarterly orders for networking gear followed normal trends, signifying the economy is likely improving.
Tags: Security, Business security, Quarter, Cisco Systems Inc., Sales, Connected Corp., CEO, Italy, U.S., analyst
HP quarterly profit dips 19 percent
News Sales at the computer maker were down for the third quarter in every category, except the services division.
Tags: Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, Hewlett-Packard Co., Quarter, Europe, Sales, earnings per share, printing, Mark Hurd, quarterly profit
Samsung's Q3 earnings may herald rosy days ahead
News Samsung's forecast of a record third-quarter profit attests to success of the Korean electronics maker's aggressive growth strategy during the economic slump.
Tags: Components, Consumer Technology, Peripherals, Hyundai, LCD Panel, Quarter, Profit Guidance, Hyundai Securities, TV, Memory Chip
Venture funding deals hit 11-year low
News U.S. venture capitalist investment plummeted 50 percent from the same quarter last year with IT hit particularly hard, VentureSource reports.
Tags: Venture capital, Quarter, information technology industry, venture capital industry, National Venture Capital Association, software, Dow Jones & Company Inc., industry, information technology, U.S. company
Intel's sunny Q2 results, outlook
News Discounting a European Union fine, chipmaker delivers second-quarter revenue and net income above Wall Street estimates, and paints an optimistic Q3.
Tags: Components, Intel Corp., Quarter, Paul Otellini, Chip, Asia-Pacific, Europe, Notebook, Wall Street, revenue
HP earnings drop 17 percent
News Hewlett-Packard's revenue is down across most main business units.
Tags: Personal Computers, Servers, Earning reports/forecasts, Hewlett-Packard Co., Quarter, Electronic Data Systems Corp., quarterly revenue, Earnings, Mark Hurd, revenue
Intel: The bottom is in for PC demand
News Intel reported a first quarter profit of US$647 million on revenue of US$7.1 billion, beating Wall Street's estimates and suggesting that sluggish PC demand may have bottomed out.
Tags: PC security, Financial statements, Sales/revenue, Intel Corp., Quarter, Paul Otellini, Intel Pentium Pro, Chip, Notebook, revenue
Microsoft: 'Pressures are broad and deep'
News In its earnings conference call, the software maker says it remains "more cautious than most" about the global economy.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Microsoft Corp., Quarter, CFO, EMC Corp., Sales, Emerging Market, financial analyst, licensing deal, hiring
iPhone, Mac sales continue to propel Apple forward
News Apple has another record quarter thanks to cheaper MacBooks and high demand for new iPhone 3GS. Traditional iPod sales begin to taper off.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Smart phones, Consumer Technology, Apple Inc., Quarter, Apple MacBook, Apple MacBook Pro, Apple Macintosh, Sales, Earnings
Cisco profits dip, but still beat the Street
News Cisco Systems reports that sales and profits were down for the most recent quarter, but the company's results beat analyst expectations.
Tags: Components, Data centers, Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Quarter, Cisco Systems Inc., Sales, CEO, revenue, data center
