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• Article | 25/04/2012 Acer Q1 profit falls by 72 per cent

  Taiwanese PC maker Acer's first-quarter net profit dropped 72.1 per cent year-on-year, while revenue slumped 11.4 percent.
• Article | 24/04/2012 Acer ships desktops with quad-core Ivy Bridge chips

  Acer on Monday started shipping desktops that are among the first PCs available with Intel's third-generaton Core processors, code-named Ivy Bridge.
• Article | 23/03/2012 Acer announces first quad-core tablet Iconia Tab A510

  Acer has announced the Iconia Tab A510 tablet with Android 4.0, joining the growing market of device makers releasing quad-core tablets.
• Article | 13/03/2012 What do you get with an ultrabook?

  A new category of thin and light Windows 7 laptops called ultrabooks has emerged in the past few months, but questions remain about whether the time i...
• Article | 8/03/2012 Apple iPad: How it stacks up to the Android tablets

  Scores of new tablets have appeared in the past few months, and now that we know what the third-generation Apple iPad will offer when it ships March 1...
• Article | 8/03/2012 Intel wants touchscreen Ultrabooks, but will they be affordable?

  Intel is showing off a reference design for touchscreen Ultrabooks this week, though PC makers are still struggling to make non-touch Ultrabooks affor...
• Article | 28/02/2012 Hands-on with Huawei's MediaPad 10 FHD

  The much-rumored Huawei MediaPad 10 FHD got a soft launch at about the same time the company was announcing its Ascend D series of smartphones.
• Article | 27/02/2012 Lenovo looks to build brand as it reaches for top PC vendor spot

  China's Lenovo, already a top brand in its home country, is focused on becoming a household name in major foreign markets as the company faces the pro...
• Article | 24/02/2012 Ultrabook prices could fall, thanks to hybrid disk drives

  The price of slim, lightweight Ultrabook laptops may dip to just $600 this year, thanks to manufacturers that are switching from solely solid state dr...
• Article | 18/02/2012 Acer upgrades Iconia Tab tablets to Android 4.0

  Acer is upgrading all of its Iconia Tab tablets to Google's latest Android 4.0 OS, with updates due to be completed by the end of April, the company s...
• Article | 17/02/2012 Google looks for fix to Chromebook Wi-Fi 'disconnect bugs'

  Google is making changes to its Chrome OS to reduce the number of times that Chromebooks drop their connections to Wi-Fi networks, an issue some users...
• Article | 15/02/2012 Acer sees profit in Q4 after reporting losses in previous two quarters

  Acer reported fourth quarter profit of US$2.4 million, a financial turnaround after the company faced back-to-back <a href="http://itfinance.computerw...
• Article | 8/02/2012 Acer sues former CEO Lanci for breach of contract

  Acer has sued its former CEO and President Gianfranco Lanci in Italian courts for allegedly violating a non-compete clause, the company said Tuesday.
• Article | 13/01/2012 Android device makers chase Apple with cloud strategies

  The importance of bundling services and software with mobile devices is finally resonating with Android device makers as they compete with Apple, and ...
• Article | 13/01/2012 Buyers hang on for cheaper, faster Windows 8 ultrabooks

  Ultrabooks are attracting admirers at the Consumer Electronics Show, but some attendees are waiting to buy the thin laptops until prices drop and Wind...