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Article | 16/01/2013 Report: Hewlett-Packard has suitors for Autonomy, EDS divisions
A number of parties have expressed interest in buying Hewlett-Packard's Autonomy software business as well as its EDS services arm, according to a Wal...
Article | 16/01/2013 Dell to bring ARM, x86 server chips closer
Dell is trying to bring the ARM and x86 processors closer by supporting a new systems management technology, a step toward making both the CPU technol...
Article | 15/01/2013 Dell faces challenges in private buyout plan, analysts say
Dell's high market capitalization and its recent struggles to transition from a commodity PC supplier to an enterprise IT vendor mean that multiple pr...
Article | 11/01/2013 PCs move out of the show's limelight
PCs were upstaged by tablets, smartphones and TVs at this year's International CES show, with some companies maintaining a smaller presence or holding...
Article | 10/01/2013 Windows 8 fails to lift the PC market in Q4
Microsoft's Windows 8 OS failed to provide a spark to PC sales during last year's fourth quarter, with worldwide unit shipments falling by 6.4 percent...
Article | 19/12/2012 Dell buying data-protection vendor Credant
Dell has made a deal to acquire data-protection vendor Credant Technologies and plans to add the company's technology to its enterprise IT security of...
Article | 18/12/2012 Former executive convicted for LCD price fixing
A former executive at Taiwanese LCD marker AU Optronics has been convicted of participating in a worldwide conspiracy to fix the prices of LCD panels,...
Article | 13/12/2012 Dell scraps Android smartphones in favour of Windows 8 tablets
Dell doesn’t plan on returning to the Android smartphone market any time soon, announcing that it will focus instead on creating Windows 8 touch-enabl...
Article | 13/12/2012 Hitachi, EMC and Fujitsu winners as storage market weakens
Growth in the storage market slowed down during the third quarter, but vendors such as Hitachi, EMC and Fujitsu still had a good three months thanks i...
Article | 29/11/2012 Dell ships lightweight XPS 13 laptop with Ubuntu Linux
After months of experimenting, Dell took the wraps off a thin-and-light XPS 13 laptop with the Ubuntu Linux 12.04 LTS, an OS that is code-named Precis...
Article | 28/11/2012 Worldwide server shipments rose in Q3, but revenue fell, Gartner says
Worldwide server shipments went up in the third quarter of 2012, but revenue from those sales dropped due to economic uncertainty in some parts of the...
Article | 21/11/2012 Hardware vendors sue Dutch government over copyright levies
Hewlett-Packard, Acer, Dell and Imation are suing the Dutch government over new levies on hard disks, smartphones, tablets and MP3 players that are me...
Article | 16/11/2012 Wall Street Beat: Tech stocks in doldrums
Though U.S. political leaders managed to spark some good news for the economy Friday, technology stocks are down for the week, showing a continued lac...
Article | 16/11/2012 Dell buys automation software provider Gale Technologies
In a move aimed at strengthening its ability to offer converged systems, Dell has acquired infrastructure automation software provider Gale Technologi...
Article | 15/11/2012 Dell profit slides 47 per cent amid weak PC market
Dell on Thursday reported a sharp drop in revenue and profits for the third quarter as the weak PC market continued to weigh on its results.