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Article | 15/07/2010 Dell nudges Acer from No. 2 spot in PC sales
Dell recovered its second-place spot in worldwide PC shipments during the second quarter, edging out Acer as corporate PC sales gained steam, IDC said...
Article | 14/07/2010 Microsoft Tablet Strategy: More Business than Consumer?
Despite being a pioneer in tablet PCs, Microsoft has failed to translate its ambitions into a successful slate-computing strategy.
Article | 13/07/2010 Microsoft extends Windows XP downgrade rights until 2020
Just a day before Microsoft drops support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), the company announced on Monday that people running some versions of Wi...
Article | 6/07/2010 Apple ranks 4th in e-retailer Hot 100
Apple ranks fourth in the latest UK Experian Hitwise Hot 100 E-Retailer list, ahead of PC makers such as Dell and HP and even UK retail giant Tesco.
Article | 1/07/2010 Part Two: Building a PC -- installing the motherboard
This article is the second in a series of how-to stories on building a computer. For a video version of part two, <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watc...
Article | 1/07/2010 How Cisco Cius stacks up against iPad
Cisco got into the tablet market Wednesday by launching its Cisco Cius, a mobile tablet computer that is specifically designed for enterprise users.
Article | 30/06/2010 Part One: Building a PC -- choosing your components
This article is the first in a series of how-to stories on building a computer. For a video version of part one, click here.
Article | 30/06/2010 Seagate releases first 3TB external desktop hard drive
Seagate Technologies today announced the first 3TB external desktop hard drive, which is capable of using USB 2.0, 3.0 or FireWire 800 connectivity.
Article | 29/06/2010 Intel SSDs hit brick-and-mortar retail stores
Over the past two years, solid state drives (SSDs) have only been sold directly to laptop or portable device manufacturers or through selected online ...
Article | 4/06/2010 Strong PC shipments to boost semiconductor revenue
Gartner on Thursday said worldwide semiconductor revenue this year will be stronger than previously projected as shipments of PCs and smartphones grow...
Article | 2/06/2010 3D craze hits PCs
The growing 3D trend has spread from cinemas to TVs and now to computers, with PC makers including MSI and Asus showing off systems at Taiwan's Comput...
Article | 16/04/2010 Gartner: PCs in higher demand since 2009
The popularity of PCs has grown drastically in the past year with a worldwide boost of 27.4 percent in first-quarter sales compared to 2009, according...
Article | 15/04/2010 Desktops re-emerge as PC shipments grow in Q1, IDC says
Worldwide PC shipments increased by 24.2 percent during the first quarter of 2010 compared to the same period last year, with desktop PC shipments gro...
Article | 8/04/2010 More than half of under-15s will use touchscreen PCs by 2015
More than half of PCs purchased for use by under 15s in 2015 will have touchscreen, says <a href="http://www.gartner.com">Gartner</a>.
Article | 18/03/2010 Today's PC hardware limits streaming 3D content
Content providers are increasingly streaming 3D video over the Internet, but many computers are not yet 3D-ready and users may not be all that interes...