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Article | 20/08/2011 HP shift on PCs could boost rivals
With Hewlett-Packard (HP) likely spinning off its PC manufacturing business, other major vendors will almost certainly be looking for a way to get a b...
Article | 21/08/2011 HP or no HP: The PC lives
Suggestions that the PC is dead are greatly exaggerated. Flexibility, innovation and users' storage needs will keep it around a good long while.
Article | 19/08/2011 HP PC spin-off puts pressure on Microsoft to nail Windows 8
Hewlett-Packard's sale or spin-off of its PC business will put pressure on Microsoft to "hit the ball out of the park" with Windows 8, an analyst said...
Article | 19/08/2011 HP bails out on the PC
The acknowledgement yesterday by Hewlett-Packard (HP), the world's largest PC maker, that it is considering spinning off its massive PC manufacturing ...
Article | 19/08/2011 HP kills tablets, smartphones, confirms PC spin-off plans
Hewlett-Packard will discontinue operations for webOS devices, specifically the TouchPad tablets and smartphones. It also confirmed that it is explori...
Article | 18/08/2011 Lenovo's net profits close to double
Lenovo reported strong earnings for the quarter ended June 30, with the company's net profits nearly doubling year-over-year.
Article | 18/08/2011 Gartner: India PC market hit by low consumer interest
India's PC market was flat in the second quarter, reflecting the low importance Indian consumers attach to PC purchases, according to research firm Ga...
Article | 17/08/2011 Intel: Processor upgrade program saves tearing apart PC
Intel this week defended its fee-based processor upgrade program, saying it is a way to add incremental performance without having to tear the system ...
Article | 10/08/2011 Windows 7 to crack 40% share by year's end
Windows 7 will be on 42% of the world's computers by the end of this year, a Gartner analyst predicted today.
Article | 4/08/2011 Does the Mac have an edge against state-sponsored hacking?
When hackers broke into Google's computer network nearly two years ago, their first step was to take over Microsoft Windows machines running in the co...
Article | 3/08/2011 US court rejects dismissal in China Internet filter case
A U.S. court rejected motions to dismiss defendants in a US$2.2 billion lawsuit involving a Chinese government-backed Web filtering package that was a...
Article | 2/08/2011 Windows XP's share falls below 50%
Microsoft's Windows XP has slipped under the 50% share mark for the first time since Web measurement company Net Applications began tracking operating...
Article | 29/07/2011 5 more PC upgrade mistakes (and how to avoid them)
As PCs get more powerful and easier to use, the challenges involved with upgrading them have remained about the same. For the novice, a hard drive upg...
Article | 26/07/2011 SanDisk releases new SSDs for old computers
SanDisk has introduced a new line of solid-state drives (SSDs) that it's marketing directly to retail consumers versus computer system manufacturers.
Article | 20/07/2011 New Mac minis add Thunderbolt, lose optical drive
The MacBook Air line wasn’t the only Mac hardware to get a Thunderbolt-inspired makeover Wednesday. Apple also added a Thunderbolt port to its Mac min...