Acer overtakes Dell to become second largest PC maker in the world!
Things are looking bad for Dell which has now lost the second spot to Acer in the PC manufacturing market.
Hewlett Packard continues to lead the charts.
As per the latest data released by IDC, here are the market share of these companies:
HP [...]
Paul Otellini expecting PC sales to rise this year
Intel CEO Paul Otellini has said that they believe PC sales could rise this year and beat the market expectations.
Intel said that the PC market is recovering very fast and it could soon get out of the slump.
IDC and Gartner are however not that optimistic. [...]
After HP, Acer might overtake Dell globally
Dell continues to struggle in the global personal computer market.
Hewlett Packard is already ahead of them and now Acer might catch up to become the second largest PC maker in the world.
Acer is gaining a lot of market share from the sales of their cheap netbook products [...]
Toshiba Artful range of notebooks launched in India
Japanese consumer electronics maker Toshiba has announced the launch of their Artful range of laptops in the Indian market.
The company has launched six new models under this range.
These new laptop models are available within the price range of Rs. 22,990 to Rs. 53,490 excluding taxes.
Toshiba is [...]
Apple is now in Fortune 100
Apple has made a reentry into the Fortune 100 group of companies.
Apple has appeared in this list for the first time since the return of Jobs to the company.
Incidentally, Job is currently on a medical leave though he is still said to be very well in charge on Apple.
Apple [...]
Lenovo to expand focus on Chinese PC market
Lenovo has appointed Chairman Yan Yuanqing as their new CEO.
Company co-founder Liu Chuanzhi is now becoming the new Chairman of the company.
Lenovo has said that they are now going to expand their focus on the domestic market of China.
The company had a terrible financial quarter [...]
Lenovo: No more job cuts planned for now
Chinese personal computer maker Lenovo has stated that they have no plans to cut any more jobs in the near future.
The company is already undergoing a restructuring process that would see around 2500 job cuts.
Lenovo CEO William Amelio said in a statement: “We don’t [...]
Intel could report a loss in the first quarter of the year
US based microprocessor industry giant Intel might report their first loss in more than two decades in the current quarter.
The company recently posted a 90 percent drop in fourth-quarter profit. Revenues were also down by around 23%.
Intel Chief Executive Paul Otellini has [...]
Acer closing in on second spot held by Dell
Dell has already lost the top spot to Hewlett Packard in the personal computer business.
Now they could soon lose their second spot to an unlikely rival… Acer.
Acer used to be on the seventh position in 2003.
But the company has made phenomenal progress in the last couple [...]
Samsung Electronics reorganizes into two major divisions
Samsung Electronics has announced a major reorganization of the company structure.
Samsung would now function as two major divisions.
The company is merging its chip and LCD units. The other division would handle telecom and media units.
Samsung chief executive officer Lee Yoon-woo would look after the semiconductor and LCD [...]
