Microsoft retail stores coming to Arizona and California
Microsoft has announced that the first of their retail stores are going to be opened in Arizona and California.
The company has already leased places in Mission Viejo, Calif. and Scottsdale, Ariz.
Incidentally, the location in California already holds an Apple Store.
Microsoft said that they picked up these [...]
Sony launches DSC-W190 and DSC-W180 digital cameras
Sony has announced the launch of two new digital camera models.
These new products are: Sony DSC-W180 and DSC-W190.
These cameras are now on sale in the Indian market.
Sony DSC-W180 has been priced at Rs. 8,990 while Sony DSC-W190 will be available for Rs. 9,990.
Sony DSC-W180 is a 10.1 megapixel [...]
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 [...]
Amazon acquires developers of Stanza
US based online shopping giant Amazon has announced that they are acquiring the makers of Stanza which is the alternative to Kindle app on mobile platforms.
Developers Lexcycle spoke about this new development: “We are not planning any changes in the Stanza application or user experience as a result of the acquisition. [...]
Rackable Systems to acquire Silicon Graphics
Rackable Systems has announced their decision to acquire Silicon Graphics.
The deal is worth around USD 25 million.
Rackable specializes in developing server and storage for medium to large data centers.
The announcement comes just as Silicon Graphics filed for federal bankruptcy protection in New York.
As part of the deal [...]
Dell has two phones in works as per reports
More information is coming out related to Dell’s rumored entry into the smartphone market.
The company is said to be developing two models. One to be powered with Windows Mobile. The other to be powered by Google Android.
These phones are said to be codenamed MePhone.
Reports [...]
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 [...]
