PC shipments flat in 4Q as HP falls
Smack in the middle of the ultrabook and tablet hoopla from the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas comes a sobering report from the market researchers at IDC: PC shipments in the critical fourth...
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Alienware’s extreme value gaming
For an extreme gaming PC maker, Alienware has come up with the smallest and most moderately priced machine in its history in the $699 X51. The company, acquired by Dell in 2006, is looking to expand...
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Dell launches 27in iMac rival
For those preferring Windows and a lower-priced all-in-one PC to Apple’s 27in iMac, Dell is offering its first 27in XPS all-in-one from today. The XPS One 27 is priced from $1,400 – $300 cheaper than...
View ArticleMicrosoft Dell-iberates the future
If Microsoft isn’t prepared to take a bet on the PC, then who is? This explains why the world’s biggest software company is now considering dipping into its $67bn of cash reserves to back a buyout of...
View ArticlePerspective on Apple amid the clamour
It is ironic that both Dell and Apple shared big news last week. Back in 1998 Michael Dell, then the crown prince of the personal computer industry, recommended that Steve Jobs shut down Apple, which...
View ArticleTech groups face endgame on foreign cash
A $500bn game of chicken. That’s what it feels like as a handful of the biggest US technology companies posture over what they plan to do with their “trapped” overseas cash holdings. But like all...
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Dell launches XPS 18 portable All-In-One
Dell has entered the portable All-in-One category with the XPS 18, featuring an 18.4in Full HD screen and up to five hours of battery life. The XPS 18 is smaller and much lighter with longer battery...
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Dell ready to rip up PC model
Michael Dell is ready to tear up the PC model on which he built his business in order to claw back market share lost to Asian rivals such as Lenovo and Asus. The new high-stakes strategy is revealed in...
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Taiwan tech: time to make the switch
Who’s buying? PC companies just can’t get a break. Shipments from the Taiwanese manufactures that make most of the world’s desktop and laptop computers hit a three-year low last quarter as consumers...
View ArticleDell bidding war: The story so far
Michael Dell and US private equity firm Silver Lake Partners have once again increased their offer for Dell Inc, to $13.75 a share. Shareholder voting for the deal now postponed a week until August 2....
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Dell gives extra latitude to instant-on concept
Consumer demand for portable PCs that can turn on as a fast as a phone is likely to be satisfied by the netbook and smartbook categories in 2010 , but Dell is looking out for small and medium...
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HP launches first touch netbook
Touch is becoming a common feature on netbooks, with HP launching its first touch-enabled netbook a day after Lenovo announced its own entry at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. The HP Mini...
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The dark side of China’s enduring dream
As the spate of suicides continues at Foxconn, the Taiwanese company that manufactures electronics for the likes of Apple and Dell, David Pilling examines the darker crevices of China’s factory system....
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Taking the lug out of laptop luggage
It seems you can have it all with laptops these days – thin and light notebooks that are equally light on the wallet and offer long battery life as well. In this week’s Personal Technology column in...
View ArticleApple rumour roundup: mini-iPads, TV and Verizon
A second credible Taiwanese publication has weighed in with a report that Apple will introduce a 7″-screen iPad mini for the winter holidays. The Chinese-language account in Economic Daily News,...
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Dell brings first US smartphone to market
Dell on Tuesday began selling its first US smartphone, a model using an older version of Google’s Android operating system and seen as a lower-end entry that will be followed by more sophisticated...
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Intel shows new Dell Duo tablet, old phone
A new Dell tablet with an innovative swivel-screen that turns it into a netbook grabbed all the attention at Intel’s developer forum on Tuesday. But smartphones running the chipmaker’s Atom processor...
View ArticleYahoo’s Bartz slips in employees’ eyes
An unscientific survey of employees at major US technology companies found that only 50 per cent of Yahoo workers approved of chief executive Carol Bartz’ leadership during the past year, down from 77...
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Facebook shares data centre blueprint
Facebook unveiled the design of its custom-built data centre and servers on Thursday, and promised to share the blueprints with the world, hoping its energy-efficient design would be copied by many...
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Ultrabooks challenge MacBook Air
The MacBook Air finally has some serious competition with the first of the new Ultrabook laptops being launched here at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin. After Toshiba unveiled what it...
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