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1. European monitor market shrinks again

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... share of the volume and Dell with 9.2 percent. The market share order for value in the EMEA market was exactly the same as for volume. All the top five brands showed reduced turnover from the same period ...

2. Apple tax on the latest Mac gear: 40 percent

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   ... that seems mostly in sync in terms of price vs specs. In fact, the updated all-in-one comes ahead of similar all-in-one systems from Dell and HP - both in hardware specs and, surprisingly, price. On ...

3. IDC says Asia computer sales declined - first time in 10 years

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... financial crisis." In 2008, Lenovo (the number one vendor in the region) had an 18.3% market share, followed by HP at 14.15, Dell at 9.1%, Acer at 7.5% and China's own Founder at 4.0%. The report ...

4. Microsoft to put Live Search on Dell computers and Verizon cellphones

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

     This week, Microsoft added two new mid- and long-term distribution deals that will see its Live Search and Windows Live Toolbar preinstalled on consumer and small-business computers from Dell, ...

5. Almost iPod chief countersues IBM

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

     Mark Papermaster, the ex-IBM executive recruited by Apple to succeed iPod creator Tony Fadell and lead the company’s devices engineering unit, has filed a countersuit against his former employer ...

6. Apple battling Acer for the third spot in US computer shipments

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... third-largest PC vendor in the US? Dell remains top US vendor with 31.9% share of the market (IDC: 32%), up from 29.7% (IDC: 29.6%) from a year-ago quarter. The company shipped an estimated 5.2 million ...

7. Apple and Palm new targets in touchscreen patent crusade

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   ... the original complaint against Dell, Typhoon and co-plaintiff Nova Technologies today said that suit has been filed against ten more companies, including Apple, Nokia and Palm.  Seattle (WA) ...

8. Samsung regains top rank in worldwide LCD monitor market in Q1

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

   Samsung Electronics beat out the fourth-quarter market leader Dell to regain top market share for worldwide LCD monitor shipments in the first quarter of 2008, according to preliminary figures complied ...

9. Linux returns to Thinkpads

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   ... reflects a general uncertainty of system builders if there is really a market for such systems and how such notebooks should be positioned and marketed. Just like Dell, which recently rolled out notebook ...

10. Scientists looking to explain the superconducting pair: Electrons in love

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... then analyzed by Moon-Sun Nam, Arzhang Ardavan and Stephen Blundell at Oxford University, who were looking specifically for patterns or fluctuations called The Vortex-Nernst Effect. Their research provided ...

11. Dell to cut 8000 as Q1 earnings dip

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Dell said Thursday that earnings fell slightly in preliminary first-quarter results, and the computer maker planned to lay off more than 8000 employees over the next year as part of an ongoing restructuring. ...

12. Vista boost not enough to stabilize Dell’s revenue, earnings

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Dell today announced preliminary results for its fiscal Q4 2007, ended on February 2 of this year. Revenues and earnings came in significantly below last year's levels. Round Rock (TX) – Dell ...

13. Dell will miss Q3 filing deadline

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Dell today reported preliminary third quarter results and indicated that its problems surrounding "certain accounting and financial reporting matters" are widening: Due to ongoing investigations, the ...

14. HP gains more market share as PC shipments rise :iSuppli

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    In a preliminary report issued yesterday by iSuppli, Hewlett-Packard appears to be closing the gap with market leader Dell even more tightly, with only two percentage points now separating them in figures ...

15. 'Extreme high definition' the focus of Nvidia's new high-end mobile GPU

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    The watchword from both Santa Clara and Round Rock this morning is "extreme high-definition," as Nvidia joins Dell in delivering a one/two punch to boost the high-end tier of notebook computer displays ...

16. PC shipment growth to slow in 2006 - Gartner

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... For example, Taiwan system builders believe that Dell, the world's dominant PC manufacturer, will see its shipments climb by up to 25% this year and memory builder Samsung told us recently that the company ...

17. Microsoft to release patch for power drain bug

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    ... Needless to say, we were curious whether there were more notebook manufacturers making use of the confidential patch. We asked representatives from Dell, Fujitsu, Hewlett-Packard, Lenovo, Sony and Toshiba ...

18. Dell and HP battle for crown in PC market, Lenovo coming up from behind

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

      While Dell and Hewlett-Packard (HP) have been battling over the top rank in the global PC market, third-placed Lenovo is quietly building up momentum for a run at the top spot, iSuppli reports. ...

19. Apple and Gateway post huge gains in PC shipments

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    ... In the US, Dell and HP had a solid quarter with substantial growth in shipments and market shares. However, the mid-tier segment with manufacturers such as Gateway and Apple, on position 3 and 5 of IDC's ...

20. Dell and HP to capture 40 percent of global notebook market

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Dell and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are each expected to ship 11-12 million notebooks in 2005, accounting for more than 40 percent of the global market, according to preliminary estimates by Taiwan notebook ...

21. Dells ship in Europe with pre-installed Linux

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Dell Computers can now be purchased in Europe with desktop Linux preloaded. Dell Computers can now be purchased in Europe with desktop Linux preloaded. Buyers of the Dell Optiplex 170L can now ...

22. Gateway has fastest-growing revenue in volume server market

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... at revenue growth among the top 15 volume server vendors, including Dell, Hewlett-Packard, and IBM. Gateway's percentage growth cited was 50.4% on sales of approximately $52 million. Read the complete ...

23. HP regains lead in PC shipments

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      Hewlett-Packard (HP) regained the lead in worldwide PC shipments in the fourth quarter of 2003, but Dell held onto its lead for the full year, as the PC industry recorded one of its better years ...

24. Dude, Dell Is Ranked Number 1 Again

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

      According to third quarter data obtained by market research firm, International Data Corporation, as reported by Reuters News bureau, Dell Computer Corporation has regained its number one ranking ...

25. Uncertainty over HPQ clouds workstation market

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... in Q1 2001. Dell extended its lead as the top vendor in worldwide workstation shipments, as its market share grew to 37.5 percent. IBM was the only other top-tier vendor in 2001 to experience an increase ...

26. ATI powers past Nvidia in notebook graphics

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... cautious. They ran their benchmarks over the 64MB ATI mobility 7500, fitted inside a Dell notebook, and a 32MB Mobile GeForce 4, housed inside a Toshiba Satellite, both systems retailing at $2,100. Full ...

27. NVIDIA Announces Power Saving for Mobile GPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... spec, demonstrated new USB 2.0 products, and announced the release of the Serial ATA final 1.0 specification. Compaq, Dell, IBM, Intel and Microsoft, along with another 22 newly announced developers, say ...

28. Low prices, Internet fuel PC sales

    (Hardware/Hardware Brief)

    ... shipment growth of more than 30 percent. Dell and IBM experienced the strongest year-over-year worldwide growth with increases of 50 and 47 percent, respectively. Analysts, however, note that during the ...