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1. Dell touts Mini 3 Android smartphone

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Friday, 13 November 2009

   ... want." As expected, a number of analysts and journalists have already expressed skepticism over Dell's belated smartphone debut. Indeed, Michael Morgan of ABI research told TG Daily that the Mini 3 ...

2. Gartner veep outlines Windows 7 migration costs

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 19 October 2009

   We asked last week why migrating to Windows 7 from Windows XP was reckoned to cost $1,930 a seat. Over the weekend, Gartner VP of research Michael Silver took the time to send us an email filling in ...

3. Dell Latitude Z charges wirelessly

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 29 September 2009

   ... explained Creative Artists Agency CIO Michael Keithley. "With a two solid-state drive option, a built-in camera, microphone array, and a large, gorgeous screen, it has pretty much everything you could ...

4. Dell grabs Perot for $4 bn

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Monday, 21 September 2009

   ... the world," said CEO Michael Dell. Falling margins on PCs have hit Dell's bottom line hard, with quarterly sales down 22 percent to $12.76 billion from $16.43 billion a year ago. Expansion into the megabuck ...

5. Dell holds out hope for PC industry

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Thursday, 27 August 2009

   ... and said sales to governmental bodies and to health care grew 20 percent sequentially, but fell by 16 percent year on year. CEO and chairman Michael Dell said: "If current demand trends continue, we expect ...

6. Top 100 bosses just don't blog

   (Networking/Networking Features)

   Wednesday, 24 June 2009

   ... Lafley only has 33 followers.Even the CEOs that have Linkedin accounts don't really go for it bigtime with very few connections.But three of them - Michael Dell of Dell, Gregory Spierkel of Ingram Micro ...

7. Gordon Brown tells Sir Alan 'yer hired'

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Friday, 05 June 2009

   ... of his fortune on cosmetic dentistry, Michael Dell, Craig Barratt, Jerry Sanders and Bill Gates, who is, let us not forget, an honorary knight. And then there's a couple of Steves - Apple Messiah ...

8. Michael Dell says his company is kind of working on the iPhone-killer

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Tuesday, 24 March 2009

   Dell's rumored smartphone probably does exist after all. That is, if you believe the ambiguously crafted words of the company's CEO, Michael Dell, who said that yes, Dell is kind of working on the iPhone-killer ...

9. The race to kill the MacBook Air is on

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Wednesday, 11 February 2009

   ... consumer sales and marketing, Michael Tatelman, the word Adamo means "to fall in love with." However, many science fiction fans may be unable to disassociate the name with that of a well-known battlestar ...

10. Putin rejects Dell's offer of aid

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 29 January 2009

      At the World Economic Forum in Davos on Wednesday, Vladimir Putin, the prime minister of Russia, took questions from attendees. The first question from Michael Dell, founder and CEO of Dell, met with ...

11. Dell to make major pull out of Ireland, moving to Poland

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 08 January 2009

    ... last year lobbied Michael Dell directly to keep Ireland staff, said the government has been braced for heavy losses.  ...

12. Dell loses two executives in restructuring period

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Friday, 02 January 2009

    Dell announced that two top executives brought in by Michael Dell as part of a restructuring effort for the company, will soon be departing. The company stated that the moves are part of an effort ...

13. Glassdoor.com’s best and worst CEOs of 2008

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 29 December 2008

    ... approval ratings listed on Glassdoor.com include Steve Ballmer (Microsoft, 44%), Jerry Yang (Yahoo, 35%), Paul Otellini (Intel, 61%), Mark Hurd (HP, 42%), Michael Dell (Dell, 54%) and Larry Ellison (Oracle, ...

14. Michael Dell to present keynote at Supercomputing Conference 2008 today

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 18 November 2008

    Michael Dell will present a welcoming session and keynote presentation today in Ballroom D at the Supercomputing Conference 2008 in Austin. Dell kicks off the busiest day of the conference, complete with ...

15. The price tag for LCD price fixing: $585 million

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 12 November 2008

    ... to crack down on international cartels," said Attorney General Michael Mukasey in a prepared comment. Assistant Attorney General Thomas Barnett, who is in charge of the Department's Antitrust Division, ...

16. Dell kills its iPod killer, for now

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Tuesday, 11 November 2008

    ... music subscription service and even Michael Dell himself ended up promoting the device, saying a new Dell music player would "generate lust" and serve as the backbone of Dell's turnaround efforts. However, ...

17. Michael Dell a silent movie star

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 04 November 2008

      Michael Dell has recently begun a new career, in acting. Dell and his wife, Susan, make a rather brief appearance in a film titled “The Sno Cone Stand,Inc.” In the film, they play themselves – ...

18. Dell goes Chinese and strikes gold

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 24 October 2008

      Analyst Opinion - This week I was a few days  in China as Dell’s guest. Steve Felice, Dell’s top executive there, Michael Dell and a number of the top players have spent some time explaining ...

19. Richest of the rich: Bill Gates, again

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 18 September 2008

    ... $50.0 billion, which translates into a 15% decrease since February of this year. Oracle’s Larry Ellison came in third at $27.0 billion. Other IT people in the list include Michael Dell at #11 with $17.3 ...

20. 5 million iPhone 3Gs and 3 million Macs this quarter, analysts estimate

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 22 August 2008

    ...  The iPhone 3G is exceeding Wall Street expectations by an even larger margin than the Mac. Cote Collaborative analyst Michael Cote told CNN that the iPhone 3G sold 3 million units during the first weeks ...

21. Mirror, mirror on the wall: Who is the greenest of them all?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 17 June 2008

    ... of resources appears so highly on this list,” said Michael Gale, CEO of Strategic Oxygen. “They’ve clearly done a good job of demonstrating they are working hard to innovate new, more power efficient solutions.” ...

22. Rate your CEO on Glassdoor.com

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Monday, 16 June 2008

    ... from Apple currently stands at 92%, Michael Dell at 65%, Steve Ballmer at 57%, Sam Palmisano (IBM) at 49%, Mark Hurd (HP) at 48%, Jonathan Schwartz (Sun) at 38% and Bill Watkins (Seagate) at 33%. Further ...

23. What will Apple do with its billions?

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Tuesday, 06 May 2008

      Opinion – How the times change. Several years ago, Dell was flying high and company founder Michael Dell predicted Apple heading into bankruptcy. Today Apple has more than four times Dell’s market ...

24. More job cuts at Dell

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 03 April 2008

    Dell may be cutting more than the 8800 positions previously announced. In an effort to cut more than $3 billion in cost over the next few years, company founder Michael Dell said during an analyst meeting ...

25. Dell coming to Best Buy in United States

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Friday, 07 December 2007

    ... formation called "the round rock" in Brushy Creek. According to HardlyFamous.com, Michael Dell once washed dishes at a Chinese restaurant for $2.30 per hour.  He also dropped out of the ...

26. Bill Gates voted most influential IT personality of past 25 years

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Wednesday, 07 November 2007

    ... and came in second. Dell founder, chairman and CEO Michael Dell placed third with a share of 53%.   Google founders Sergey Brin and Larry Page may have been around in the industry for less than a ...

27. Ballmer and Dell address missteps, opportunities

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Wednesday, 10 October 2007

    Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer and Dell CEO Michael Dell separately addressed the issues and opportunities facing their companies during two keynote interviews at the Gartner Symposium ITxpo 2007 ...

28. The AMD Barcelona back story

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Thursday, 13 September 2007

    ... it was a very powerful statement.    Michael Dell advocates AMD This was probably the most powerful, in terms of AMD support, presentation of the night.   I have rarely seen any ...

29. TG Daily Coverage: AMD's Barcelona launch event

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 10 September 2007

    ... also indicated this embedded hypervisor allows out-of-the-box virtualization to be up and running in 2 minutes.  A pre-recorded message from Michael Dell followed.  Dell indicated that AMD ...

30. Trends in the PC space: HP’s iPhone-like PC, Gateway does color, Dell starts war against crapware

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

    Friday, 13 July 2007

    ... like me, if Sony has lost the console war, we’ll save a console discussion for the future. Today, we’ll focus on what’s new in the PC market.   A few days ago, Michael Dell launched ...

31. Analyst opinion: Dell’s and Gateway’s gaming strategies compared

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Friday, 25 May 2007

    ... Rollins and the return of Michael Dell as the CEO. On his return, Michael put the support organization into a recovery mode, reconnected with customers and did what no other big PC company had yet done, ...

32. TG Daily interview: AMD imagines 16 graphics cores for CPUs

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 14 May 2007

    ... with Michael Dell. And obviously, you are going to see offering of a complete solution for customers: the chipset, CPU and graphics. Eventually, you will see some technology advantages as well. TG ...

33. Dell PC headed to the Smithsonian

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Friday, 11 May 2007

    One of Michael Dell's first computers is heading to the Smithosian's National Museum of American History, where it will share the company of an original IBM PC, a 1980s Mac, and Bill Clinton's ...

34. Dell considering indirect sales

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Monday, 30 April 2007

    Dell is considering channel sales, according to a leaked internal memo.  In order to compete in emerging markets, CEO Michael Dell said that direct sales has been a revolution, but is “not ...

35. Bill Gates tops Forbes’ list of billionaires

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 08 March 2007

    ... is represented throughout the list, for example with Oracle founder Larry Ellison at #11 ($21.5 billion), Google founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin at #26 ($16.6 billion each), Michael Dell at #30 ($15.8 ...

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

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 01 March 2007

    ... billion on a 2% increase in shipments. “We are disappointed with the company’s results, but what matters is our future plan of action,” said Dell chairman and CEO Michael Dell, who ...

37. No Bonus for You! - Dell to his employees

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Sunday, 04 February 2007

    Michael Dell is putting some Dell senior executives on the chopping block and is promising to cut all bonuses for the 2006 year. Mr. Dell made the announcements in a company-wide email he sent on Friday ...

38. Dell shareholders sue over alleged Intel kickbacks

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 31 January 2007

    ... could have been in "billions" of dollar range.   The lawsuit names 16 defendants including current CEO and founder Michael Dell, former CEO Kevin Rollins and Intel. Rollins just recently ...

39. Dell's CEO resigns, Michael Dell back in charge

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 31 January 2007

    Michael Dell is back as the Chief Executive Officer of Dell after Kevin Rollins surprisingly announced his resignation today. Rollins has been CEO since 2004 and didn't publicly disclose why he was ...

40. CES 2007: Dell shows off ceramic cooling, offers plant a tree purchase option

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 09 January 2007

    More pun-prone journalists than I might be moved to wax lyrical about how Dell is getting into the business of selling trees... Well, not literally, but at his CES keynote this morning company CEO Michael ...

41. Dell and AMD celebrate their love in front of thousands

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Monday, 23 October 2006

      Michael Dell and new best buddy, AMD's Hector Ruiz, cozied up on stage today at Oracle OpenWorld to celebrate customer choice. Michael Dell and new best buddy, AMD's Hector Ruiz, cozied up on stage ...

42. Is Sony coming back?

    (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Opinion)

    Wednesday, 18 October 2006

    ... prevent the company from reaching its full potential. Sony desperately needs strong central leadership like HP's Mark Hurd, Dell's Michael Dell, or Apple's Steve Jobs. If Sony can compete as a company ...

43. Analysis: VoodooPC - Why so little could mean so much for HP

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Monday, 02 October 2006

    ... extra for an additional sense of luxury. During a conversation last July, Dell chairman Michael Dell mentioned that the Dell and Alienware brands own a combined share 60% of the high-end gaming and enthusiast ...

44. Update: HP acquires enthusiast PC maker VoodooPC

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 28 September 2006

    ... Alienware, HP is starting pretty much from scratch - including the positioning of the brand within HP. During a conversation last July, Dell chairman Michael Dell mentioned that the Dell and Alienware ...

45. Dell's AMD computers now available

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 13 September 2006

    Following Michael Dell's announcement yesterday, Dell today released configuration pages for its initial AMD-based systems this morning. The computers can be ordered now and the company promises to begin ...

46. Dell to roll out first AMD desktops tomorrow

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 12 September 2006

    Dell chairman Michael Dell announced during the firm's "Technology Day," held today in New York, that the company will begin offering AMD-based desktop computers starting this Wednesday. New York (NY) ...

47. Nvidia disputes Dell XPS 700 customer assertions of inaccurate parts list

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 22 August 2006

    As Dell customer forum members tell the story, at least some customers awaiting their XPS 700 shipments are being told by customer service representatives that last-minute modifications to the on-board ...

48. UPDATE 2: Dell to ship AMD-based desktop PCs in September

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Thursday, 17 August 2006

    ... ATI for $5.4 billion Michael Dell hints of impending AMD CPU news Analysis: One small step for Dell, one giant leap for AMD  ...

49. Dell recalls suspect notebook batteries made by Sony, including XPS M1710

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 15 August 2006

    An estimated 4.1 million Dell notebook computers sold worldwide are being voluntarily recalled by the manufacturer, cooperating with the US Consumer Products Safety Commission, after admitting to having ...

50. Dell blames cooling assembly for XPS 700 delays

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 08 August 2006

    Dell Computer corporate communications specialist Liem Nguyen told TG Daily this afternoon that a problem with the installation of the cooling assembly in the company's top-of-the-line enthusiast desktop ...