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Dell Forecast Misses Estimates as PC Sales Continue Slump
Businessweek
The company yesterday forecast third-quarter revenue that missed analysts' estimates and cut its profit outlook by 20 percent, as competition from Apple Inc. (AAPL)'s iPad and an anemic global economic recovery drags down PC demand. Chief Executive ...
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HP cuts outlook on stalled PC, data center sales
Bizjournals.com
HP CEO Meg Whitman posted a historic loss on Wednesday after writing down billions in the company's services unit and taking a big charge for job cuts. The company also lowered its outlook for the year that ends in October, citing slow PC and data ...
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Ubisoft's PC Games are Going Free-to-Play Because of Rampant Piracy
Complex.com (blog)
Ubisoft's PC Games are Going Free-to-Play Because of Rampant Piracy. Ubisoft head Yves Guillemot has revealed to GamesIndustry International that the Assassin's Creed and Ghost Recon developer has endured a piracy rate of up to 95 percent on the PC.
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Dell Shares Slide On Weak PC Outlook; Next Up, HP
Forbes
Dell shares are trading lower Wednesday morning following the company's disappointing outlook for the fiscal third quarter ended in October. The weakness shouldn't be a big surprise, given recent commentary on PC demand from the disk-drive makers and ...
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PC Makers' Hopes For Windows 8 Ebb
Wall Street Journal
But hopes for a brighter future are already fading. Analysts say PC demand will likely remain sluggish over the next year. Pricing for Windows 8 tablet computers and laptops might be too steep, and Microsoft needs to quickly increase applications ...
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A Dell Solution: Spin Off That Dreary PC Business
Wall Street Journal (blog)
"Given the continued challenges in the PC business, we believe Dell should consider getting rid of this business and focus on expanding its enterprise solutions business," White wrote in a note This comes as UBS analysts have called for Hewlett ...
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Wall Street Journal (blog)
India PC sales up 15.7% in Apr-Jun 2012: IDC
Times of India
The India PC market shipments for Q2 2012 (April-June) stood at 2.86 million units, a sequential gain of 8.6 percent over the previous quarter, while the year-on-year growth was at 15.7 percent, IDC said in a statement. "Despite the environment around ...
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Falling PC Sales Drag Down Profit for Dell
Sci-Tech Today
A key factor in Dell's declining sales of PCs is the coming release of Microsoft's new Windows 8, and customers are waiting to make computing purchases until the new OS comes out in October, said analyst Avi Greengart. He also pointed out that Apple's ...
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Sci-Tech Today
Biz Break: Hewlett-Packard confirms analysts' fears about PC companies, Apple ...
San Jose Mercury News
Deeper in the report, however, fears about the future of PC companies were proven relevant. HP's PC business slipped 10 percent year-over-year, the largest decrease in any of HP's business units. Meanwhile, the company's enterprise services division ...
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Dell's outlook disappoints as PC market falters
Reuters
Dell - once the world's top PC maker and a pioneer in computer supply chain management - is struggling to defend its market share against Asian rivals like Acer Inc and Lenovo, and the fast-growing adoption of tablets like Apple Inc's iPad. Founded by ...
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T-Mobile, MetroPCS Roll Out Unlimited Data Plans
PC Advisor
T-Mobile and MetroPCS joined Sprint this week in offering all-you-can-eat data plans, bucking the trend of AT&T and Verizon, which have moved to shared data plans. While unlimited plans did not prove economically viable for carriers, and those who ...
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Logitech's Washable Keyboard Ends Spill Nightmares
PCWorld
Logitech has unveiled a new keyboard designed to solve one of the oldest problems known to PC users everywhere: the dreaded soda splash. The PC accessory maker's new Logitech K310 washable keyboard is promising to alleviate your worries about ...
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PC obsolescence is dead
ITProPortal
For decades, a desktop PC purchased for £1500 would be selling for £500 or less inside of two years. The combination of Moore's law and Dennard scaling drove microprocessor performance rapidly skyward, and companies like Microsoft and Adobe ...
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ITProPortal
Nikon to Release Android-Powered Coolpix Camera
PC Advisor
Nikon is following Polaroid's lead with a new pocket camera loaded with Google's Android mobile OS, giving you a high-powered pocket camera with smartphone-like capabilities, minus the phone. Unlike Polaroid, which has yet to release the SC1630 ...
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Former PC blames administration over lethal brew
ntvkenya
Former PC blames administration over lethal brew. NTVKenya. Subscribe Subscribed Unsubscribe. Loading... 17,738 videos. Loading... Alert icon. You need Adobe Flash Player to watch this video. Download it from Adobe. Alert icon. Close. Upgrade to the ...
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Unmechanical (PC) Review
Gaming Illustrated
Unmechanical drops you into an underground world and lets your figure out what you are doing, all on your own. Playerstake control of a little robot helicopter type dude who has been sucked down a tube and separated from his friends on the surface.
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It's not just crap PC sales: Dell's storage revs are also slipping
Register
One major growth engine – PC and notebook sales – has stalled as tablets wreak havoc and buyers wait for Windows 8. Lenovo is doing better and Dell's push up the value train into enterprise software and services isn't resulting in higher revenues and ...
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Just 8 pc of Spotify users pay
Telegraph.co.uk
Consequently the remaining 30.2 million customers were using the free advertising-support service. This means that eight per cent of the user base brought in 83.5 per cent of Spotify's total revenue. The majority of the rest came from advertising revenue.
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Telegraph.co.uk
PC gaming has "around a 93-95% piracy rate" claims Ubisoft CEO
PC Gamer Magazine
Ubisoft CEO Yves Guillemot has been speaking to GamesIndustry International about Ubi's reasons for embracing the free to play model. He says free to play games are more cost effective to create because typical PC releases are so heavily pirated.
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PC Gamer Magazine
Gnaw joins Awesomenauts PC, new cheating league opens
Joystiq
Today packs a double dose of news for Awesomenauts on PC. First and foremost, the previously announced new character, Gnaw, is now available via a free update. Gnaw features abilities such as gross, biological turrets and nasty, noxious vomit ..
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Windows 8 (for desktops and laptops)
PC Pro
Although Windows 8 has pushed mobile and touch-enabled devices to the forefront, the vast majority of users will be installing the OS on traditional PCs and laptops. Think you know your way around Windows on a PC? For the most part, you still do with ...
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PC Pro
High expectations for PC volleyball
Porterville Recorder
Expectations are always high for the Porterville College volleyball team. But there's no denying that this season those high expecations are merited and PC coach Dale Henderson isn't shying away from the lofty goals. "Oh yes, you know it," said ...
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Dell Dented 7% as PC Woes Mount
Fox Business
The gloomy news from Dell was largely triggered by its struggles to grapple with a "challenging" PC environment. The tech company disclosed a 22% year-over-year plunge in consumer sales to $2.6 billion, compared with a more muted 3% decline in large ...
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HP CEO: Will Defend No. 1 PC Market Share vs. Lenovo
The VAR Guy
HP said business PC sales fell 9 percent; consumer fell 12 percent; desktop units fell 6 percent, notebook units declined 12 percent and total units were down 10 percent. Dell yesterday announced similarly weak PC sales. Meanwhile, Lenovo revenue ...
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PC Kills: 11 Hospital Staff Members Contract Tuberculosis from African Illegals
The Jewish Press
PC Kills: 11 Hospital Staff Members Contract Tuberculosis from African Illegals. By: Tibbi Singer. Published: August 22nd, 2012. Tweet · print. tell a friend. Ichilov Hospital Director, Professor Gabi Barbash, under attack for profiling tuberculosis ...
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