Fierce battle looms for ultrabook sector, say sources

Jan 9, 12:12

The brand ranking in the notebook segment may undergo a major shift in the second quarter of 2012 when Intel officially releases its Ivy Bridge CPUs and branded notebook vendors begin...

Acer asks suppliers to keep production during Lunar New Year holidays, say sources

Jan 6, 15:08

Acer reportedly has asked its partners in the supply chain, mostly in China, to keep their operations and shipments normal during the Lunar New Year holidays except taking one day...

CES 2012 may not help pump up demand

Dec 20, 01:30

The Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2012, which will be hosted from January 10-13 in 2012, may not help pump up consumer demand afterward as there are not expected to be many new...

Lenovo jumps to number 2 PC rank in 3Q11, says IHS

Dec 1, 14:34

Riding a strong surge in shipments, China's Lenovo in the third quarter jumped one rank to become the world's second-largest PC brand, surpassing Dell - and mounting the most serious...

HP, Dell, Acer to expand R&D investments

Nov 24, 01:15

Seeing that the PC industry is going through a slowdown, PC players Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell and Acer have all expanded their investments in R&D and as the PC industry will...

Cloud computing player Wyse acquisition of Trellia to benefit Inventec

Nov 24, 01:00

Cloud client computing solution player Wyse Technology's recent acquisition of cloud computing infrastructure management player Trellia is expected to benefit its major ODM partner...

Second wave of ultrabook launches to take place at CES 2012

Nov 22, 01:35

Notebook brand vendors that have not yet released ultrabooks but plan to do so soon, such as Hewlett-Packard (HP), Samsung Electronics and Dell, as well as players that have already...

PC hardware players to phase out from tablet PC market in 2012

Nov 17, 01:35

Due to pure PC hardware players such as Hewlett-Packard (HP), Acer, Asustek and Dell not having any advantages to compete in the tablet PC market, sources from upstream supply chain...

Compal reportedly receives extra orders from Lenovo and Dell

Nov 17, 01:20

Compal Electronics reportedly has received extra orders from Lenovo and Dell for 2011 and will become the two notebook vendors' largest ODM partner, according to sources from the...

HP unveils business ultrabook

Nov 16, 16:59

HP has introduced its first business ultrabook, which features a thin and light design, strong security options and a solid-state hard drive.

AMD announces two new server platforms in China

Nov 15, 01:20

AMD, on November 14, announced its latest 16-core Opteron 6200 series server processors, previously codenamed Interlagos, in Beijing, China with server players such as Hewlett-Packard...

Asustek and Acer quibble over notebook vendor rankings in China and Europe

Nov 1, 01:00

Asustek Computer, citing figures from research firm IDC, pointed out that the company's notebook shipments in China have already surpassed Acer and it has become the second largest...

Acer chairman welcomes HP decision to not spin off PC business

Oct 31, 16:55

Commenting about Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) recent decision that the company will not spin off its PC business, Acer chairman JT Wang has welcomed the decision and believes that HP's...

Inventec to lay off over 400 employees

Oct 28, 01:40

Inventec plans to fire as many as 432 employees, according to sources close to the company, adding that it is being carried out starting today (October 27). The sources blamed an...

Taiwan market: HP launches new PC products

Oct 20, 13:41

Hewlett-Packard (HP) Taiwan on October 19, launched its latest PC products in Taiwan. When asked about its plans to spin off its PC business, Tony Chou, vice president and general...

Some PC vendors switching to Windows 8-based tablet PCs

Oct 17, 12:10

Some PC vendors, including Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell, reportedly plan to venture into the development of Microsoft's Windows 8-based tablet PCs with the new models likely to...

Lenovo rises to the second largest PC brand in 3Q11, says IDC

Oct 14, 14:59

Worldwide PC shipments increased by 3.6% in the third quarter of 2011 compared to the same quarter in 2010, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. The results are up...

Inventec reportedly cuts workers from tablet PC business

Oct 6, 01:05

Inventec reportedly laid off employees on October 5 due to changes in its tablet PC orders. Company spokesperson Alexander Hsu confirmed the lay offs, but refused to reveal which...

HP, Dell to launch ultrabooks by 1Q12

Oct 5, 01:05

Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell will launch ultrabooks at the end of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012 respectively, according to Taiwan-based supply chain makers.

HP to not finalize its spin-off plans until year-end 2011; trying to revive employee morale

Sep 30, 12:05

Hewlett-Packard (HP) reportedly will not finalize its plans to spin off its PC units until the end of the year and is trying to revive morale among its employees. HP will continue...

Ultrabooks expected to impact tablet PCs

Sep 29, 01:10

With notebook players such as Acer, Asustek Computer as well as Lenovo, Toshiba, Samsung Electronics and Hewlett-Packard (HP) all set launch ultrabooks in the near future, sources...

HP names Meg Whitman president and CEO

Sep 23, 10:42

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has announced that its board of directors has appointed Meg Whitman as president and CEO.

HP likely to cancel plans to spin off PC unit

Sep 23, 01:15

Hewlett-Packard (HP) may back off from its previous announcement to spin off its PC business unit if CEO Leo Apotheker is ousted as is being reported, according to notebook makers...

Notebook players pessimistic about ability of Ice Cream Sandwich to defeat iOS

Sep 22, 01:30

Notebook players, seeing that first-tier brand vendors such as RIM, Motorola and Hewlett-Packard (HP) are all backing away from the tablet PC bandwagon, are turning pessimistic about...

Acer enjoying strong short-term notebook orders for Europe

Sep 22, 01:15

Acer, benefiting from Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) uncertainty about its PC business, has started receiving strong notebook orders from channels in Europe with volumes, as of September...

Asia-based PC vendors may develop regional OS in 20 years, says Acer founder

Sep 9, 11:46

Branded PC vendors in Asia will have opportunities to develop PC operating systems, in 20 years or less, for Asia if they are able to control the global PC market after US businesses,...

Acer sees surging notebook orders from channel in September, says paper

Newswatch - Sep 8, 14:08

Acer saw its notebook orders from retail channels worldwide increase strongly from 1.7-1.9 million units in July and 2-2.2 million units in August to 1.2-1.4 million units in just...

PC vendors tapping Argentina market

Sep 7, 15:57

PC vendors, including Hewlett-Packard (HP), Dell, Acer, Asustek Computer, Lenovo and Samsung Electronics, have begun tapping the Argentina market, the second-largest next to Brazil...

HP PSG chief believes division should become independent business, says report

Newswatch - Sep 7, 01:00

Head of Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) Personal System Group, Todd Bradley, has commented in a recent interview that the spin-off of its PC business will provide HP's investors the maximum...

US$99 TouchPad unlikely to come to Taiwan, say retailers

Sep 2, 16:54

Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) US$99 TouchPad tablet PC is unlikely to appear in Taiwan's retail channel as Taiwan retailers, so far, still have not yet received any information that the...

HP upstream suppliers suffered from piled up TouchPad components

Aug 30, 01:05

As first-tier PC brand vendor Hewlett-Packard (HP) has recently halted all its TouchPad projects, upstream suppliers are currently suffering from the component inventory, which is...

Samsung reportedly recruits ex-HP VP for PC business; considers buying webOS

Aug 29, 16:25

Samsung Electronics, despite refuting reports it plans to take over Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) PC business, reportedly has already recruited HP's ex-vice president of PSG marketing...