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Tuesday 1 November 2011
Asustek and Acer quibble over notebook vendor rankings in China and Europe
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...
Monday 31 October 2011
Acer chairman welcomes HP decision to not spin off PC business
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...
Friday 28 October 2011
Inventec to lay off over 400 employees
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...
Thursday 20 October 2011
Taiwan market: HP launches new PC products
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...
Monday 17 October 2011
Some PC vendors switching to Windows 8-based tablet PCs
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...
Friday 14 October 2011
Lenovo rises to the second largest PC brand in 3Q11, says IDC
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...
Thursday 6 October 2011
Inventec reportedly cuts workers from tablet PC business
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...
Wednesday 5 October 2011
HP, Dell to launch ultrabooks by 1Q12
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.
Friday 30 September 2011
HP to not finalize its spin-off plans until year-end 2011; trying to revive employee morale
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...
Thursday 29 September 2011
Ultrabooks expected to impact tablet PCs
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...
Friday 23 September 2011
HP names Meg Whitman president and CEO
Hewlett-Packard (HP) has announced that its board of directors has appointed Meg Whitman as president and CEO.
Friday 23 September 2011
HP likely to cancel plans to spin off PC unit
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...
Thursday 22 September 2011
Notebook players pessimistic about ability of Ice Cream Sandwich to defeat iOS
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...
Thursday 22 September 2011
Acer enjoying strong short-term notebook orders for Europe
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...
Friday 9 September 2011
Asia-based PC vendors may develop regional OS in 20 years, says Acer founder
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,...