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Wednesday 5 September 2012
As Wintel dominance wanes, the Microsoft/Intel alliance frays, says IHS
After a generation of setting the pace and calling the shots in the computer market, the Microsoft/Intel cartel known as Wintel now finds itself playing catch-up in the new era of...
Friday 31 August 2012
Quanta announces 2Q12 results; details future planning
Quanta Computer has announced its financial report for the second quarter with net profit after tax of NT$5.99 billion (US$200.06 million) and EPS at NT$3.80, helping the company's...
Friday 31 August 2012
Microsoft fails to pacify PC vendors about Surface tablets
To ease the impact created by its WoA Surface tablet PC, Microsoft has been negotiating with brand vendors including Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell since July hoping to pacify them;...
Thursday 30 August 2012
Asustek to launch new smartphones in 2Q13
After temporarily stepping out of the handset market in 2011, Asustek Computer president Jerry Shen, at the company's investors conference on August 29, said the company will return...
Thursday 30 August 2012
Asustek outlines future plans
Asustek Computer hosted an investors conference on August 29, announcing that the company's sales performance in the second quarter was better than expected and achieved new records...
Tuesday 28 August 2012
Notebook shipments unlikely to achieve strong growth in 4Q12
Notebook ODM shipments in the fourth quarter are unlikely to achieve their original goal of seeing double-digit percentage growth despite the fact that Microsoft will launch its latest...
Tuesday 28 August 2012
Asustek, Gigabyte push for annual motherboard shipment goal
Seeing the PC market is remaining weak in the third quarter, top-2 motherboard vendors Asustek Computer and Gigabyte Technology have both recently dropped their motherboard prices...
Friday 24 August 2012
Digitimes Research: Android to account for 70% of handset market in 2H12
Observing from the competition between handset operating systems in the second half of 2011 and in 2012, Android, which already accounted for more than 60% of the handset market in...
Friday 24 August 2012
DRAM inventory rises
PC OEMs now have two to three months of DRAM inventory on average, up from the four to six weeks previously. The surge is being caused by sluggish PC sales as consumers hold back...
Thursday 23 August 2012
MSI AE2281G and AE2081: World's first Windows 8 certified All-in-One PC's
MSI is proud to announce that the MSI Wind Top AE2281G and the MSI Wind Top AE2081 have been officially certified for the to be launched Microsoft Windows 8 operating system. Herewith,...
Wednesday 22 August 2012
Daxin expects Windows 8 release to increase 2H12 profits
Daxin Materials, a Taiwan-based design house of specialty chemicals used in TFT-LCD and touch panels, said it expects the release of Windows 8 to bring in increased touch screen material...
Thursday 16 August 2012
Toshiba halting development of Windows RT tablet PCs may cause chain reaction
With Toshiba recently announcing it will halt development plans for Windows RT tablet PCs due to component supply delays, sources from notebook players believe the action could trigger...
Thursday 16 August 2012
Rumored US$199 price for Windows RT Surface expected to squeeze PC vendors out of the market
As Microsoft is reportedly considering selling its Windows RT-based Surface tablet PC at US$199, sources from notebook players are concerned that if the rumor is true, notebook brand...
Tuesday 14 August 2012
Asustek to release component purchasing authority to notebook ODMs
Asustek Computer, which used to handle most component purchasing itself, is currently considering to release the authority to its upstream ODM partners such as Quanta Computer and...
Monday 13 August 2012
Nokia, HTC to unveil Windows Phone 8 smartphones in September, say sources
Nokia and HTC have been accelerating development of Windows Phone 8-based smartphones in a bid to halt their declining market shares by launching new models ahead of the release of...