Taiwan PC makers search for products
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Thursday, 17 September 2015 12:25

Taiwan PC makers search for products


Where did I park that cash cow?

Taiwan's PC makers like Acer and Asus are seeing their industry collapse and there's no clear replacement.

Server shipments grow
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Tuesday, 01 September 2015 14:59

Server shipments grow


Gartner's latest report warns of a slowing

Beancounters at Gartner have added up the numbers and divided by their shoe size and decided that server shipments have grown by eight per cent.

Smartphone sales fall in China
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 21 August 2015 10:26

Smartphone sales fall in China


China sales will save no-one

Western  smartphone companies hoping to save themselves by peddling their wares in China will be plumb out of luck.

PC market waiting for Windows 10
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Monday, 13 July 2015 14:31

PC market waiting for Windows 10


Or Godot

The PC market is holding its breath waiting for the release of Windows 10.

IT spending to slump
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Tuesday, 30 June 2015 15:32

IT spending to slump


Oracle from Gartner predicts 

Oracles from Gartner groups prophercy and divination department have been reading the tea leaves and come to the concluding that IT spending is going to take a dive by 5.5 percent this yea

Gartner predicts the rise of the hybrids
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Opening the clamshell

Beancounters at Gartner have been consulting their tarot cards and are predicting that hybrid PC sales are to accelerate this year.

Chromebooks sell like hotcakes
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 22 May 2015 11:03

Chromebooks sell like hotcakes


Hotcake makers unavailable for comment

Market research firm Gartner has estimated 7.3 million Chromebooks would be sold this year, thanks mostly to the education industry realising that kids need keyboards rather than touchscreen tablets.

Waiting for Hadoop could be waiting for Godot
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Gartner warns

Gartner has said that Big Data framework Hadoop will not make any serious impact for at least two years.

Semiconductor sales up eight percent
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Tuesday, 07 April 2015 14:04

Semiconductor sales up eight percent


Intel still the market leader shokka

Sales of semiconductors were up eight per cent and reached $340bn according to a report by analyst house Gartner.

Tame Apple Press claims Jobs Mob have killed Samsung
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What a difference a percentage point makes

The Tame Apple Press had a Nintendo in its trousers when Gartner released figures showing Apple sold the most number of smartphones globally in the fourth quarter, overtaking Samsung for the first time since 2011.