Tagged: Acer
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Google: ‘We’re focused on enabling the next 1bn computer users’ News
20.03.2013 The democratising effect of technology that is seeing billions of people around the world join the internet revolution as they switch on their first mobile phones and computers...Tags: Operating Systems, Android, Smartphones, Mac, Windows, Personal Computers, Acer, Samsung, Chrome, Google -
Google reveals Samsung and Acer Chromebooks to go on sale in Ireland today News
19.03.2013 Google has revealed that Samsung and Acer Chromebooks – the internet giant’s vision of computers for the cloud – will go on sale in Ireland later today. The Samsung Chromebook... -
Financial results this week News
11.02.2013 Technology companies scheduled to release their financial results this week.Categories: Financial Results, Financial -
Intel’s next big bet: low-priced touchscreen ultrabooks to debut in 2013 News
08.01.2013 The prospect of Windows 8 touchscreen ultrabooks hitting the market for less than US$600 took a step closer to reality last night when chip giant Intel said its...Categories: Wireless Communications, Phones, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Internet, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
Wipro takes lead in Greenpeace green electronics listing, followed by HP News
20.11.2012 Indian tech company Wipro has taken the top spot in the latest green electronics listing from Greenpeace in which 16 global IT companies have been ranked by the campaign group...Categories: Software, Mobile, IT Organisation, Hardware, Green Tech, Green Computing, Green, Global CIO, ERP & Supply Chain Management, Energy, Consumer Tech -
Google and Acer unveil lowest-price Chromebook yet at US$199 News
13.11.2012 The purpose of Google’s Chromebook laptop range is to provide users with accessible, affordable computing solutions, and the tech giant has now topped its previous US$249...Categories: Computers -
European PC market in freefall – double-digit decline across sector in Q3 News
08.11.2012 In what must be a bloodbath for tech retailers, PC shipments in Western Europe fell 15.4pc in the third quarter to 13.6m units shipped. Many vendors tried to clear old inventory... -
PC market in Western Europe shrinks 2.4pc in Q2 2012 - Gartner News
09.08.2012 PC shipments in Western Europe totalled 13.6m units in the second quarter of 2012, signifying a 2.4pc decline compared to the same period last year, Gartner, Inc, reported. -
Acer CEO criticises Microsoft’s decision to manufacture own tablets News
07.08.2012 The risk Microsoft knowingly runs with launching its own brand of tablet computers is burning bridges with its hardware partners. The backlash has now begun with Acer chair and... -
Global PC sales slow as consumers await Windows 8 and weigh up tablet/ultrabook options News
12.07.2012 Growth of the worldwide PC market stalled in the second quarter with shipments falling 0.1pc from a year ago. However, IDC predicts growth to pick up towards the end of the year. -
Intel goes to court to fight massive EU €1.06bn fine News
03.07.2012 Describing the EU decision to fine it €1.06bn in 2009 as being based on a simplistic and error-ridden analysis of how the computer industry actually works, chip giant Intel went... -
Samsung unveils new Google Chromebook and Chromebox News
30.05.2012 With the latest Chromebook laptop, Google’s Chrome OS appears to have finally hit its stride. But is the world really ready for a cloud-dedicated computer?Categories: Software, Operating Systems, Online Business, Internet, Hardware, Games/Entertainment, Consumer Tech, Computers -
AMD challenges Intel’s Ivy Bridge with the release of Trinity APUs News
15.05.2012 Intel rival AMD has released its second-generation A-Series APUs plus VISION technology, aiming to come out on top for gaming and entertainment. -
Sixth-generation iPhone coming September, 7-inch iPad in August - report News
09.05.2012 Orders for Apple’s sixth-generation iPhone are understood to have been received by Taiwan supply chain firm Pegatron Technology with plans to launch in September. It is also...Categories: Wireless Communications, Mobile, Mobility, Phones, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech -
Apple to disrupt nascent ultrabook business with US$799 MacBook Air News
07.05.2012 Apple is understood to be planning to drive a significant wedge into the emerging ultrabook market with a US$799 MacBook Air, according to supply chain reports from Asia.Categories: Wireless Communications, Multimedia, Mobility, Mobile, Hardware, Digital Media, Consumer Tech, Computers -
The week in gadgets News
09.01.2012 A look at gadget happenings as CES 2012 kicks off, with Acer showing the ‘world’s thinnest ultrabook,’ Lenovo showing the first Android 4.0 TV and LG Electronics revealing its... -
Only 30,000 Chromebooks to be sold in 2011? News
23.11.2011 Google’s Chromebook – a notebook powered by its Chrome browser – has some hurdles to climb if reports that only 30,000 of the devices made by Acer and Samsung will be sold by... -
AMD targets cloud and data centre markets with 16-core chips News
14.11.2011 Chip maker AMD has launched a new family of 16 core Opteron processors as part of its concentration on the enterprise server and data centre markets. -
European PC market falls 11pc in third quarter News
14.11.2011 It was a disappointing third quarter for the PC market in Europe. PC shipments in Western Europe totalled 14.8m units in the third quarter of 2011, a 11.4pc decline from the... -
The digital business week News
12.09.2011 A digest of the top business and technology news stories from the past week.