http://marketpublishers.com/lists/news_23.html Computers news en-us 2008-12-02 14:49:25 GMT 2008-12-02 14:49:25 GMT http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3783/news.html Japanese electronics conglomerate Fujitsu Ltd will buy Siemens AG's 50 percent stake in their PC joint venture for 450 million euros ($567 million), aiming to boost its presence in Europe. Fujitsu said in a statement that the acquisition... 04.11.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3461/news.html Sony is recalling 440,000 Vaio laptop computers worldwide because of wiring faults that could cause overheating. The recall concerns 19 Vaio models in the TZ series manufactured between May 2007 and July 2008 - but does not include... 05.09.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3286/news.html MTN Group Ltd., Africa's biggest mobile-phone company, said it will issue a statement this morning on its talks with Reliance Communications Ltd, reported The Bloomberg. MTN said May 26 it entered into exclusive negotiations for 45 days... 08.07.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3235/news.html Global shipments of notebook computers will rise less than previously forecast because of lower-than-expected demand and supply constraints, Goldman, Sachs & Co. said, reported The Bloomberg. Shipments by the world's top-five laptop... 26.06.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/3053/news.html The wraps have been taken off the new version of the XO laptop designed for schoolchildren in developing countries, reported The BBC. The revamped machine created by the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project looks like an e-book and has had... 21.05.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2971/news.html Apple Inc. shares have climbed 39 percent since plummeting to a six-month low in February, and shareholders say demand for Macintosh personal computers may continue the rally, reported The Bloomberg. Sales of PCs led by the new MacBook Air,... 23.04.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2919/news.html The number of viruses, worms and trojans in circulation has topped the one million mark, reported The BBC. The new high for malicious programs was revealed by security firm Symantec in the latest edition of its bi-annual Internet Security... 10.04.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2910/news.html Intel Chief executive Paul Otellini answered user questions, reported The BBC. Intel will ride out any US recession and make a success of Wimax wireless broadband, the firm's chief executive Paul Otellini has told BBC News. He said:... 08.04.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2875/news.html By 2020 the terms "interface" and "user" will be obsolete as computers merge ever closer with humans, reported The BBC. It is one prediction in a Microsoft-backed report drawn from the discussions of 45 academics from... 03.04.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2822/news.html Flat-panel computer displays could be manufactured quickly and cheaply using novel inkjet printing equipment demonstrated by Japanese scientists, reported The BBC. The technique has already been used to produce the delicate wiring and tiny... 27.03.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2682/news.html Encrypted information held on a laptop is more vulnerable than previously thought, US research has shown, reported The BBC. Scientists have shown that it is possible to recover the key that unscrambles data from a PC's memory. It was... 05.03.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2458/news.html Tough conditions in the computer chip market have severely dented profits at Japanese electronics giant Toshiba, reported The BBC. Operating profits slumped 25% to 42.1bn yen ($395m, £198m) in the three months to the end of December.... 29.01.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2454/news.html Microsoft's profits for the key Christmas trading quarter have soared 79%, driven by strong computer sales and the success of its Xbox console, reported The BBC. The US giant's net profit for October to December 2007 was $4.7bn... 25.01.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2411/news.html Apple boss Steve Jobs has unveiled the world's thinnest laptop, called the MacBook Air, reported The BBC. The computer, which is 0.76 inches (1.93cm) at its thickest point, was unveiled at an event in San Francisco. The Apple head... 16.01.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2405/news.html Intel repeatedly undermined a not-for profit scheme to bring cheap laptops to children in the developing world, the head of the charity has told BBC News. Nicholas Negroponte accused Intel, which makes a rival PC, of underhand sales tactics... 15.01.2008 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2211/news.html A lack of "big thinking" by politicians has stifled a scheme to distribute laptops to children in the developing world, a spokesman has said. Walter Bender of One Laptop per Child (OLPC) said politicians were unwilling to commit... 27.11.2007 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2158/news.html The chip industry's unrelenting quest to build smaller, faster microchips has taken another step forward, reported The BBC. Chip-maker Intel has launched a range of processors, known as Penryn, which will power the next generation of PCs.... 12.11.2007 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2103/news.html The first official order for the so-called "$100 laptop" has been placed by the government of Uruguay, reported The BBC. The South American country has bought 100,000 of the machines for schoolchildren aged six to 12. A... 30.10.2007 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/2040/news.html Hitachi is pulling out of the sale of personal computers, saying it wants to focus on larger network systems for businesses instead, reported The BBC. Analysts said the move showed Hitachi had been struggling to compete in a PC market... 23.10.2007 http://marketpublishers.com/lists/1993/news.html Intel, the world's biggest computer chipmaker, has seen its latest profits surge 43%, lifted by strong demand for its laptop microprocessors, reported The BBC. During the three months to the end of September its net profit rose to $1.9bn... 17.10.2007