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A third of PC owners are shifting tasks to mobile devices

A third of PC owners are shifting tasks to mobile devices
  • Posted February 8, 2013, 9:30 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • A new report from NPD Group further drives home the notion that the PC industry has a serious problem on its hands. As we all know, the problem in question is mobile devices – they continue to chip away at…

HP rumored to be considering company "break up"

HP rumored to be considering company "break up"
  • Posted February 6, 2013, 3:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News
  • In 2011, former CEO Leo Apotheker proposed jettisoning HP's iconic PC business -- a division which suffers from notoriously anemic profit margins -- in an attempt to return HP to greater profitability. Although Apotheker's successor, Meg Whitman, canned that idea,…

Android malware steals data, records audio via PC microphone

Android malware steals data, records audio via PC microphone
  • Posted February 4, 2013, 5:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in IT Security, Mobile Computing
  • Two newly-discovered Android apps found on Google Play were designed to spy on their users, claim security experts at Kaspersky. The apps, SuperClean and DroidCleaner, posed as innocuous Android clean-up utilities; however, each app could quietly copy photos, contacts and…

Microsoft blames OEMs for slow Windows 8 sales, plans February "relaunch"

Microsoft blames OEMs for slow Windows 8 sales, plans February "relaunch"
  • Posted January 25, 2013, 6:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Industry News
  • A report by The Register reveals that Microsoft blames OEMs for its relatively lackluster Windows 8 sales. Purportedly, Microsoft believes vendors didn't adhere closely enough to its hardware recommendations, producing mostly non-touchscreen computers that didn't showcase Windows 8's touchable side.…

Global PC sales fell in Q4 2012 despite Windows 8, holiday deals

Global PC sales fell in Q4 2012 despite Windows 8, holiday deals
  • Posted January 11, 2013, 5:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News With Video
  • A quarterly report from industry analyst IDC indicates that PC shipments have been unusually soft. According to the group, PC sales dipped 6.4 percent in Q4 2012 when compared to the same period last year. Additionally, Q4 led to a 4.5…

The new iMac: thin, fast -- and assembled in the USA?

The new iMac: thin, fast -- and assembled in the USA?
  • Posted December 3, 2012, 3:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Apple, Industry News
  • Apple's latest 21.5-inch iMac made some good first impressions for reviewers who gazed upon its razor-thin design. In this iFixit teardown though, one item in particular caught the public's attention: the words "Assembled in USA" etched into the rear of…

PC shipments fall for first time since 2001

PC shipments fall for first time since 2001
  • Posted October 10, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • We've been hearing about a supposed post-PC era for some time now while tech pundits have continued to bandy about once unfathomable ideas like the death of PCs. And although PC manufacturers have struggled, the real-world results of hundreds of…

PCs no longer responsible for majority share of DRAM market

PCs no longer responsible for majority share of DRAM market
  • Posted September 17, 2012, 2:00 PM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
  • Information released by IHS iSuppli reveals that personal computers are no longer responsible for the majority demand of DRAM memory chips. In the second quarter, only 49 percent of all DRAM chips manufactured were used to build new PCs -…

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