| HP leads Dell in global results | | Posted Tuesday, January 23, 2007 2:49:50 PM by Blog57 Team | | HEWLETT-PACKARD has, for the second straight quarter, beaten Dell in sales of personal computers, extending its lead as the biggest PC maker. HP's market share increased 2.4 per cent in the fourth quarter to 17.4 per cent of the worldwide market, according to researcher Gartner. Dell slipped to 13.9 per cent from 16.4 per cent as overall PC sales growth slowed. After trailing Dell for three years, HP reclaimed the top spot in the third quarter while Dell began a $US150 million ($190 million) project to deal with customer service complaints. HP added to its lead over the Christmas period by using its network of more than 140,000 retailers to lure shoppers with low-cost laptops. .... | |
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| | | The Military Family Network | | Posted Saturday, January 13, 2007 12:51:05 PM by Blog57 Team | | Dont know if youve noticed, but a strange phenomenon is underway at your neighborhood commissary these days. Products whose labels contain the words reduced-calorie, low-fat, fat-free, sugar-free, or any form of the word diet are flying off the shelves faster than stockers can replenish them. Commissary workers know theres no need for alarm. Its just that dieting season has begun. As soon as folks have had a chance to survey the damage done by all those delicious holiday indulgences, they start to look for ways to shed any reminders of just what a good time they had! Exactly how you go about losing unwanted pounds is an individual issue that needs to be tailored to your taste buds and food preferences, but a few important concepts should be at the heart of your plan. First and foremost, remember that calories do count; consuming more calories than you burn in physical activity equals pounds gained, and reversing that ratio equals pounds lost.... | |
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| | | SILICON STOCKS: Tech Stocks Start Higher; Dell Gains Momentum | | Posted Tuesday, November 14, 2006 2:52:24 AM by Blog57 Team | | Dell Inc. rose more than 2% early Monday as a Wall Street brokerage lifted its price-target on the personal computer giant ahead of the company's quarterly earnings report this week. Overall, the technology sector rose, with the tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite Index (RIXF) gaining 10.74 points to 2,400. Deutsche Bank lifted its price target on Dell (DELL) to $28 a share from $25, saying that there is better visibility on the company's near-term results. The broker also raised its price target on Hewlett-Packard Co. to $40 a share from $34, contending H-P could exceed Wall Street's consensus earnings estimates by 2 cents to 3 cents a share. In the third quarter, H-P overtook Dell to become the world's biggest supplier of personal computers. Dell shares rose 58 cent to $25.47, while H-P added 14 cents a share to reach $40.13.... | |
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| | | Dell rolls out quad-core business computers | | Posted Friday, November 10, 2006 10:54:31 PM by Blog57 Team | | Dell Inc. will begin selling business computers with quad-core processors today, making the new chips available for the first time in mainstream business machines. Dell will roll out six new industry-standard servers and three new workstation desktop computers designed around Intel Corp.'s quad-core Xeon processors. The new Xeon features four processing cores on a single chip, which allows it to simultaneously handle more tasks than standard or dual-core processors. .... | |
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| | | Zinox Rolls Out CANi Computers | | Posted Thursday, November 09, 2006 12:59:00 PM by Blog57 Team | | Nigeria's pioneer computer manufacturers, Zinox Computers, has started rolling out computers produced under the Computers for All Nigerians Initiative (CANi). Zinox in a statement disclosed that the systems include laptops and desktops built under the world-class quality systems that have become the hallmark of the Zinox brand over the years. Commenting on the computers,Seye Obisesan, Head, Product and Vendor Management, CANi, while inspecting the first batch of systems, declared that "these were the very first ever CANi systems to be ever produced". Mr. Obisesan gave kudos to Zinox Computers for being the first to concretize the CANi vision by rolling out the systems on time. The Computer for all Nigerians initiative,CANi is a public-private partnership between the Federal Government represented by NITDA, industry giants like Intel, Microsoft, Zinox, some other PC manufacturers and financial houses.... | |
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| | | Dell Launches Recycling Services in China | | Posted Tuesday, November 07, 2006 2:52:57 PM by Blog57 Team | | Dell launches recycling services in China NEW YORK, Oct. 26 (Xinhua) -- Dell Inc., the world largest PC maker, vowed on Thursday that it will begin providing recycling services to business customers on the Chinese mainland and Hong Kong immediately. The PC giant will also provide household consumers with charge- free recycling by the end of November. "We want to make recycling easy for our customers in China, and Dell is committed to recycling what we make and sell," said Dell CEO Kevin Rollins Mr. Rollins. "We encourage every manufacturer in our industry to join us in providing responsible recycling in China." .... | |
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| | | Dell launches laptop with AMD chips | | Posted Saturday, November 04, 2006 6:56:26 AM by Blog57 Team | | Chip maker's processors now are in every type of the company's computers. By Dan ZehrAMERICAN-STATESMAN STAFF Thursday, November 02, 2006 Dell Inc. has started selling notebook computers with processors made by Advanced Micro Devices Inc., pushing AMD's chips into every type of its computer lineup less than two months after it ended an exclusive reliance on Intel Corp. microchips. The Dell.com consumer laptop page Wednesday prominently featured the Inspiron 1501, a new line of notebooks that use AMD's Turion or Sempron processors. The entry-level model starts at $549 and runs on the Sempron chip. Two other models feature AMD's Turion 64 processor and start at $704 and $859, the latter after an instant rebate. .... | |
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| | | Taiwan Quanta Computer Q3 net profit up 13 pct y/y | | Posted Tuesday, October 31, 2006 10:50:47 PM by Blog57 Team | | TAIPEI, Oct 31 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Quanta Computer Inc. , the world's largest contract maker of laptop computers, said quarterly earnings rose 13 percent from a year ago. Quanta, which supplies top PC vendors such as Dell Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. , reported net profit of T$3.863 billion ($116 million) for the quarter ended in September, higher than T$3.42 billion a year ago, and up from T$2.11 billion in the second quarter. The result beat expectations of a T$2.85 billion profit, according to the average forecasts from nine analysts surveyed by Reuters Estimates. Quanta's main rival and world contract laptop making No. 2 Compal Electronics Inc. , last week posted a weaker-than-expected 2.1 percent drop in quarterly profit, but forecast fourth-quarter shipments to rise 18 percent from the third-quarter.... | |
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| | | Dell and Goodwill team up to recycle computers | | Posted Saturday, October 28, 2006 2:53:08 PM by Blog57 Team | | WINSTON-SALEM -- Looking for a way to get rid of old computers and printers? Goodwill in 49 North Carolina counties is now taking them for free and recycling them with Dell's help. It is part of a new program called Reconnect. "Goodwill has a well-established network and infrastructure for handling donated goods, through our donated goods centers and our stores and our transportations centers, explained Art Gibel, who is with Goodwill Industries of Northwest North Carolina. Dell brings to the table a well-established network of reliable recyclers." Goodwill and Dell announced their partnership at a news conference Wednesday. Goodwill will take care of the donations, while Dell will deal with the recycling. .... | |
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| | | (Update 2) Sony to Recall 3.5 M. Notebook PC Battery Packs | | Posted Wednesday, October 25, 2006 10:52:15 AM by Blog57 Team | | Tokyo, Oct. 24 (Jiji Press)--Sony Corp. on Tuesday announced a worldwide voluntary recall program for 3.5 million defective lithium- ion battery packs used in notebook personal computers. Subject to the recall are battery packs containing two types of battery cells made between August 2003 and February 2006, used in PCs manufactured mostly by six firms, including Fujitsu Ltd. , Toshiba Corp. and Sony itself. The latest program does not cover the Sony-made batteries being recalled by U.S. computer makers Dell Inc. and Apple Computer Inc., as well as the Lenovo group of China. The three makers have already announced separate replacement programs because the batteries caused actual accidents. When battery packs recalled by those three firms are included, Sony's recall will involve 9.6 million units in total worldwide.... | |
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