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Vista's big problem: 92 percent of developers ignoring it

Steven Parker — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 10:39:13 +0000

And to think Microsoft used to be popular with the developer crowd... Not anymore. A recent report from Evans Data shows fewer than one in 10 software developers writing applications for Windows Vista this year.... Read more...

Global cell phone use at 50 percent

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:40:06 +0000

Worldwide mobile telephone subscriptions reached 3.3 billion -- equivalent to half the global population -- on Thursday, 26 years after the first cellular network was launched, research firm Informa said. Since the first Nordic Mobile... Read more...

AMD Sells 8.1 Percent Stake to Mideast Firm

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 20:13:23 +0000

The Abu Dhabi government's investment arm paid $622 million for an 8.1% stake in Advanced Micro Devices Incorporated. A unit of Mubadala Development Company received 49 million newly-issued AMD shares at a closing price of... Read more...

Digital camera shipments to U.S. up 22 percent

Fri, 16 Nov 2007 06:23:41 +0000

In its quarterly report, Research firm IDC has concluded that camera makers shipped 8.4 million units (a 22% rise over the last quarter) to the United States, fuelled by customers replacing older models at discounted... Read more...

Yahoo Q3 Profit Slips 5 Percent

Wed, 17 Oct 2007 15:01:07 +0000

Still feeling the effects of a major reorganization, officials from search-engine Yahoo announced yesterday that third-quarter net income fell 5 percent, to $151.3 million, from $158.5 million in the same period a year earlier, despite... Read more...

Dell profit up 46 percent due to cheaper components

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 31 Aug 2007 09:12:12 +0000

Just two weeks after revealing that some employees had falsified corporate revenue to meet earnings targets, Dell reported a profit of $733 million for its fiscal 2008 second quarter, up 46 percent from its mark... Read more...

Sony Claims PS3 Failure Rate of Less Than 1 Percent

Fri, 17 Aug 2007 00:34:33 +0000

If recent reports hold true, Sony PlayStation 3 users may be spending more than their friends for a "next generation console" to save on the hassle of returning damaged goods. Sure all new consoles come... Read more...

Deutsche Telekom's Profit Falls 40 Percent

Fri, 10 Aug 2007 00:08:18 +0000

Deutsche Telekom AG said Thursday that its second-quarter net profit fell by 40 percent as more than half a million customers abandoned its traditional land-line offerings for cheaper rivals or switched completely to mobile phones.... Read more...

Retailers Estimate Xbox 360 Failure Rate High as 33 Percent

Mon, 02 Jul 2007 20:04:34 +0000

By several metrics, the Xbox 360 is the most successful console so far of this generation. Despite the startling pace of the Wii, the Xbox 360 still has the most consoles sold worldwide and the... Read more...

80 percent of PS3s will be higher priced models

Thu, 14 Sep 2006 08:55:08 +0000

The PlayStation 3 has not had the smoothest of rides to its November 2006 (March 2007 in Europe) launch date. Concerns over the availability of Blu-ray chips and rumors about Cell processor yields have been... Read more...

AMD nabs 25 percent of server market

Tue, 01 Aug 2006 01:00:38 +0000

Advanced Micro Devices is still making strides in the server market at Intel's expense as the larger company waits to see if a new processor can reverse its slide. AMD on Monday said it increased... Read more...

Eighty percent of new malware defeats antivirus

Thu, 20 Jul 2006 09:43:57 +0000

The most popular antivirus applications on the market are rendered useless by around 80 percent of new malware, according to AusCERT. At a security breakfast hosted by e-mail security firm Messagelabs in Sydney on Wednesday,... Read more...

Mac Sales up 12 Percent as Apple Soars

Wed, 19 Jul 2006 21:58:34 +0000

Apple Computer's third-quarter revenue fell a little short ofexpectations, but profitability was far higher than expected and Macsales increased at a healthy clip. Revenue was $4.37 billion, up 24 percent from last year's quarterly revenue... Read more...

Intel to cut Prices by 60 Percent

Thu, 08 Jun 2006 21:55:39 +0000

In a bold move to regain some lost market share from Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), Intel Corp. is planning to cut its Pentium processor prices by as much as 60 percent. The price cuts are... Read more...

Firefox 'passes 20 percent market share' in Europe

Michael Stanclift — Tue, 17 Jan 2006 15:38:25 +0000

Mozilla Firefox has achieved an market share of over 20 percent inEurope, according to the latest figures released by French Web metricsfirm XiTi. XiTi, which based its... Read more...

NPD: 2005 game sales up 21 percent

Fri, 29 Jul 2005 00:45:51 +0000

The NPD Group today released sales figures for the first six months of 2005. According to the numbers, sales topped $4.1 billion between January 1 and June 30, as compared to $3.4 billion in the... Read more...

EA Quarterly Revenues Off 16 Percent

Wed, 27 Jul 2005 15:49:54 +0000

Electronic Arts stock took a major hit yesterday when quarterly earnings reports were released by the company. Revenues for the quarter were off 16% from last year's figures, leading EA to a net loss... Read more...

iPod US marketshare rises to 82 percent

Mon, 11 Oct 2004 20:00:35 +0000

After clothes, money and a car, an iPod is what U.S. teenagers want most this holiday season. A survey of 600 high school students by Piper Jaffray & Co. analyst Gene Munster found Apple Computer... Read more...

Microsoft revenue climbs 15 percent

Fri, 23 Jul 2004 19:36:37 +0000

Microsoft revenue has climbed 15 percent for the final quarter of this 2004 fiscal year. Still some analysts aren't pleased with this increase in revenue. As they expected the tech giant to bring... Read more...

Windows to Hit 60 Percent of Server Unit Shipments by 2008

Sun, 20 Jun 2004 19:50:46 +0000

Based on the restored demand for enterprise servers that began late last year, researchers at IDC are predicting strong growth for server systems through 2008, especially for Linux- and Windows-based boxes. "There... Read more...

Dell Cuts Music Player Price 20 Percent to $199

Tue, 06 Apr 2004 14:36:35 +0000

No. 2 personal computer maker Dell Inc. on Monday cut the price on its digital music player 20 percent to $199 from $249 as it tries to compete with the industry leading iPod from Apple... Read more...

Konami profits jump 149 percent

Sat, 15 Nov 2003 13:47:02 +0000

Konami profits jump 149 percent Japanese publisher Konami has reported a large rise in its profits for the first half of the 2003 fiscal year, with the boost attributed largely to the... Read more...

AOL to Sell 64 Percent China TV Stake to Li Firm

Wed, 02 Jul 2003 20:48:08 +0000

U.S. media titan AOL Time Warner is selling a 64 percent stake in its China TV unit to a firm backed by Asia's richest man Li Ka-shing for US$37 million, Li's tom.com said on Wednesday.... Read more...

Video Game Sales Up 10 Percent in 2002

Tom Warren — Tue, 28 Jan 2003 10:12:31 +0000

LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - Sales of video game hardware, software and accessories rose 10 percent in 2002 to $10.3 billion, according to data released on Monday, even as revenue from game consoles actually declined. Market... Read more...

Silicon Valley's Jobless Rate 7.9 Percent

Sun, 10 Nov 2002 09:17:16 +0000

The technology downturn continues to hammer California's Silicon Valley, where the unemployment rate in October was 7.9 percent, the highest level since 1983 and well above last month's statewide average of 6.4 percent. ... Read more...

Handspring lays off 20 percent

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 25 Sep 2002 17:39:07 +0000

Handheld maker Handspring cut 20 percent of its workforce, or about 80 employees, this week, CNET News.com has learned. Company spokesman Allen Bush said the cuts, which hit the marketing department hardest,... Read more...

Oracle's Quarterly Profit Plunges 33 Percent

Wed, 18 Sep 2002 08:51:55 +0000

Business software maker Oracle Corp. said Tuesday its earnings and sales continued to erode in its latest quarter as companies around the world remained reluctant to invest in technology. The Redwood Shores-based... Read more...

Napster cuts 10 percent of staff

Mon, 11 Mar 2002 09:54:45 +0000

Online music trading service Napster said Friday it will sack 10 percent of its staff as it awaits a deal with the world's leading record companies. Napster has been all but shutdown since... Read more...

HP: 65 Percent of Employees Support Compaq Merger

Sat, 26 Jan 2002 20:43:05 +0000

Internal polls show a majority of Hewlett-Packard Co.HWP.N employees support plans to buy Compaq Computer Corp.CPQ.N, the company said on Friday, although a leading critic of the merger said an independent survey was needed. ... Read more...

Xmas increases spam by 650 percent

Marcel Klum — Mon, 10 Dec 2001 09:41:54 +0000

Thanks Geronimo for this one. Inboxes are being flooded with junk emails at an increasing rate during the holiday season, leading to network overload and fast-spreading viruses The festive spirit... Read more...

Intel Profits Tumble 77 Percent

Wed, 17 Oct 2001 01:20:51 +0000

Intel Corp. on Tuesday reported third-quarter profits that tumbled 77 percent as it struggled with slowing economies and weak personal computer sales, prompting it to forecast sluggish sales in the fourth quarter, typically the industry's... Read more...