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Samsung predicting increased profits thanks to healthy Galaxy S7 sales

Andrew Stevenson — Thu, 07 Jul 2016 07:58:01 +0000

Samsung is predicting higher than expected profits for Q2 2016, up from the same period last year, with healthy Galaxy S7 sales one of the main contributors to this latest success. Read more...

Apple's Multi-Touch patent not so strong to sue competitors

Chakkaradeep Chandran — Tue, 03 Feb 2009 06:39:19 +0000

Just a few days after Apple officially secured a patent for its touchscreen technology used in iPhone and iPod touch, Apple's interim CEO Tim Cook warned its iPhone competitors that the company will use any... Read more...

Dell Post Strong Q1 Profit Results

Thu, 29 May 2008 22:40:30 +0000

Dell has just released quarterly figures showing that in the first 3 months of this year, ending May 2nd, Dell has earned $784 million, up from $756 in the same period last year. Revenue for... Read more...

Nintendo sees strong DS sales, frowns on Wii bundles

Tue, 18 Dec 2007 03:55:16 +0000

Nintendo Co Ltd, already struggling with shortages of its Wii video game console, is also seeing signs of higher-than-expected demand for its DS handheld device, a top executive said on Monday. "The DS continues to... Read more...

Nvidia Quarterly Profit Rises On Strong Sales

Daniel Fleshbourne — Fri, 09 Nov 2007 11:50:00 +0000

Graphics chip maker Nvidia posted a sharply higher quarterly profit Thursday on stronger sales of its products, especially ones for laptop computers. Nvidia also forecast that its sales would rise by more than what Wall... Read more...

PC Shipments Show Strong Growth

Thu, 18 Oct 2007 01:04:04 +0000

According to research firms IDC and Gartner Inc., computer shipments rose at the fastest rate in nearly two years during Q3 of this year, a development which raises expectations for another strong performance during this... Read more...

Global WiMAX market set for strong growth in 2008

Daniel Fleshbourne — Wed, 16 May 2007 08:13:21 +0000

With the emergence of more WiMAX devices as well as initiatives by telecom services providers, the global WiMAX market is set for robust growth in 2008, according to Sriram Viswanathan, managing director of Intel Capital... Read more...

Best Buy & Circuit City Report Strong Demand for Vista

Thu, 05 Apr 2007 00:08:10 +0000

Best Buy Company Incorporated and Circuit City Stores Incorporated have both reported high demand for Windows Vista in their retail stores. In separate earnings statements, the two retail companies said that PCs with Vista preinstalled... Read more...

Microsoft Says Vista Sales Strong

Mon, 26 Mar 2007 19:25:55 +0000

Kevin Kutz, a director in Microsoft's Windows client group, has announced that over 20 million copies of Windows Vista were sold globally in the first month of sales since the consumer release (February 2007) compared... Read more...

AMD pushing strong lineup for 2007, ready for CPU+GPU in 09

Daniel Fleshbourne — Thu, 15 Feb 2007 17:49:11 +0000

The lineup for the merged AMD and ATI in 2007 is going strong, according to Taiwan-based industry sources. The company's new AMD 690 chipset platform, with integrated graphics based on technology from the former ATI,... Read more...

AMD seen strong this year; Intel next

Sun, 15 Oct 2006 01:59:14 +0000

AMD, the No. 2 computer processor maker, seems set to gain more market share as its bigger rival Intel struggles with a turnaround effort that is not expected to pay off until next year. AMD's... Read more...

Strong Sales Continue for DS in UK

Joe Cashman — Sat, 21 Jan 2006 10:17:13 +0000

Nintendo has reported that British gamers have picked up over a million DS consoles since it was launched here in March last year. Nintendo said that sales of the consoles were helped by popular games... Read more...

Take Two beats expectations with strong first quarter

Sat, 05 Mar 2005 23:07:02 +0000

US publisher Take Two Interactive had announced strong sales and profits for the first quarter of fiscal 2005, which ended on January 31st, but its guidance for the rest of the year remains conservative. ... Read more...

Microsoft Office Conference Draws Strong Interest

Tom Warren — Wed, 02 Feb 2005 18:36:48 +0000

Microsoft kicked off their first Office Developer conference today at the Microsoft Conference Centre in Redmond, US. The conference, aimed at system developers for Office, drew more than 800 developers from over 40... Read more...

Microsoft Report Strong Q2 Results

Fri, 28 Jan 2005 12:40:08 +0000

Microsoft today announced financial results for the second quarter of 2005. Q2 saw revenues of $10.82 billion, a 7% increase on the previous period, along side operating income of $4.75 billion and net income... Read more...

PC Sales Stay Strong

Fri, 16 Jul 2004 19:07:36 +0000

While some areas of the business software market hit a soft spot in the second quarter, worldwide PC shipments are still showing double-digit growth, market researchers IDC and Gartner say. Driven by demand for replacement... Read more...

Gateway closes stores, future strong for Apple retail

Fri, 02 Apr 2004 18:44:26 +0000

Gateway Inc. plans to close its entire network of 188 retail stores next week and lay off about 2,500 staff, the PC maker announced Thursday. Despite the downturn for Gateway, analysts believe the problems are... Read more...

Nokia claims strong launch for N-Gage.

Marcel Klum — Tue, 21 Oct 2003 13:56:20 +0000

The first official statement from Finnish mobile phone giant Nokia on the launch of its N-Gage game deck has claimed that the device is sold out at many retailers following a "very positive" consumer response.... Read more...

Microsoft tablets start strong in Europe

Wed, 29 Jan 2003 08:05:57 +0000

Sales of portables running Microsoft's Tablet PC software started strong out of the gate in Europe, according to market researcher Context. Despite only a partial quarter of sales, Microsoft tablet PCs... Read more...

Microsoft Trims Witness List, Cites Strong Case

Tue, 30 Apr 2002 14:41:42 +0000

Thanks Stevie for the heads up. Microsoft Corp. told a federal judge on Monday that it has decided not call nearly half of its remaining defense witnesses, citing "progress made so far" in defending itself... Read more...

Microsoft Announces Strong Quarterly Revenue

Steven Parker — Fri, 19 Oct 2001 12:01:45 +0000

REDMOND, Wash. Microsoft Corp. today announced revenue of $6.13 billion for the quarter ended Sept. 30, 2001, a 6 percent increase over the $5.77 billion reported in the prior year. Operating income totaled $2.90 billion... Read more...