Once heavily reliant on the Chinese market, Lenovo is now looking to make acquisitions as it tries to expand its growing enterprise business to other countries.
Bleak, bleaker, bleakest: PC market forecast projects historic 10% downturn
This year will go down as the PC industry’s largest contraction, research firm IDC said Monday, with global shipments dropping by double digits and little relief in sight.
Windows 8 uptake slows, ditch-XP movement decelerates
Windows 8’s user share in October climbed past the 10% milestone for the first time since the launch of the …
Thinking the unthinkable: Why Bill Gates needs to go
A Microsoft without Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer? Unimaginable. Unthinkable. But ultimately undeniable.
Report: Ford CEO downplays chatter that he’s in line to replace Ballmer
Ford President and CEO Alan Mulally, considered a front-runner among candidates to replace Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer, has reportedly tried to put the brakes on the accelerating rumours.
Ballmer strongly hints at Office for iPad and Android tablets
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer insinuated that the company is working on a version of Office for the iPad and for …
Bing gets a tuneup, but still grapples with the query: "How to top Google?"
Microsoft still hasn’t found what it’s looking for in the search market – a way to beat Google – but it’s not giving up just yet.
Review: VMware Workstation 10 turns to tablets
The last few versions of VMware Workstation haven’t been radically different from one another, and Workstation 10 is no exception.
Blunders lead to Ballmer's demise
The heap of blunders that piled up at Microsoft under Steve Ballmer’s leadership may have hit a tipping point this year, leading to last month’s earthshaking announcement that Bill Gates’ former right-hand man and heir, as well as Microsoft’s fiercest cheerleader, will step down as CEO within a year.
Intel pushes speed, reliability claims with unveiling of MXC cable
An optical interconnect introduced by Intel on Wednesday may someday slim down cabling throughout data centers if the company can get enough vendors to mass-produce it.
With Ballmer retiring, tech world awaits white smoke from Redmond
Mere days into the Steve Ballmer Successor Watch, guessing who will be his replacement has become a new tech industry …
Windows 8 stains Ballmer's legacy
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer survived the flop that was Windows Vista, but he wasn’t able to do the same after the disappointment of Windows 8.
Perceived missteps may have hit a tipping point for Ballmer
An accumulation of blunders under Steve Ballmer’s leadership may have hit a tipping point this year, leading to Friday’s groundshaking announcement …
Apple iPad market share plummets in China as domestic vendors grow
The market share of Apple’s iPad fell dramatically in China during the second quarter as a result of competition from Android tablets made by little-known “white box” vendors.
Dell drops $299 Windows RT tablet, cheapest offer now $479
Shoppers who tried to buy a Windows RT tablet at Dell’s website Friday morning would have seen one listed for US$299. By the end of the day the cheapest tablet came bundled with a keyboard for $479.
The cut-throat world of consumer tech
Over the past year, Microsoft has shown poor planning and a lack of respect for the tumultuous consumer market, which can sink or float a company within months.
Yahoo says release of secret FISA court order will prove it resisted directives
Yahoo wants the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court to order the public release of a secret order in a 2008 surveillance dispute.
Unstructured data: Can you crack the code?
A simple motive for code cracking has always been the benefits of what lies beneath the complexity. As with the universe-load …
Apple’s Cook: iOS 7 is the ‘biggest change to iOS’ since iPhone’s arrival
Apple on Monday took the wraps off iOS 7, revealing a dramatic new design that sheds six-year-old interface elements, and …
PC makers see lower prices, less touch in Windows’ future
Change is in the air for Microsoft in response to ho-hum sales of Windows 8, and it sounds like PC makers …