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Intel Ultrabook head-to-head: HP Folio 13 vs Lenovo U300s
As Intel’s Ultrabook kick into full throttle as partners gear up for the release of a new wave of Ivy Bridge based devices TechEye took the time to have a look at how some of the initial wave of...
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Google Chrome gets Taiwanese boost
Two major Taiwanese hardware manufacturers are backing Google and will introduce Chrome devices this quarter. Google is determined to outwit Microsoft and Acer, along with Asustek and other major...
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Intel plunges more money into tablets
Although chip giant Intel has already taken a considerable beating because of its commitment to become a leading player in the mobile and tablet market, it seems that it doesn’t feel it’s spent quite...
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Some notebook sales set to surge
After a long series of quarters in the doldrums, it seems that sales of notebooks will be boosted in the second quarter. But although that might be generally considered good news, it seems that it’s...
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Apple keeps the lead in PCs
There was a time when Apple was an also ran in the PC market. But a report from market research company Canalys, at the end of last week, said those days are over. Reporting on the global PC market,...
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Toshiba admits three years of figures a load of old tosh
Toshiba has admitted that an internal probe into accounting irregularities may mean it has to mark down three years of profit by about seven percent. The announcement was meant to sooth investor...
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Lenovo eyes up MSI business unit
Reports suggested that Chinese manufacturer Lenovo is interested in buying Taiwanese company MSI’s gaming notebook business. MSI has officially denied the rumour. However, according to Taiwanese wire...
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Microsoft reacts to Chromebook challenge
Yesterday we reported that sales of Chromebooks using the ChromeOS are beginning to take off worldwide and challenging sales of Windows based notebooks. But the Redmond software giant is not sitting...
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Race to win Chromebook share hots up
A report said that at least six 2-in-1 Chromebooks will launch this year and they’ll all be aimed at the non educational markets. According to Digitimes Research, Lenovo, Asustek, Google, HP and Acer...
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Solid state drives become affordable
During this year solid state drives (SSDs) in notebooks will achieve 40 percent market penetration. That’s according to Taiwanese analysts at Trendforce, which sai that prices of SSDs are falling so...
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PCs continue to fail
Figures from IDC showed that the market for PCs in the Middle East and African (MEA) market continued to fall. Its latest figures showed that in the first quarter of this year, sales fell by 9.6...
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Hybrid device shipments soar
Hybrid devices look set to be the fastest growing segment of the mobile PC market this year. Gartner is predicting that 21.5 million hybrid devices will ship this year, a rise of 70 percent compared to...
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Chip making and PC figures a load of old Tosh
The inquiry into creative accounting at Toshiba has found that the outfit’s semiconductor and PC businesses were also affected by the scandal. In May, Toshiba set up a third-party committee to expand a...
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Microsoft to up Windows licensing fees
Notebook vendors who have the nerve to sell machines using high end hardware specs are going to have to pay Microsoft for the privilege. According to a report in Taiwanese wire Digitimes, this is not...
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PC makers despondent about Windows 10
In a day when Microsoft is to announce more job cuts in its hardware and smartphone division, it seems that the upcoming Windows 10 won’t offer light at the end of the tunnel for the software behemoth....
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Q3 notebook shipments to fall sharply
Taiwan accounts for 81.6 percent of the notebooks that ship worldwide and it appears that the downward trend of sales will continue throughout this year. The prediction comes in the wake of results...
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Asustek notebook shipments plummet
Asustek shipped just 4.3 million notebooks in the second quarter, down from 4.8 million units in the first quarter and 4.6 million units in the second quarter of 2014. Still notebooks did better than...
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Germany takes the lead in 2-in-1 market
Many analysts are predicting that 2-in-1 devices – that is to day PCs with detachable screens – are showing strong signs of growth. And now IDC said that figures it has obtained will show that by the...
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Warehouses packed with unsold notebooks in Europe
A lack of demand for notebooks has led to companies in Europe ending up with stacks of unsold notebooks and leading them to experience cash flow problems. That’s according to Taiwanese wire Digitimes,...
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Notebook shipments up in August
The news for vendors of notebooks hasn’t been good for many quarters now but it appears August offers a glimmer of hope for the manufacturers. Digitimes Research (DR) said that the top five brands...
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