http://www.silicon.com Results for pc market en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39650560,00.htm Dell may be better known as a PC vendor but it also has designs on smartphones. Last week the computer giant revealed details of its first foray into the increasingly crowded smartphone market with a touchscreen device called the Dell Mini 3... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 14:15:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/weeklyroundup/0,39024756,39631824,00.htm More complicated jobs - fixing a failed hard disk or clearing out a virus-ridden PC would "require additional barter items" such as bottles of whiskey, more beer or IT goodies, they reckoned, which seemed pretty good value. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 06 Nov 2009 15:17:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60593743p,00.htm From the PC to the Internet to every piece of hardware and software in between, technology innovation has been a key factor in helping small and medium-sized businesses in their struggle to provide better customer service, improve efficiencies... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:50:39 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60564184p,00.htm From the PC to the Internet to every piece of hardware and software in between, technology innovation has been a key factor in helping small and medium-sized businesses in their struggle to provide better customer service, improve efficiencies... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:50:47 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/pdas/0,39024643,39563435,00.htm There is no contract, and users do not have to sync with a PC or find a wi-fi connection to access the store. It estimates Amazon will account for 60 per cent of market share, followed by Sony with 35 per cent. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 08 Oct 2009 11:12:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60472109p,00.htm This paper provides essential guidance to IT decision makers mid market and enterprise organizations to help them choose an effective PC management strategy for improving manageability, performance,and productivity. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 07 Oct 2009 12:28:49 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39554596,00.htm Adebayo said: "Before recommending such a radical change for close to 2,000 in-house IT customers, I'd need to consider not only the costs of the software, hardware, and training; but also the intangible costs of inevitable downtime, stakeholder... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 02 Oct 2009 15:14:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://comment.silicon.com/sebjanacek/0,3800005539,39553012,00.htm Microsoft founder Bill Gates first championed the Tablet PC back in 2001 yet the form factor failed to make any significant dent in the universe. However, news that Microsoft is bringing a new tablet to market was more interesting. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 01 Oct 2009 15:20:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/agenda-setters-2009/michael-dell-39550651.htm Dell's latest move - snapping up IT services company Perot Systems for $3.9bn as it looks to expand beyond the PC business - shows that Dell is not just about hardware. While the computer hardware market may be on the wane, 2009 marks a return to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 30 Sep 2009 11:10:33 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39547883,00.htm While smartphone-maker Palm has a similar wireless charging system for the Pre, and companies like Visteon and Wild Charge have debuted wireless charging accessories for phones, no PC maker has incorporated the idea until now. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 29 Sep 2009 10:34:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39546157,00.htm When it comes down to even PC penetration - most people have got Windows-based PCs rather than Apple Macs. Dave McQueen, principal analyst at Informa Telecoms and Media, said the deal with Orange is good for Apple as it increases the company's... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 28 Sep 2009 17:07:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39534331,00.htm It used to be, Otellini said, that everything was centred on the PC. The market has shifted and grown, and the need for computing power is everywhere. At the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco, chief executive Paul Otellini left attendees... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 24 Sep 2009 11:22:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39534328,00.htm The latest forecast issued from market research firm Gartner says PC shipments should reach 285 million units by the end of 2009. Despite earlier, more dire predictions, PC sales are now estimated to fall off just two per cent from 2008 totals... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 24 Sep 2009 09:58:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60693942p,00.htm bare-metal PC hypervisor in order to provide management capabilities that would not otherwise be available in a desktop management platform. Computer's product, the company's business model, and the dynamics of the market in which Virtual editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 18 Sep 2009 01:23:37 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/mobile/0,39024665,39516142,00.htm s PC-based services to mobile phones. Before we had a one-size-fits-all approach to the application market," said Sandeep Gupta, senior director of mobile applications for Yahoo! These new applications, which are specifically designed for the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 09 Sep 2009 08:42:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39510626,00.htm With it, the brains of a PC actually run on a central server, with a person's local machine serving as a mechanism to show the display and capture mouse clicks and keystrokes. So an employee's corporate PC could actually be housed at the corporate... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 04 Sep 2009 17:26:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60672867p,00.htm Mid market and enterprise organizations that have adopted Wipro's recommended PC fleet management practices have realized savings such as: reducing support costs by 55 percent, gaining 98 percent return over three years on hardware investments... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sun, 30 Aug 2009 01:22:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60672235p,00.htm Integrate a high-density platform into a new PC-over-IP workstation solution to help customers minimize heat, noise, security, and manageability issues; accelerate time to market by selecting a vendor that can reduce in-house product development... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 28 Aug 2009 01:22:53 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39499996,00.htm Data provided by market research firm IDC showed the entire PC industry down more than three per cent for April, May and June, but Apple sold four per cent more computers that quarter than it did during the same quarter in 2008. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 26 Aug 2009 10:18:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itdirector/0,39024673,39485713,00.htm This Stylistic tablet by Fujitsu is just one such PC already on the market (Photo credit: Fujitsu) In tech terms, the tablet is nothing new: Microsoft first announced tablet PC software back in 2001, while the idea of a keyboardless, slate-type... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 13 Aug 2009 14:54:02 +0000