Scott Ferguson

Worldwide PC shipments are expected to increase more than 12 percent this year, with shipments of notebooks and ultraportable PCs being the main drivers of this growth, according to a report by research firm IDC. For 2007, worldwide PC shipments—which include x86 servers, desktops, notebooks and ultraportable PCs—are expected to hit 256.7 million, according to […]

Lenovo Group, the world’s third largest PC vendor, is eliminating 1,400 jobs worldwide, a move executives said will help save the company $100 million during this fiscal year. In a statement released April 19, Lenovo CEO William J. Amelio said that the cuts were necessary in order to grow the company, reduce expenses and keep […]

Hewlett-Packard is continuing to dominate the worldwide PC marketplace at the expense of its main rival, Dell, according to an April 18 report by Gartner. The report, similar to one released by IDC on April 18, showed that HP held its top spot in the worldwide PC market with 17.6 percent market share. In the […]

Three months after announcing that it would form a new partnership with Intel, Sun Microsystems will offer a window into what the collaboration could hold for the future. At Intel’s Developer Forum in Beijing, China on April 17, Sun executives will be on hand to demonstrate its Solaris operating system working a system powered by […]

Apple acknowledge April 12 that its highly anticipated new Mac OS X 10.5, which the company is calling Leopard, will be delayed until at least October, although developers could have a beta version by June. The Cupertino, Calif., company announced the delay in a statement released April 12. The reason, according to Apple, is that […]

Acer is proving that its notebooks can hold their own against the likes of Hewlett-Packard and Dell. The Taiwan-based PC maker outpaced all other vendors in the fourth quarter of 2006, as its worldwide shipment of notebooks increased by more than 45 percent compared to the third quarter, according to a new report by iSuppli, […]

Intel’s vPro technology is about to go mobile. The Santa Clare, Calif., chip maker is announcing April 4 that it will start offering the management and security features found in its vPro platform with the company’s new Centrino Pro microprocessor technology. In a statement, Intel said the vPro platform will be part of its next-generation […]

After two quarters of solid growth for Apple’s Mac line, this quarter could see a “slight” downturn in Mac sales, although resellers of the company’s products remain more optimistic than current Wall Street estimates, according to a March 20 report. In the last half of 2006, Apple managed to ship about 1.6 million Macs during […]

The release of Microsoft’s Windows Vista operating system will have a limited impact on the number PCs shipped worldwide in 2007, according to a Gartner report released March 20. The Gartner report is calling for worldwide PC shipments to grow 10.5 percent this year to a total of 255.7 million units. Meanwhile, revenue is slated […]

Intel is gearing up to launch the newest platform for its vPro technology. The world’s largest maker of processors is preparing to launch its new vPro platform, which the company has dubbed “Weybridge,” by the second half of this year. This updated platform will still be based on Intel’s Core 2 Duo processor but it […]

HP is launching these updated desktop models at a time when desktop sales have slowed. In the company’s latest quarterly results, which were released on Feb. 20, HP’s PC business grew 17 percent but its desktop revenue fell 1 percent, while its notebook sales increased by 40 percent. Dell, HP’s main rival in the PC […]

When it comes to mainframe systems, IBM is taking a global view. The Armonk, N.Y., company is planning to unveil a new set of services for its System z mainframe systems March 8. The backdrop for this announcement is set to take place in Mumbai, India, where IBM executives believe there is a large potential […]