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Mobile PC Market Up 10 to 12 Percent in 2011: Acer
Taiwan’s Acer Inc, the world’s second-largest PC vendor, expects the market for mobile PCs to grow 10-12 percent in 2011, driven by emerging markets, its chief Gianfranco Lanci said on Monday. "The economy is coming back. Consumers are still spending," Lanci told Reuters in an interview. In developed markets PC sales growth halted last Christmas…
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HP, Motorola and Samsung Tablets Offer iPad Real Competition
Back in October, Apple CEO Steve Jobs took the unusual step of participating in his company’s earnings call. Competing tablets had no chance against the iPad, he told assembled media and analysts, particularly those with a 7-inch form factor. “Almost all [competing devices] use 7-inch screens as opposed to the iPad’s almost 10-inch screen.” He…
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Twitter CEO: Google, Facebook Acquisition Talks ‘Just a Rumor’
Twitter CEO Dick Costolo dismissed as rumors reports that Google and Facebook have offered to purchase the microblog service, the latest in an acquisition story with a long tail. The Wall Street Journal rekindled the rumor when it said Google and Facebook help low-level talks with Twitter about buying the company for $8 billion to…
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IBM’s Watson Makes Jeopardy! Debut Against Human Champs
While it initially looked like a rout, the humans clawed their way back during the first round of Jeopardy! and forced IBM’s supercomputer to tie for the lead. The first segment of the long-anticipated two-game Jeopardy tournament between former Jeopardy! champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter, and Watson aired on Feb. 14. Watson and Rutter…
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Government VAR ManTech Acquires TranTech
ManTech International, a solution provider that works with national security programs, has acquired government IT, cyber-security and networking solution provider TranTech. The terms of the deal were not disclosed, but ManTech said it would provide further information on its Feb. 23 fourth-quarter earnings conference call. With the acquisition, ManTech gets TranTech’s position on the Defense…