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  • Acer reports abysmal April sales

    Acer seems to be getting the worst of the PC slump. Late Friday the company reported its April sales plunged 18.8 percent from a year ago, Reuters reports.
  • Intel reportedly pushing Android convertibles

    RumourRumour loving Digitimes reports that several major vendors, including Lenovo, HP, Toshiba, Acer and Asus will launch Intel based convertibles sometime in the third quarter. Lenovo will lead the way and it will introduce its first Android based notebook a bit earlier, in May.
  • Intel Thunderbolt improvements are vapourware

    So far only Acer has signed up to use the technology. Given the lack of take up in the industry, and the fact that no one other than Apple seems to want it, we do not believe that we will see much of it at all. By 2014 the new versions of USB 3 will wipe the floor with Thunderbolt.
  • Windows 8 destroyed PC sales

    Dell, along with rivals Acer and Asustek, all saw double-digit declines in PC sales. Apple's PC sales fell 7.5 percent in the quarter.
  • Tablets start to dominate Taiwanese ODM production

    Compal began shipping tablets to Acer in the first quarter of this year and shipping Amazon seven inch tablets in Q3 2013.  Acer has already committed to putting its weight behind the burgeoning tablet market.
  • How Apple and Intel killed Thunderbolt

    Thunderbolt was being seen in Apple gear including the MacBook Pro, iMac, Mac Mini and MacBook Air. Lenovo, Hewlett-Packard, Acer and Asus have also developed machines that use Thunderbolt.
  • ARM CEO has high hopes for Windows RT

    Sales of Windows RT devices remain sluggish and vendors aren't rushing to introduce new models. Acer announced that it will join the RT club this year, although it played it safe and did not introduce any products in 2012.
  • Acer expects 10 to 15 percent drop in notebook sales

    Acer issued a rather worrying forecast this week, as the fourth largest PC vendor announced it expects notebook sales to drop 10 to 15 percent in the first quarter of 2013.
  • Intel Bay Trail slides leaked

    Overall performance could jump by 50-70 percent which might mean that moves by Asus and Acer to kill off netbooks were premature.
  • Netbooks are a Norwegian Blue

    The Taiwanese magazine, whose hacks have named their computers “Supply Chain sources” so that they can quote them, said that Asustek Computer has announced the death of is Eee PC product line from the end of 2012, while Acer also has no plans to release more netbook products, the netbook market will
  • Gloves come off at low end of the tablet market

    Acer's move to produce a super cheap seven inch tablet with a price tag of US$99 in the first quarter of 2013 have been matched by Asustek doing something similar.
  • Wintel alliance continues to flounder over Tablets

    Going into Christmas there are only a few Windows tablets. There is the Surface, Asustek's Vivo Tab RT and Lenovo's s IdeaPad Yoga. These run the fairly lacklustre RT version of Windows. Samsung has its ATIV Smart PC and Acer's Iconia runs Windows 8, and rely on Intel chips.
  • Lenovo clocks weak profit growth

    Lenovo shares are up 28 percent since the start of this year. It is doing much better than other PC makers, such as HP, Dell and Acer.
  • Acer delays Windows RT tablet

    Acer has thrown its toys out of the pram and put off the launch of its Windows 8 RT tablets.
  • Ballmer wants to show off all his Microsoft hardware

    But with Ballmer taking a hardware line then its partners like Acer will be a little miffed.
  • Microsoft opens Windows 8 for pre-orders

    Vole announced that PC makers such as Acer, Asustek, Dell, HP, Samsung and Sony were also now taking pre-orders for machines with Windows 8 pre-installed.
  • Apple security software reveals Windows passwords

    The software can turn over Windows computers sold by Dell, Acer, and at least 14 other manufacturers and exploits Apple's fingerprint-reading software known as UPEK Protector Suite.
  • Lenovo knocks HP off the top of the PC ladder

    Both Gartner and IDC say that Lenovo, Acer and other Asian PC makers are giving HP and Dell a good kicking.

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