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Chip sales to fall 11.4% in 2009: Gartner - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 6 days 21 hours 4 minutes ago
Semiconductor revenue is expected to total $226 billion this year, down from $255 billion in 2008, Gartner said. That represents a smaller decline than the tech research organization's third-quarter projection of a 17% decline this year.

Gartner says PC sales rose in third quarter - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 39 days 18 hours 5 minutes ago
According to Gartner, worldwide shipments in the third quarter reached 80.9 million units, an increase of 0.5% from the third quarter of 2008, and an improvement over Gartner's own forecast for a 5.6% decline in sales.

Dell's report to come amid market-share losses - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 3 days 22 hours 23 minutes ago
The results will also come on the heels of a late-Wednesday report from NPD Group, which said that in October, Dell's U.S. retail PC shipments fell 17% and revenue declined 26% from the same period a year ago. Bank of America Merrill Lynch analyst Scott Craig said that investors had expected Dell to "cede some [market] share this quarter" in exchange for a focus on profitability.

Gartner Identifies the Top 10 Consumer Mobile Applications for 2012
FierceWireless | 3 days 23 hours 14 minutes ago
Gartner, Inc. has identified the top 10 consumer mobile applications for 2012. Gartner listed applications based on their impact on consumers and industry players, considering revenue, loyalty,... Read more >>

Wall Street embraces Hewlett-Packard's 3Com buy - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 11 days 1 hour 20 minutes ago
H-P plans to acquire network-equipment maker 3Com for $2.7 billion.

Dell expected to see earnings, sales decline - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 11 days 3 hours 47 minutes ago
But it was also a quarter of retrenchment for Dell. According to data from Gartner Inc., Taiwan's Acer supplanted Dell as the No. 2 PC company in the world during the period. Acer's PC shipments rose 23.6% to 12.5 million units, giving it 15.4% of the market. By contrast, Dell's shipments fell 6.7% to 10.3 million units, good enough for a 12.8% market share, according to Gartner.

Money transfers to become hottest mobile app, says Gartner
Computerworld | 3 days 20 hours 14 minutes ago
IDG News Service - Money transfers and payments over mobile phones will be among the top 10 most important mobile applications by 2012, market research company Gartner Inc.

AMD results continue good news for PC industry MarketWatch First Take - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 38 days 17 hours 6 minutes ago
While that growth was sparse, it was much better than predicted. Worldwide PC shipments totaled 80.9 million units in the third quarter, an increase of 0.5% from the year-ago quarter, according to Gartner's preliminary results. Previously, analysts had expected PC shipments to drop 5.6% in the quarter.

Microsoft seen posting profit, sales declines - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 33 days 21 hours 21 minutes ago
That compares to earnings of 48 cents a share, and $15 billion in revenue in the same period last year, at a time when Microsoft was giving its first indications it expected a heavy impact on its businesses as a result of the economic downturn.

PC sales expected to get boost from Windows 7 - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 27 days 5 hours 4 minutes ago
The initial reaction among analysts suggests that the release of the new operating system has been stronger than expected and not only has given a boost to Microsoft's fortunes, but may also portend better-than-expected PC sales for the rest of the year -- and beyond.

Microsoft faces high stakes with Windows 7 - MarketWatch
MarketWatch | 32 days 14 hours 18 minutes ago
But collaboration between Toshiba and Microsoft on the newest version of the Redmond, Wash.-based company's flagship Windows software, dubbed Windows 7, was far more involved than it had been in the past - highlighting a need to dull memories of the product's flawed predecessor, and to bolster the fortunes of both Microsoft and the many technology companies that depend on it.

Asian Tech Firms Face Slow Rise
Wall Street Journal, The | 46 days 9 hours 12 minutes ago
HONG KONG -- Asia's export-reliant technology companies are likely to face slow sales growth during the year's typically strong second half, and some may even extend losses despite signs of an upturn in several Asian-Pacific economies.While Asian component makers are expecting a boost from the launch of Apple Inc.'s new iPhone earlier this month, the October launch of Microsoft Corp.'s new operating system, Windows 7, and the growing popularity of low-cost netbooks, few expect a recovery in d...

Gartner: Citizen Developers` to Deliver 25% of Apps by 2014
eWEEK.com | 30 days 23 hours 33 minutes ago
By 2014, citizen developers will build at least 25 percent of new business applications, according to Gartner Inc. Citizen developers include everyday people empowered with newfangled tools to build applications and create mashups that can be used in enterprise settings.

Gartner joins GAO in raising flu network congestion fears
Network World | 24 days 3 hours 57 minutes ago
Could the H1N1 flu virus give networks a bad case of congestion? It could if workers and students are forced to stay home because of the pandemic.

Symbian, Android Will Be Top Smartphone OSes in 2012, Gartner Reiterates
CIO Insight | 40 days 17 hours 50 minutes ago
In an updated look at how smartphone operating systems will fare in 2012, Gartner still has Symbian and Android leading the pack.