Hardware

Ultrabooks will devour notebook biz by 2016 – report – Channel Register

All notebooks will look like Ultrabooks in five years’ time as vendors find cheaper ways of offering the shiny Intel-based machines, according to a new report. The report’s author also speculated that this move could force Apple to ditch its … Continue reading

RIM Falls After Replacing CEOs With Insider to Battle Apple – Businessweek

The BlackBerry is “a secular loser to Apple and Android devices,” Ittai Kidron … overseeing engineering, hardware and software. In an interview, Heins cited RIM’s 75 million subscribers, “strong balance sheet” and negligible debt …

SSD test: Samsung, Crucial, Plextor and Kingston race it out – The Guardian

With all the noise about how last year’s floods in Thailand have wrecked the hard drive industry, and Intel’s latest efforts on ultrabooks … The Samsung SSD830, by the way, is rumoured to be the product that Apple will be … Continue reading

Apple is biggest buyer of semiconductors, Gartner says – Infoworld

Apple became the biggest buyer of semiconductors last year, ahead of Samsung Electronics and Hewlett-Packard, Gartner said on Tuesday. Apple’s increased semiconductor spending is the result of a number of factors. The company sold more …

Apple Updates Xserve with Twice the Performance – Zawya.com

Dubai, United Arab Emirates – April 9, 2009 – Apple® this week announced an updated Xserve® that delivers up to twice the performance of the previous system.* Using Intel “Nehalem” Xeon processors and a next generation system architecture, the 1U … Continue reading

Apple loses against Samsung in Holland – The Inquirer

HARDWARE SELLER Apple has lost a legal battle against Samsung that failed to get the Korean firm’s tablet computers banned in the Netherlands. The decision follows an attempt by Apple to overturn an earlier ruling and get Samsung’s Galaxy Tab … Continue reading

Intel Q4 Earnings Rise Despite Multiple Challenges – NewsFactor Network

The Santa Clara, Calif., company also provided a forecast for the new quarter that matched analyst expectations. Intel’s results, like Apple’s in recent quarters, have benefited from the economic surge in China and other developing countries, where many …

Bernstein Issues Top Outperform Pick List For US And Europe Tech (AAPL,ALU,CTSH,QCOM) – Financial News Network Online

Bernstein also said that Apple was the “best secular growth story within IT hardware.” Bernstein remains overweight in the US/European tech sector. SmarTrend is bullish on shares of Apple and our subscribers were alerted to buy on December 02, 2011 … Continue reading

Samsung Wins Dutch Decision in Apple Patent War – Sci-Tech Today

In an earlier statement, Apple had said that “it’s no coincidence that Samsung’s latest products look a lot like the iPhone and iPad, from the shape of the hardware to the user interface and even the packaging.” Prior Art Apple … Continue reading

Investors Await Apple’s Earnings on Tuesday – Yahoo Finance

Shares of Intel , Microsoft and International Business Machines all received a boost on Friday due to impressive earnings.  However, all eyes will be on Apple Inc. as the company reports earnings on Tuesday. Shares of Apple hit a fresh … Continue reading