Seven Questions for Seagate CEO Steve Luczo About the Effects of the Thailand Floods

Flooding in Thailand has killed more than 600 people, devastated the Thai economy and caused one of the most significant supply chain disruptions to the computer industry in a generation.
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Hewlett-Packard Dons Its Ultrabook Suit

Three weeks after deciding to keep its PC business, Hewlett-Packard offers up its first Ultrabook.
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How Long Before the MacBook Air Is Half of Apple’s Notebook Business?

Probably not long at all.
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AMD Swings to Profit, Citing Notebook Chip Demand

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. swung to a profit in the third quarter on a 4.5 percent increase in sales as the chip maker experienced robust demand for its notebook chips.

Acer Expects Loss for the Year

Acer Inc. said Wednesday that it doesn’t expect to post a profit this year, with conditions that resulted in a second-quarter net loss likely to continue weighing on the company.

Amid Slower PC Sales, Chip Makers Intel and AMD Report Earnings

Chip makers Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are reporting quarterly earnings amid a market for personal computers that’s still coming to terms with tablet shock.
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IDC Says PC Shipments Are Slowing Down Again

The market research firm says a saturated market, stiff competition from the iPad and wider economic concerns are eating into the outlook for PC shipments in 2011. Update: Not so fast, Intel says.

Seven Questions for Rajen Sheth, Who Wants To Put Chrome OS on Your Desktop

The man who challenged Microsoft Office with Google Apps now has his sights set on a bigger and even more impossible-seeming goal: Challenging Windows for dominance of the enterprise desktop.

Intel Hits the Oak Trail but Has Its Eyes on the Cedar Trail

Oak Trail and Cedar Trail are codenames for versions of Intel’s Atom processor, a tiny, low-power flavor of chips aimed at smartphones, tablets and other mobile devices. The first is available today; the other still lies ahead.

Fumbled Tablet Strategy Cost Acer CEO His Job, Sources Say

CEO Gianfranco Lanci’s departure from Acer yesterday was both sudden and unexpected. What precipitated it? The company line says it was his differences with the Acer’s board of directors. But over what, specifically? Evidently, Lanci grievously misjudged the impact that tablets would have on the company’s core business.

Analyst: IPad a Want, Then a Need