PC industry

AMD: Did We Say Q3 Would Be Seasonally Up? We Meant the Exact Opposite

John Paczkowski in News on September 23, 2010 at 2:28 pm PT

Well, this doesn’t bode well for the on-the-rebound PC industry. AMD today cut its third-quarter sales forecast, saying the revenue that it had expected to be “up seasonally” from the second quarter will actually be down one to four percent. The reason: “weaker-than-expected demand, particularly in the consumer notebook market in Western Europe and North America.”

LIVE: Google Press Luncheon

John Paczkowski in Social on May 7, 2009 at 1:39 pm PT

In advance of its shareholder meeting today, Google is holding a press event at its Mountain View, Calif., campus with CEO Eric Schmidt presiding. Also on hand: Dave Drummond, senior vice president of corporate development; Susan Wojcicki, vice president for product management, and Marissa Mayer, vice president, search products and user experience. Hot topics of the day: Google’s and Apple’s interlocking boards, YouTube and the company’s thoughts on the econalypse, AOL and netbooks.