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Seagate to Acquire Consumer Hard Drive Maker LaCie

Arik Hesseldahl in News on May 23 at 11:00 am PT

The deal would give Seagate access to LaCie’s retail and distribution footprint, and also control of a brand favored by Mac users.

Intel Slashes Sales Outlook by $1 Billion on Hard Drive Shortage

Arik Hesseldahl in News on December 12, 2011 at 6:27 am PT

With PC sales suffering from the shortage of hard drives caused by flooding in Thailand, Intel slashes its sales expectations for the quarter.

Apple's Touch-Panel Appetite Leaves Little for Rivals

John Paczkowski in News on February 17, 2011 at 8:35 am PT

Apple is to the touch-panel business what Starbucks is to the coffee business–a market maker and mover. Particularly a mover. To wit: Claims today that Apple’s voracious appetite for the component is expected to cause an industrywide shortage this year. According to Taiwanese trade mag DigiTimes, Apple has locked up nearly 60 percent of the world’s touch-panel capacity.

Internet Access in Hotel Rooms

Walt Mossberg in Mossberg’s Mailbox on January 19, 2011 at 6:00 pm PT

Walt answers readers’ questions on Internet access in hotel rooms, getting more hard-drive space and what to do with duplicate digital photos.

Now at Sprint–66 Percent Markdown on Initial EVO Sales Figures

John Paczkowski in News on June 9, 2010 at 5:05 am PT

Sprint’s new HTC EVO 4G smartphone is a big seller–just not quite as big as the company first claimed. Last week, the carrier claimed the EVO was its fastest-selling device ever, moving more than three times as many units on its first day as the Samsung Instinct and Palm Pre over their first three days on the market combined. Turns out, that’s not quite the case: Sprint’s claim was off by a factor of three.

iPhone 3GS–The S Is for "Shortage"

John Paczkowski in News on June 29, 2009 at 7:27 am PT

The iPhone 3GS has been on the market just 10 days now, and already a growing number of Apple stores around the country are running short of the device. It seems that demand for the 3GS, which topped one million units sold its first weekend at market, has exceeded even the company’s presumably aggressive targets.

iPhone 3GS–The S Is for “Shortage”

John Paczkowski in News on June 29, 2009 at 7:27 am PT

The iPhone 3GS has been on the market just 10 days now, and already a growing number of Apple stores around the country are running short of the device. It seems that demand for the 3GS, which topped one million units sold its first weekend at market, has exceeded even the company’s presumably aggressive targets.

Rubinstein and McNamee: Remaking Palm

John Paczkowski in D7 on May 28, 2009 at 12:14 pm PT

What a wonderful curative the Palm Pre has proven to be for Palm. Especially considering that the device has yet to ship. In early January of this year, the company’s shares were trading below $3, having been dragged deep into the mud by a string of nasty quarterly losses. Five months later, after the Pre’s announcement at CES, they’re trading at over $10.

Sprint CEO to Pre Buyers: Get Your Sleeping Bags Ready

John Paczkowski in News on May 20, 2009 at 4:00 am PT

One of the simplest ways to create a shortage, and the buying frenzy that typically accompanies it, is to announce that there will be one. And this is precisely what Sprint CEO Dan Hesse did for the Palm Pre Tuesday. Speaking at J.P. Morgan’s Global Technology, Media and Telecom Conference shortly after Sprint announced the handset’s street date, Hesse said he anticipates that supplies will be limited, at least initially.