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- AMD: Tough first quarter; Ready for Intel encroachment for thin, light notebooks
- Advanced Micro Devices reported a first quarter net loss of $416 million, or 66 cents a share, on revenue of $1.17 billion, down 21 percent from a year ago. However, CEO Dirk Meyer said Tuesday that AMD is "more nimble" following the spin-off of its manufacturing assets, but the company...
- Tags: Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Intel Corp., Semiconductors, Notebooks, Operational Accounting, Network Technology, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Finance, Networking, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2009-04-21
- Is Apple's new 17-in. MacBook Pro overpriced vs. Dell, HP, Lenovo, Sony?
- Hot on the heels of Microsoft's line-in-the-sand advertisement for "Lauren," the girl who "isn't cool enough for a Mac," comes this laptop shootout from Technologizer pitting Apple's 17-inch MacBook Pro against similarly-equipped PCs to find out if there really is a $500 Apple tax. ...
- Tags: Sony Corp., Dell Computer Corp., Hewlett-Packard Co., Lenovo Group Ltd., Apple MacBook, Apple Inc., Laptop Computer, Apple MacBook Pro, Taxes, Free Trade, Notebooks, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Andrew Nusca
- Blog posts 2009-04-01
- Microsoft's new "price" television commercial (Updated)
- I finally watched the new MS commercial "Laptop Hunters - Lauren" TV commercial, the tagline: "On a strict $1000 budget, Lauren hunts around town for a big screen laptop." While mostly true (the only only 17-inch Apple notebooks cost $2,000-$2,800) the ads don't take into consideration the...
- Tags: Best Buy Co. Inc., Finance, Hardware, Jason D. O'Grady, Laptop Computer, Managerial Accounting, Microsoft Corp., Notebooks, Notebooks & Tablets, Roi/Tco, TCO, TV
- Blog posts 2009-03-27
- EnCalc 2.3.0.1006 (Windows)
- EnCalc is a portable windows calculator with practical built-in features. This project started out because I used the microsoft scientific calculator quite frequently, but it did not do other things that I use on occasion - i.e. conversions, area & volume calculations, and loan calculations. I wanted one program that...
- Tags: Laptop Computer, Totusoft, EnCalc, Microsoft Windows 98, Notebooks, Taxes, Flash Memory, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Financial Planning, Finance
- Software downloads 2009-01-10
- Vietnam PC market grew 5% YTY in Q2 2008
- The Vietnam client PC market grew 5.0% YOY to 337,000 units in Q2 2008. However, total shipments in Q2 2008 fell 5.6% from Q1 2008 due to the sluggish economy, the unstable exchange rate, and the decision of government and enterprises to cut back on investments in IT products. In...
- Tags: Government, Free Trade, Vertical Industries, Finance, Enterprise Software, Software, NB, PC, Notebooks, Desktops, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2008-10-27
- Adding up the Apple tax
- Through the graces of an anonymous benefactor, I have a recent-vintage white MacBook to use for the next few months. As a newbie Mac user, I paid special attention to Apple’s announcements of new MacBooks last week. And Microsoft paid special attention, too, as I received multiple e-mails from folks...
- Tags: Apple Inc., Taxes, Free Trade, Notebooks, Financial Planning, Finance, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Ed Bott, Apple Macintosh, Tax, Apple MacBook, RAM, Mac Way, Microsoft Windows, Desktops, Operating Systems, Software
- Blog posts 2008-10-21
- Video: Earnings preview: Will Apple deliver?
- ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to Editor in Chief Larry Dignan and senior editor Sam Diaz about whether recent product announcements will have a positive impact on Apple sales. Dignan and Diaz also discuss the hiccups with the iPhone 3G launch, the new Nano, and whether Apple will refresh its...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Video, Earnings, 3G, Sales Strategy, Corporate Communications, Notebooks, Cellular Phones, Financial Accounting, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Marketing, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Finance
- Blog posts 2008-10-02
- Earnings preview: Will Apple deliver?
- ZDNet correspondent Sumi Das talks to Editor in Chief Larry Dignan and senior editor Sam Diaz about whether recent product announcements will have a positive impact on Apple sales. Dignan and Diaz also discuss the hiccups with the iPhone 3G launch, the new Nano, and whether Apple will refresh its...
- Tags: Larry Dignan, Apple Inc., Earnings, 3G, Sales Strategy, Notebooks, Cellular Phones, Financial Accounting, Wireless, Consumer Electronics, Personal Technology, Sales, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Finance, Apple
- Videos 2008-09-30
- What to expect from Steve Jobs at WWDC '08
- Piper Jaffray’s Gene Munster ends the week with a note to clients as to what to expect from Steve Jobs at Apple’s World Wide Developers Conference on June 9. Here's what Munster thinks we can expect: New iPhone Well duh! However, Munster cautions...
- Tags: Apple iPhone, Steve Jobs, Notebooks, Financial Accounting, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Finance, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes
- Blog posts 2008-05-23
- TechTurn specializes in hand-me-downs with a tech twist
- One of my neighbors actually set a television out curbside as garbage a few weeks back, which reminded me that in spite all of the media coverage about green tech over the past year guilty as charged, there's still a big problem with how to handle electronic gadgets at the...
- Tags: Life, TechTurn, Capital Structures, Notebooks, Tools & Techniques, Strategy, Finance, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Management, Heather Clancy
- Blog posts 2008-05-02
- TipMagic (Mobile)
- Enter tips easily using this application.With this little application, not only that you can calculate tips the right way, you can also save them in a built-in database so that you can review them later!You can also delete tips and sort them based on their date.You can also define your...
- Tags: Mobile, Tip, Innovative BlackBerry, Taxes, Free Trade, Notebooks, Personal Finance, Financial Planning, Finance, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Software downloads 2008-04-15
- Wired: The Mac Guru of Damascus
- There's a neat little story in the current issue (16.05) of Wired magazine about MacBooks being stolen and recovered while traveling abroad. From The Mac Guru of Damascus in the Case of the Missing Laptops: Before my fiancée and I headed to Syria to study Arabic, we often heard...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple MacBook, Wired Inc., Apple Macintosh, Insurance, Financial Planning, Notebooks, Business Operations, Corporate Insurance, Finance, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- Blog posts 2008-04-10
- Dell: We'll save $3 billion; Cut 8,800 positions
- Dell on Monday gave a preview of its analyst meeting later this week and reaffirmed that it will aim to save $3 billion over the next three years and reduce headcount by 8,800. In fiscal 2009, Dell said it will focus on its consumer, enterprise, notebook, small and...
- Tags: Desktop, Dell Computer Corp., Financing, Investment, Financial Accounting, Notebooks, Finance, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-03-31
- Twinhead International Streamlines Supply Chain and Cuts Order Processing Time by 50%
- Taipei-based Twinhead International manufactures and markets notebook computers for the consumer and industrial sectors. Income from industrial products commands around 30 - 40% of the company's operating revenues. The biggest challenges facing the company are the number of customizations they undertake for each customer, and the fact that they often...
- Tags: Supply Chain, Oracle Corp., Oracle E-Business Suite, Operational Accounting, Y2K, Notebooks, Enterprise Software, Finance, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Software
- Case studies 2008-03-01
- No AMD at Dell.com? Not so fast
- Is it in with the new, out with the old at Dell.com? Last night, I wrote that Dell had added a few Penryn options to one of its most popular laptops, the XPS M1330. Now comes word that the company may have dropped systems using AMD processors from Dell.com altogether....
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Dell.com, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Processors, Notebooks, Business Structures, Desktops, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Notebooks & Tablets, Finance, John Morris
- Blog posts 2008-02-08
- Dell: We're committed to AMD but...
- Update below: Dell is trying to quell worries about its relationship with AMD. A blog ruckus has emerged after Engadget and DailyTech and others reported that Dell pulled AMD-powered desktops and laptops from Dell.com, which represents the bulk of the PC maker's sales. Instead, Dell pushed folks...
- Tags: Dell Computer Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Business Structures, Notebooks, Semiconductors, Finance, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2008-02-08
- Sub notes: Details emerge on Apple's MWSF plans
- The Apple subnotebook rumor is really starting to percolate. A CNBC report by Jim Goldman video version quotes a "very good source" with connections to Apple's Asian manufacturing partners as saying the ultra-portable notebook will arrive at Macworld Expo in January of 2008 at a price point...
- Tags: jason D. O'Grady, Apple Inc., CNBC, Notebooks, Business Structures, Finance, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Subnote
- Blog posts 2007-12-07
- Study: Data breaches leading to higher costs, customer churn
- The average cost of a data breach incident was $6.3 billion in 2007, up from $4.8 million in 2006, according to a study. But the real impact of a data breach can be found in customer churn rates. The study, conducted by the Ponemon Institute and sponsored...
- Tags: Data, Research & Development, Financial Planning, Notebooks, Financial Accounting, Business Operations, Finance, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Larry Dignan
- Blog posts 2007-11-28
- WiMAX in Education
- A laptop computer has powerful implications for educating any student. There are many initiatives around the world to put laptop computers in the hands of school children including "one-to-one" computing and One Laptop Per Child OLPC. In the United States, this paper projects that f for less than 10% of...
- Tags: Education, School District, Student, Laptop Computer, WMX Systems, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Taxes, Wireless And Mobility, Notebooks, Financial Planning, Finance, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets
- White papers 2007-10-02
- Tablet PCs in the Financial Planning Profession
- Today's financial planner juggles a complex daily workload that ranges from market research and strategy development through portfolio tracking, client consultation, new business development and practice management. Success demands not just mastery of personal finance, but efficient organization, precise time management, and close attention to client relationships. Versatile and powerful...
- Tags: Ziff-Davis Media Inc., Financial, PC, Tablet PC, Tablets, Financial Management, Time Management, Notebooks, Financial Accounting, Microsoft Windows XP, Strategy, Hardware, Notebooks & Tablets, Financial Planning, Finance, Productivity, Operating Systems, Microsoft Windows, Software, Management
- White papers 2006-07-19

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