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PDA sales up 25% in Q1 2005, Research in Motion becomes market leader

Worldwide PDA shipments totaled 3.4 mln units in Q1 2005, a 25% increase from Q1 2004, according to Gartner. The average selling price ASP of PDAs increased 15% in Q1 2005. The ASP was $406, which is the highest since Gartner began ASP estimates in 2000. Gartner analysts attributed the...

Tags: Q1 2005, PDA

Blog posts 2005-05-04

Global PC shipments growth in Q1 2005: IDC - 10.9%, Gartner - 10.3%

Global PC shipments rose 10.9% to 46.1 mln in Q1 2005, about 1% above forecast, IDC said. Gartner said shipments rose 10.3% to 50.4 mln. Dell ended Q1 2005 with 18.9% of the market, up from 18.5% in Q1 2004, according to IDC. Gartner pegged Dell's market share at 16.9%....

Tags: Q1 2005, International Data Corp., Gartner Inc.

Blog posts 2005-04-16

Global PC shipments growth in Q1 2005: IDC - 10.9%, Gartner - 10.3%

Global PC shipments rose 10.9% to 46.1 mln in Q1 2005, about 1% above forecast, IDC said. Gartner said shipments rose 10.3% to 50.4 mln. Dell ended Q1 2005 with 18.9% of the market, up from 18.5% in Q1 2004, according to IDC. Gartner pegged Dell's market share at 16.9%....

Tags: Q1 2005, Gartner Inc., International Data Corp.

Blog posts 2005-04-15

Additional Resources

Gartner's CIO pep talk: Make a difference or be automated (or worse)

Gartner analyst Mark McDonald late Sunday laid out the chief information officer agenda for 2009 and the big theme is that tech executives need to make a business difference or fade away. Why? Companies have other options--software as a service, cloud computing and shared services--that could deliver more value than...

Tags: CIO, Information Technology, Gartner Inc., McDonald's Corp., Strategy, Management, Larry Dignan

Blog posts 2008-10-13

Surviving the recession with Free Linux distributions (Part 1)

Times are tough. You're a computer geek and you need to feed your PC with the latest and greatest applications. What's a frugal nerd to do? A group of industry peers was recently asked by a colleague the following question: "If an SMB...

Tags: Ubuntu, Linux Distribution, Recession, Fedora Project, Novell OpenSuse, Debian, Times, LTS, LTS Version, Versions, Debian Support Cycle, Linux, Open Source, Operating Systems, UNIX, Software, Jason Perlow

Blog posts 2008-10-12

Are there really too many Windows editions?

Are there really too many Windows editions?Are there really too many Windows editions?Nope!Still, from a consumer point of view, he wants one version, 20 bucks,enable any features you want. The multiple versions are ONLY for Microsoft's benefit in order to extract more money from YOU the eager customer.There is something...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Microsoft Windows XP, SKU, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista

Discussion threads 2008-10-10

plagiarism, Gibberish, IEEE, and the textbook business

plagiarism, Gibberish, IEEE, and the textbook businessi tend to agree with your wifeThis is very poor english, but does express a meaning that make sense. You may disagree with what it says, but it is coherent. I wouldn't call the extracts you chose as plagiarism. Author used one transformed sentence...

Tags: Linux, Microsoft Windows, OOA/OOD/OOP, C/C++, Operating systems, plagiarism, textbook business, IEEE

Discussion threads 2008-10-09

Where are all the programmers?

Where are all the programmers?It's worse than you think!I'm in SO CAL. The market for good communicating and highly technical developers vanished back in 2000 with the .com meltdown. The guys from India and China are bright, but come on, business rules that are highly complex are missed when you...

Tags: Development tools, programmer, software development

Discussion threads 2008-10-08

US Internet ad revenues reach $11.5 bln in the first half of 2008

US Internet advertising revenues in January-June 2008 were $11.5 bln, setting yet another new half-year record that represents a 15.2% increase over the first half of 2007. Q2 2008 was up 12.8% over Q2 2007 and showed a slight decline of 0.3% from Q1 2008. Search revenues totaled almost $5.1...

Tags: Revenue, Advertisement, Internet Advertising, Internet, Operational Accounting, Finance, AM

Blog posts 2008-10-07

Microsoft Xbox 360 Messenger Kit

When the Xbox 360 was released in November 2005, owners of the previous console were delighted to see that the online element would not only be preserved, but it would also be vastly improved. Xbox Live on the 360 not only provided updated features across the board, but it also...

Tags: Game players, Microsoft Corp., chatpad, Microsoft Xbox, Microsoft Xbox 360, headset

Product reviews 2008-10-06

Lawson Q109: 'sloppy execution'

Harry Debes, CEO at Lawson Software doesn't mince his words. So when the company announced its missed Q1 fiscal 2009 results PDF yesterday it came as no surprise that during the earnings call he had this to say about the way the company performed: ...some of this was sloppy...

Tags: Revenue, Lawson Software Inc., Earnings, Operational Accounting, Financial Accounting, Finance, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-10-03

Apple wins royalty rate showdown

Guess Apple won't have to shut down iTunes after all. Apple had warned that if the royalty rate for music downloads increased, iTunes would become unprofitable and they might pull the plug. But the Copyright Royalty Board handed Steve Jobs, as well as...

Tags: Board, Apple Inc., Royalty, Apple iTunes, Corporate Governance, Digital Music, Digital Media, Business Operations, Corporate Law, Personal Technology, Consumer Electronics, Richard Koman

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Does Sprint have a Nextel nibble?

The Wall Street Journal, citing unnamed sources, is reporting that Sprint Nextel has received interest in its Nextel business from Latin American carrier NII Holdings Inc. and several private-equity firms. But this is far from a done deal. Sprint has been exploring a sale of Nextel but...

Tags: Nextel Communications Inc., Sprint Communications, Mergers & Acquisitions, Corporate Law, Investment, Finance, Business Operations, Sam Diaz

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Gadget nostalgia: Five things I had and five things I have now

I was quite inspired by fellow ZDNet blogger Matthew Miller's post listing every mobile device he's had over the years (86 and counting, my friend!). Though my memory isn't as robust as Matt's, I thought I'd compile a list of my own ghost gadgets of the past, comparing them with...

Tags: Motorola Razr, Phone, Logitech, Intel Core 2 Duo, Camera, Computer, Motorola Inc., Processors, Telecom & Utilities, Semiconductors, Hardware, Components, Andrew Nusca

Blog posts 2008-10-02

Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over Vista

Businesses focus on Windows 7, XP over VistaExploiting???Why used the term "exploiting" to refer to using a validly licenses older M$ OS version? All versions, including the current Vista versions should be exploited for the highest ROI possible. Vista as an upgrade path doesn't really offer ROI for...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Windows 7, Windows 7 XP

Discussion threads 2008-10-02

Interest in switching to broadband among Americans in 2002, 2004, 2005 and 2008

  Oct 2002 Feb 2004 Dec 2005 May 2008 Yes, interested in broadband 38% 40% 39% 36% No, not interested 57 58 60 62 % of all Americans with dial-up at home 38 30 25 10 Source: Pew Internet Project ...

Tags: Broadband, Broadband Internet, Network Technology, Telecommunications, Networking, NB

Blog posts 2008-10-01

How SocialText is breaking the collaboration mold

Last evening, Ross Mayfield, co-founder of SocialText held a conference call with some of the Irregulars to run through the latest incarnation of the company's flagship product. The surprise he held up his sleeve was Signals, the Twitter for enterprise clone and the topic of much debate today. Unusually for...

Tags: Collaboration, Socialtext, Twitter, Signals, Processes, SocialText 3, Supply Chain Management (SCM), Operational Planning, Instant Messaging, Groupware, Enterprise Software, Software, Business Operations, Internet, Online Communications, Dennis Howlett

Blog posts 2008-09-30

Zoho bitterness at the credit crunch...and a solution

Zoho bitterness at the credit crunch...and a solutionMissing Facts...You're missing several key facts about our current mess...1) The banks were forced into making high risk loans by our delightful government. Based on a study later determined to be flawed showing bias in lending, the Clinton administration passed laws requiring banks...

Tags: Government, Obama, JFK

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

Windows 7 to get parallel-processing tweaks

Windows 7 to get parallel-processing tweaksWindows 7It seems that Microsoft is playing it safe with Windows 7 by having minimum changes.Is WinFS still alive or do we have to consider it as a dead duck?Thanks RodIt's mostly the applications anywaysFrankly, it's mostly the applications that need to take advantage of...

Tags: Microsoft Windows Vista (Longhorn), Operating systems, Windows Kernel, Craig, Microsoft Windows 7, Microsoft Windows, parallel-processing tweak, Microsoft Windows Vista, Microsoft Corp., Win32, tweak, operating system

Discussion threads 2008-09-30

Sprint's Xohm service and the first "WiMax" review

[Update 10/2/08: Hands-on reviews of Sprint's Xohm service, which is based on Mobile WiMax, have now been posted at LaptopMag.com (XOHM WiMAX In Baltimore: Speed Tests With XOHM ExpressCard) and PCMag.com Sprint XOHM Mobile WiMAX.] No sooner had Sprint flipped the switch on its WiMax wireless broadband...

Tags: Mobile, Sprint Xohm, Clearwire Corp., Sprint Communications, Service, Laptop Card, WiMAX, Wi-Fi, Wireless, John Morris

Blog posts 2008-09-29