By the end of the decade, the number of personal computers worldwide will more than double from 575 million today to 1.3 billion.
The world's largest chip maker, Intel Corp on Friday said that personal computers would continue to dominate as more applications get digitised, even as low cost access devices like Simputer would play a small role in computer penetration across the
It was confusing enough to choose the next smartphone, thanks to the clutter of hardware and operating systems that exist and now the confusion lends itself to tablet PCs too. You can go wild between 7-inch or 10-inch tablet PCs, the OSes and brands and prices. Here's a list of top four tablets to help you make a choice.
The assembled personal computer business in the state is gradually shrinking as low-cost branded PCs are easily available.
Here are eight games that play just as well on tablets and handsets as they did on consoles and PCs not too long ago
The government on Thursday slashed customs duties on various non-agricultural goods, cell phones, IT and electronics items and abolished domestic and foreign travel tax.
Narendra Kumar Patni, pioneer of India's information technology (IT) services revolution, passed away in the US.
The government will create an EV Venture Capital Fund, for financial support to start-ups in the segment. The overall aim is to make Tamil Nadu the preferred destination for EVs and component makers.
According to Computer Association of Eastern India (COMPASS) president Pawan Jajodia, 55 lakh PCs were sold in India in 2006-07 with Eastern region accounting for 15 lakh registering about 30 per cent growth in sales in the region. Jajodia said that there was a 15-20 per cent drop in prices of computer products, including PCs, pushing up sales all over the country.
The government's $35 device gives a sense of deja vu. Will low-cost computing gather steam this time?
There are at least five big brands in the market that are selling tablet PCs. Here's what you should keep in mind while on tablet shopping.
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Gunnar Optiks is targeting people in the 18 to 40 age group in the gaming, technology and creative communities.
Acer is eyeing a bigger share of the Indian market with five tablet PCs and five smartphones in its portfolio.
A team at California University has created a way to make square, nanoscale, chemical patterns that may be used in the manufacture of integrated circuit chips 'as early as 2011' -- it is called block co-polymer lithography. They have also built a process for creating features on silicon wafers between five and 20 nanometres thick.
PCS Technology is recruiting, for the following positions based in Mumbai and Pune.
'We tried a few new things in the match today but we still need improvement and that's why we are here, to improve our game in every match'
More people are opting for licensed software, bringing down piracy levels to 65 per cent in 2009 from 68 per cent a year ago, a BSA-IDC report on Tuesday said.
Prices of high-end personal computers are likely to drop by 10-15 per cent, following the 30 per cent reduction in prices of some of Intel's Pentium 4 microprocessors.
It is a leading global manufacturer of personal computers (PCs). However, given falling PC sales, Hewlett-Packard (HP), which gets over $3 billion in sales from its India subsidiary, plans to sharpen focus on making mobiles, and not PCs, the centre of computing.
With smart mobile devices inching out desktops and laptops, global research firm Gartner has said that it expects about half of first time computer purchases to comprise of tablets by 2017.
In a relief to some Women Short Service Commission Officers (WSSCO) in the Army, the Supreme Court on Friday directed the Centre to issue orders granting Permanent Commission (PC) to 39 such officers in seven working days and furnish the details of 25 officers with reasons, who were not considered.
Yahoo Inc struck a deal with Firefox maker Mozilla Corp to replace Google Inc as the default search engine on the Firefox Web browser in the United States, a move that Yahoo Chief Executive Marissa Mayer said will help boost its flagging search market share.
IBM's India Research Laboratory completes pilot project on 'spoken web' concept in Andhra.
Threatened with contempt action against the Indian Army and its chief Manoj Mukund Naravane by the Supreme Court over non-compliance of its earlier orders, the defence force agreed on Friday to grant permanent commission to all of its eligible women officers.
The company launched eight products across price points under its new range of consumer laptops, targeting professionals, gamers and students
India will next play mighty Australia on Sunday.
FXLab Studios has tied up with Yash Raj Films to develop an offline game based on Dhoom 2.
Videocon Industries Chairman and Managing Director Venugopal Dhoot told Business Standard the company had already started production of PCs -- 3,000 a month -- at its Taratola facility in Kolkata.
Come 2015, two out of every seven people in the world will have a personal computer, with India, China, Russia and Brazil emerging among the fastest growing markets.
Lenovo, provider of the industry's most secure PCs, will sell its one millionth ThinkPad notebook with an integrated fingerprint reader in January, 2006
Video games industry is worth around $80 billion.
Aimed at tapping first time PC users in the Hindi belt, Microsoft Corporation India on Thursday rolled out its operating system Windows XP Starter Edition in Hindi.
According to research firm Counterpoint, Apple was one of the fastest-growing brands in India during the December quarter. This was driven by multiple price cuts on its XR device, thanks to local manufacturing in India, it had said. It added that the rollout of new iPhones (11 series), aggressive pricing and a good channel strategy was helping Apple gain market share in India.
Aimed at making cheaper PCs, Microsoft on Wednesday unveiled low-cost Windows XP Starter Edition operating systems in India in Hindi targetting the first-time home users.
IBM India plans to set up a series of specialised 'think world' showrooms in major cities and towns across the country to showcase its latest products and solutions.
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