Dell Inc. is facing the wrath of Chinese netizens following reports that a Dell salesperson sent an e-mail discouraging former IBM clients in America from buying products made by Chinese IT giant, Lenovo, which recently acquired the personal computer
Sony India on Thursday declared a 20 per cent sales growth for the year ended March 31, 2004, and said it plans to launch VAIO personal computers in India over the next few months.
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World's largest chip maker Intel on Wednesday launched a personal computer platform that was conceived and largely designed in India to suit the rural environment.
Six persons, including three Delhi Police personnel, were remanded in three-day police custody by a court for allegedly obtaining call detail records of Bharatiya Janata Party leader Arun Jaitley.
China's Lenovo Group won the crucial security clearance from the United States to acquire IBM's personal computer business, which was opposed by some American lawmakers, the state media reported on Wednesday.
In the overall client PC market, MNC vendor HP retained the top slot with a market share of 17 per cent, followed by HCL at 13per cent, and Lenovo at 7 per cent in terms of unit shipments.\n\n
A month after IBM sold off its PC biz to Lenovo Group, its shareholders approved the company's acquisition of IBM's personal-computer division on Thursday.
Steve Felice, Dell president (Asia Pacific and Japan), calls it an "aspirational goal". But his intent is clear: Dell is aiming for market leadership in the Indian personal computer market in a few years from now.
The police in northwestern Gansu province said in a statement on Sunday that a suspect surnamed Hong had been detained for "using artificial intelligence technology to concoct false and untrue information".
C K Technologies on Tuesday launched 'Shakti Office 1.72,' the latest version of its office suite software for personal computers, priced one-tenth of Microsoft's Office suite.
Aiming to be among the top five companies in the personal computer and laptop market in India by 2010, Japanese IT major Fujitsu on Wednesday said it has plans to capture about 20 per cent of the market in another four years.
As Lenovo gears up for consolidation after completing the acquisition of IBM's personal computer business, it is planning to use the products it was originally selling in China to bridge the gap in the range of IBM offerings in the Indian market.
PC shipments have grown around 11.8 per cent over 2001, Vinod Nair, research analyst, hardware platforms, Gartner India said in a release while adding the large spenders continue to be finance, banking and telecom verticals.
The personal computer market grew 30 per cent to cross the 4.6 million units in 2005-06, according to IDC's India quarterly PC market tracker.
India must evolve its own standards on how democracy must be ranked in a diverse and multi-religious, multi-ethnic, multi-lingual and pluralistic idea called India, suggests R Jagannathan.
Aiming to corner a 10 per cent market share by 2009, Noida-based low cost mobile set manufacturer Spice Ltd on Thursday said it was in the process of setting up its own mobile manufacturing facility at Baddi in Himachal Pradesh.
Personal computer sales crossed 17.1 lakh (1.71 million) units during the first half of the current fiscal, showing a growth of 37 per cent over the same period last fiscal.
The police are maintaining surveillance on private madrasas across Assam for any "suspicious activities" and necessary action will be taken if there are any inputs in this regard, he said.
Various government agencies are probing an incident of the All India Institute of Medical Sciences-Delhi's server remaining out of service for the second consecutive day.
Marking a significant turnaround in personal computer sales, the desktop PC market clocked 23 lakh (2.3 million) units, registering a 37 per cent growth during 2002-03, compared to a negative growth of 11 per cent last year.
Personal computer maker Acer, which introduced two laptops on Intel's new Centrino Duo platform on Thursday, said it is expecting a 40 per cent rise in revenue this year to Rs 1,100 crore (Rs 11 billion).
Personal computer major Acer has announced the launch of its TravelMate 2312 NLCi (TM2312NLCi) with integrated wireless LAN connectivity and available at Rs 29,999 (plus taxes).
Matching the trend in Asia-Pacific PC market, India witnessed a 16.3 per cent rise in personal computer shipments in the first quarter of 2003 with the shipments touching 615,000 units, according to the latest study by Gartner.
