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PCs Article Archive:

Troubled Times for PCs Abroad

The PC market across western Europe shrank by more than a fifth in this year’s first quarter, according to analysts – the worst results since they began tracking the region.

Dell Accuses Drive Vendors of Price-fixing Scandal

Dell seeks damages as it claims it paid over the odds for optical disk drives from Samsung, Sony, Hitachi and others.

EMC, VMware, GE Launch Big Data Pivotal Arm

The ‘billion-dollar business in the making,’ which is focused on addressing Big Data challenges, will be opened up to the channel.

RSA CEO Coviello on Future of Security

Security bigwig Art Coviello opens up about the challenges facing the security market and how resellers are coping.

Icahn Presses Alternate Plan for Dell’s Future

Activist investor Carl Icahn and partners plan to present a competitive slate for the Dell board of directors to take over the company and implement a plan that could include merging with another PC company, like Hewlett-Packard.

Picture Brightens Slightly for Flat Panel Sales

Flat panel sales to the professional market rose in Q1 although market conditions remain difficult for many display vendors and developed markets continue to struggle for more traction.

How Well Does Mom Know Technology?

Just in time for Mother’s Day, the good folks at Trend Micro surveyed 1,037 folks online to find out how moms use (and misuse) technology and devices. Here’s what they discovered.

Microsoft Hits Back at ‘U-turn’ Accusations

The software giant claims some reports did not ‘accurately represent’ content of its conversation with certain national media journalists.

Gates Like Tablets, Taxes; Dreads China

Despite rampant software piracy abroad and withering competition and market churn at home, Bill Gates remains bullish on the technology industry in general and, in particular, Microsoft’s tablet and operating system efforts.

Acer Back in Black Despite Revenue Drop

Acer Inc.’s revenues shriveled by almost a fifth in 2013′s opening quarter but the embattled Taiwanese PC maker did manage to post a small post-tax profit after two years of losses.