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A New Day Is Dawning for the Technology Market April 30, 2012 
Last week, I was at the Dell annual Industry Analyst Conference, and it suddenly struck me that we are looking at a very different technology market this decade. Apple is expected to slide, largely due to the firm's inability to replace Steve Jobs; the dynamic that created Microsoft is changing, and analysts are questioning the firm's relevance as Dell and HP ramp up their own software efforts. Dell, in particular, is doing some really interesting things.
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Following Intel's Ivy Bridge Road April 25, 2012 
The tech industry loves the concept of new innovation to the point where product launches all too often call to mind infatuated elders showing off photos of their latest grandkids. But practicality tends to drive the manufacturing side of the IT business, with consistency trumping innovation. As a result, products arrive at market on time, retailers and their customers don't get grumpy, vendors hit their sales targets, and shareholders are happy campers.
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RIM Gropes for International Sales as Bottom Line Slides April 18, 2012 
Demand for mobile devices is surging in markets around the world, and Research In Motion says it's making headway in places outside of its native North America. "All the real subscriber growth is international," said Maribel Lopez of Lopez Research. "You have to sell phones in India, China and other developing countries or you'll miss the opportunity to onboard the next billion mobile users."
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Will Samsung's Blitz Push Galaxy to Critical Mass? April 17, 2012 
Samsung appears to be lining up a major publicity blitz for the much-anticipated launch of the next product in its Galaxy smartphone line -- the Galaxy S III. It has tweeted and blogged about an event to be held in London on May 3, where the device will be introduced. Samsung will launch the new device simultaneously in several countries with a multiplicity of wireless carriers.
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iPhone Lucre and iPad Cash Form Raging River of Revenue April 11, 2012 
Apple's market capitalization passed the $600 billion milestone Tuesday, a first for the company. Shares of the stock went as high as $644 on Tuesday, putting Apple's market cap at $600.2 billion. The company is riding on record product sales, especially with its iPhone 4S and new iPad, as well as the announcement that an investor dividend is coming.
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Lumia Gives Nokia, Microsoft Ray of Hope April 10, 2012 
It's still too early for official sales figures, but it seems Nokia, Microsoft and AT&T just might have something of a hit on their hands with the Lumia 900 smartphone. A check at press time of Amazon's bestseller list for cellphones with service plans showed two versions of the Lumia 900 -- cyan and black -- ranked as the top-selling devices.
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Sony May Get New Life by 10,000 Cuts April 09, 2012 
Sony will lay off 10,000 workers, or about 6 percent of its global workforce, as part of an overall corporate restructuring plan, according to a report. The cutbacks are set to take place over the next two fiscal years. It's unclear when the Japanese company will start slashing jobs or which divisions will take the hardest hits.
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The Pain Never Ends: RIM Takes a Patent Blow to the Gut April 04, 2012 
Research In Motion has been accused of infringing six patents owned by Dutch semiconductor company NXP. NXP claims in a lawsuit filed in U.S. federal court in Florida that the BlackBerry maker has infringed on patents pertaining to data transmission, GPS receivers on mobile phones, and circuit design and manufacturing.
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Apple and Samsung: Bad Blood Gets Badder April 04, 2012 
The smartphone war is often depicted as a battle between iOS and a world of Android phonemakers, but a report released this week suggests that in terms of profit, Apple really has one main challenger -- Samsung. The South Korean manufacturer and Apple together account for 95 percent of the Q4 2011 profit in the handset industry, according to a report from Canaccord Genuity.
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Nokia Gets Serious About US Market With Lumia 900 Debut March 27, 2012 
Nokia's Lumia 900 will make its U.S. launch on April 8, at which point AT&T will begin selling the phone for a relatively modest $99. The handset isn't the first Windows Phone-powered Nokia device to hit the U.S. market -- T-Mobile has carried the Lumia 710 for months. However, the LTE-enabled Lumia 900 is a more powerful and feature-filled model that rivals existing flagship phones in many respects.
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RIM Aims to Reel In Devs With BB10 Preview March 26, 2012 
Research In Motion will soon give software developers prototype devices that run an early version of the BlackBerry 10 platform. RIM is hosting a BlackBerry 10 event in Orlando in May to coincide with its annual BlackBerry World user conference. There, a limited number of developers will have the chance to tinker with the product.
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iPhone Beats BlackBerry in Its Own Backyard March 23, 2012
Sales of Apple's iPhone are beating out those of Research In Motion's BlackBerry smartphones in RIM's home turf of Canada, according to data from Bloomberg and IDC. RIM shipped 2.08 million BlackBerry devices in Canada over 2011, compared to the 2.85 million iPhones that Apple shipped during the year.
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HP Gets Extreme Makeover March 21, 2012 
In a sweeping reorganization of its operations, HP is merging its Imaging and Printing Group with its Personal Systems Group, the unit that makes the company's computers. The news delivered a jolt to the industry when it leaked on Tuesday. Although HP's star has dimmed somewhat since its high-flying days in the 1980s and 90s, it remains a major player.
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Sandy Bridge Delivers More Processing Horsepower for Integrated Next-Gen Systems March 13, 2012 
Intel's launch of its new Xeon processor E5-2600 product family marked numerous firsts for the company and x86 data centers. The new processors deliver leadership performance, best data center performance per watt, and breakthrough I/O innovation features, according to Intel. Overall, Intel believes E5-2600 processors are not only at the heart of next-generation servers and workstations, but will also power the next generation of storage and communication systems.
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Dell's Enterprise Solutions Launch: Business Value Trumps Speeds and Feeds February 29, 2012 
In the run-up to the launch of any of Intel's newest generation Xeon CPUs, most every server vendor and its extended family starts jockeying for position over who has the bragging rights for the fastest, biggest, baddest x86 systems on the planet.
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Dell Looks to Shed Its PC Image February 28, 2012 
Dell has unveiled a portfolio of new blade, rack and tower PowerEdge 12th Generation servers. The product line is nothing short of amazing, the company would like you to know. However, please don't focus so much on the underlying technology; rather, consider what it can do for the business line end user. That was CEO Michael Dell's implicit message at the conference at which he unveiled the hardware.
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iPad Rumble in China: Apple Slaps Amazon, Grapples With Proview February 17, 2012 
Amazon's Chinese website is no longer offering Apple iPads for sale. This follows a request from Apple to drop the product because Amazon isn't authorized to sell the device in that country, according to a recent report. Meanwhile, officials in various Chinese cities are confiscating iPads from retailers, apparently in connection with a legal dispute between Cupertino and Taiwanese firm Proview.
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Samsung Throws Another Galaxy Tab at the Wall February 13, 2012 
Samsung on Monday announced its latest tablet, the 7-inch Galaxy Tab 2. The tablet has a 1 GHz dual-core processor and runs Android 4.0, aka "Ice Cream Sandwich." It will be available in 3G and WiFi versions in Europe from March, starting with the UK market. "Samsung's playing all over the board," said Tom Mainelli, a research director at IDC.
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Apple's Dynamic Tension February 01, 2012 
A week after Apple revealed record-breaking sales numbers that drove its value to new heights, the company's fans were shown a bleaker image of Cupertino in a recently published news series. The iEconomy series paints a picture of harsh working conditions in some overseas facilities that manufacture Apple products.
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Dell to Take Another Whack at Tablets January 11, 2012
A few short months after killing off its Streak 5 and Streak 7 tablets, Dell is apparently discussing plans to make a comeback to the tablet market later this year. The company's Chief Commercial Officer Steve Felice said that Dell has been lying low and learning from competitors' mistakes.
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