Global notebook sales increase
At least a bit
Beancounters at Digitimes Research have added up some numbers and divided them by their shoe size and decided that notebook sales have slightly increased.
Intel with 14nm still kicking industry’s butt
Financial community got it wrong
After Intel announced that it had to delay its 10nm production to 2019, financial analysts around the world reacted with negative stock comments and valuation. Most of them got things wrong. Intel with its $17 billion highest ever revenue showed magnificent growth in the data center and it made that $17 billion without 10nm.
Don't give me steam
Apple blocks Steam Apps
Apple has blocked the plans of the biggest distributor of PC-based video games to extend its reach into iPhones because, while it would give users access to a lot of games, Steam did not want to gut its bottom line and give Apple all its profits.
The world is a computer claims Microsoft
Blue screen of death becomes more problematic
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has been telling anyone who listens that the "world is now a computer" and if we start thinking that way we will transform everything.
Dell not worried by 5G
PCs will continue to thrive
While there are some that think that the development of 5G will put a nail in the coffin of PCs, Michael Dell is not one of them.
South Korea turns off PCs on Fridays to make workers go home
In the UK the same effect is caused by the sound of a pub opening
The government in South Korea's capital is introducing a new initiative to force its employees to leave work on time - by powering down all their computers at 20:00 on Fridays.
Desktop sales continue to slide
Now below 100 million a year
Beancounters at IDC have added up some numbers and divided them by their shoe size and reached the conclusion that desktop PC sales in 2017 fell below 100 million for the first time.
Corsair's One SFF PC gets updated with Coffee Lake
Higher-clocked RAM, GTX 1080 Ti, and new 500W PSU
Corsair has updated the One small form-factor (SFF) desktop PC, equipping it with the latest Intel Core i7-8700K Coffee Lake CPU, Geforce GTX 1080 Ti, faster RAM and new 500W 80 Plus PSU.
Xiaomi is working on Snapdragon on Windows 10
Another big win
Fudzilla exclusively brought you the news that Samsung is one of the companies working on a very sexy Snapdragon on Windows 10 and our sources have confirmed that Xiaomi is also part of the early supporter group.
Toshiba not selling PC division
No one appears interested
Toshiba has said that it has not entered into talks with any company to sell its personal computer business, denying media reports that it was in negotiations to sell the unit to Taiwan’s Asustek.