Microsoft gets ready for war with Android June 8, 2011 MICROSOFT is preparing for an all-out assault on the mobile phone market in a desperate bid to regain ground ceded to Google. The firm plans to unveil a host of new handsets to coincide with the new version of its Windows Phone 7 (WP7) platform – codenamed Mango – slated for release this autumn. Among [...]
Sony expects to post $3.2bn net loss in 2010 May 23, 2011 Consumer electronics giant Sony has said it expected to post a $3.2bn (£2bn) net loss for the year that ended on March 31 due to a write off on tax credits. The net loss would be Sony’s biggest since 1995 and its second-largest ever. The news caused its shares to fall 2.8 per cent in [...]
Sony expects to post $3.2bn net loss in 2010 May 23, 2011 Consumer electronics giant Sony has said it expected to post a $3.2bn (£2bn) net loss for the year that ended on March 31 due to a write off on tax credits. The net loss would be Sony’s biggest since 1995 and its second-largest ever. The news caused its shares to fall 2.8 per cent in [...]
Coe pleads with protesters not to spoil Olympic Torch’s relay route May 18, 2011 THE OLYMPIC Torch will undertake an 8,000 mile journey in the relay preceding the London Games with organisers calling on protest groups not to disrupt its passage after announcing the route yesterday. The Olympic Flame will arrive from Greece on 18 May next year and the relay will commence in Land’s End and continue for [...]
Samsung hit by downturn in TV sales October 7, 2010 Samsung yesterday ended a record run of quarterly performances as a negative earnings guidance caused the firm’s stock to lurch. The world’s largest memory chipmaker, which has a tradition of beating even the most bullish estimates, faces a tough outlook as a fragile world economy has hit demand for TVs and computers. It now expects [...]
Samsung hit by weak TV sales October 7, 2010 Samsung Electronics Co’s disappointing earnings guidance sparked slowdown worries as prices of its key products slide, hitting shares and ending the technology group’s run of record quarterly performances. The world’s largest memory chipmaker, which has a tradition of beating even the most bullish estimates, faces a tough outlook as a fragile world economy has hit [...]
Samsung hit by weak TV sales October 7, 2010 Samsung Electronics Co’s disappointing earnings guidance sparked slowdown worries as prices of its key products slide, hitting shares and ending the technology group’s run of record quarterly performances. The world’s largest memory chipmaker, which has a tradition of beating even the most bullish estimates, faces a tough outlook as a fragile world economy has hit [...]
ARM rides smartphone wave April 27, 2011 Chip designer ARM Holdings rode the crest of the smartphone boom to smash analyst forecasts with a 35 per cent rise in first quarter profits. The Cambridge-based company, whose designs are in Apple’s iPad and iPhone, also said it will meet its full-year targets in spite of the Japanese earthquake’s impact on the supply-chain. Its [...]
Why I might ditch my iPhone for Windows. No, really. I’m serious. July 11, 2011 This could be the year I swap my iPhone for a Windows Phone. Really. No, really. Seriously. Wait, hear me out. Fine. What? Just get out. Go. Last week I got my hands on the latest version of WP7, codenamed Mango. And it’s good. It’s very good. Its predecessor was nice – it avoided the [...]
Why I might ditch my iPhone for Windows. No, really. I’m serious. July 11, 2011 This could be the year I swap my iPhone for a Windows Phone. Really. No, really. Seriously. Wait, hear me out. Fine. What? Just get out. Go. Last week I got my hands on the latest version of WP7, codenamed Mango. And it’s good. It’s very good. Its predecessor was nice – it avoided the [...]