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Red Hat Shares Climbing With RHEL 6.2

Red Hat has made a lot of deals and acquisitions in the past months and the value of the company policies now show in the price of theirs stoks.According to fnno.com, Red Hat (NYSE:RHT) are up 5.3% to 52.87 USD (39.32 EUR). The Dow Jones Industrial Average has also marked an increase of 1.3%, to 12.171, and S&P also ...

7 December 2011
03:45 GMT

Chip Market Surpasses $300 Billion by Year's End (222 Billion Euro)

One would think that, with all the troubles on the RAM market and everything else, there wouldn't be much to see when looking at the worldwide semiconductor industry, but that is not the case.In fact, from what the World Semiconductor Trade Statistics (WSTS) can tell, 2011 could mark an industry first.The global...

1 December 2011
21:21 GMT

More Money for Victims of BP Oil Spill

The major Gulf of Mexico oil spill may be history today, but its effects are still taking a toll on the revenue of seafood business in that area. As a result, shrimpers and crabbers will receive substantial compensation meant to make them forget, at least to a certain extent, the devastating incident ever happened. ...

1 December 2011
05:45 GMT

Climate Group, Awarded for Making the Indian Lighting Industry Sparkle

The Climate Group proves its main objective, a Clean Revolution in the lighting industry, is close to being achieved. The organization has won Frost & Sullivan India LED Lighting Market Excellence Awards for their innovative lightning project developed in Kolkata, India. The benefits of their strategy are not limite...

25 November 2011
03:59 GMT

Number 3 PC Maker Spot Snatched by Lenovo

That Lenovo was one of, if not the fastest growing PC business, isn't new, but market analysts decided to see exactly what things were like on the PC segment. The PC market may be raising concerns for certain analysts, but that doesn't mean shipment levels aren't growing. Even if they weren�...

20 September 2011
04:55 GMT

Japan Disaster Effects Counterbalanced By Large Chip Inventories

It appears that, at least so far, the disaster that struck Japan in the month of March hasn't had too great an effect on the semiconductor industry, although disruptions may still emerge in the short to mid-term.The natural disaster that hit Japan on March 11 will always be remembered because of the immense dea...

3 June 2011
04:42 GMT

Desktop Memory Shortage Possible in the Second Half of 2011

When it comes to predictions in a certain field of the IT market, those directly involved with it have just as much say, if not more, than market analysts, and it looks like one such prediction was made by Transcend.The thing about the NAND Flash and DRAM memory markets is that they are often taken together and spok...

12 May 2011
10:40 GMT

January E-Book Sales Double On-Year, Books Sell Less Overall

A general fear for our age is that the populace, in general, reads less than they used to, and a recent analysis of this field, as well as of the e-book segment in particular, appears to confirm this, more or less.Normally, one would think that a piece of news saying that some market segment or another saw serious g...

18 March 2011
04:29 GMT

Dell Leaves Acer Farther Behind on Global PC Market in Q4, 2010

Analysts have been publishing their findings regarding the Q4, 2010 financial situation on the IT market, and it seems that Dell was found to have distanced itself from Acer on the global PC segment.During the October-December period of 2010, Dell was able to increase its PC market share and place a distance between...

11 March 2011
05:25 GMT

2011 Starts Well for Chips, Sales Rise in January

Each month, market analysts take the time to see how things progressed on each market segment during the previous one, and it seems that semiconductors have been doing well recently, both sequentially and on-year.Some consumers may know of how different segments of the semiconductor industry are behaving and/or have...

8 March 2011
10:56 GMT

NVIDIA Might Lose GPU Market Share to AMD

Recent happening in the IT industry may conclude with a less than favorable marketing performance on NVIDIA's part, while AMD may actually grow in share by the end of June.Ever since AMD bought ATI, it and NVIDIA have been in a sort of duel over dominance on the graphics card market.Granted, NVIDIA has been sta...

8 March 2011
06:53 GMT

Graphics Card Shipments Disappointing in 2010

Market research firms are always looking at how things turned out on the various IT market segments, and it seems the graphics add-in-board market had a fairly weak performance during 2010.Considering all the video cards released over the course of last year, one might expect overall sales to have been strong, espec...

4 March 2011
09:07 GMT

Large-Size LCD Panels Get Even Cheaper in February

Some market segments saw general pricing schemes falling over the course of last year and the beginning of 2011, and it seems that the market for large-sized liquid crystal displays is among them.Those end-users that are interested in the finances of companies and entire market segments will know that 2010 wasn'...

24 February 2011
05:43 GMT

Semiconductor Inventories Alarmingly High in Q4 2010

Market research firm iSuppli already found that Samsung, among few others, had done well for itself as a DRAM maker during 2010, but it seems semiconductor inventories are still a bit too high according to most tastes.The semiconductor market is composed of many subsegments, but it seems things aren't as good a...

17 February 2011
10:55 GMT

WiFi Will Cause Sales of Wireless LAN Chips to Double in 2011

With all the changes on the IT market, iSuppli figured it would look into what may happen on the wireless front, and it found that WiFi will be a major driving force behind sales of wireless LAN chips.It would appear that, as the semiconductor market grows as a whole, certain segments will increase more than others....

17 February 2011
10:31 GMT

3D Without Glasses to Become Mainstream in One or Two Years

It was only last year that the 3D Display mode truly started to gain popularity, and it seems that some companies are more excited about the prospect than others, some even believing that it won't take long for glasses-free panels to become mainstream.3D films have existed for years and cinemas have played them...

9 February 2011
06:37 GMT

LCD Demand Will Grow Significantly by 2014

Though the IT industry seems to have lapsed into a sort of slumber, there are still those that release new products or outline marketing expectations, like Corning, whose new press release deals with, among other things, LCD demand.With all the new consumer devices being delivered to stores, and with so many of them...

5 February 2011
06:28 GMT

180 Million Tablets Will Sell in 2014

There has already been much talk of the tablet market and, while the general consensus is that only good times lie ahead, at least for a while, not many numerical estimates have been made, so Corning figured it would provide one.Tablets could be seen as one of the more surprising inventions of the past decade, and t...

5 February 2011
05:47 GMT

Trident Reports Q4 2010 Financial Results, Suffers Sequential Loss

While it may seem a bit late, seeing as how the second month of January is already underway, Trident Microsystems seems to have finally released its financial results for the last quarter of 2010.Apparently the company returned revenues that were smaller compared to the previous three-month period but much higher th...

4 February 2011
09:56 GMT

SMB Computer Shipments Found to Have Grown in 2010

The situation on various IT market segments has been looked at by various analysts, and it seems that Techaisle has now taken its turn at releasing its own findings, this time concerning the SMB market.SMB is short for Small and Medium businesses, and Techaisle, being the global SMB IT market research and Industry A...

3 February 2011
06:26 GMT

Realtek Expects a Solid Revenue Growth in Q1 2011

It appears that, unlike certain other semiconductor companies, Realtek is actually quite optimistic in regards to its performance during the ongoing first quarter of 2011, or so says a certain recent report.The situation on the semiconductor market can be seen as a sort of mosaic if one were to consider each type of...

1 February 2011
07:09 GMT

HP Doesn't Expect Notebook Sales to Grow in Q1 2011

It appears that laptop suppliers are not as enthusiastic and optimistic about their expected sales as they were early last year, and HP, the world's top PC maker, is said to be expecting flat shipments in the January-March 2011 period. Last year started off with most, if not all, PC makers being quite eager ...

1 February 2011
04:42 GMT

Chip Industry Increases by 21.8% In 2010

There have been various reports about the semiconductor market and how some of the chip makers performance in 2010, especially during the fourth quarter, but SIA has finally issued its press release regarding the overall situation.The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) found that all major semiconductor catego...

1 February 2011
03:00 GMT

Intel Loses Graphics Market Share, AMD and NVIDIA Grow

It seems that some concrete numbers regarding the graphics market's performance in 2010 have been released, and Jon Peddie Research found that the market shares of the major players slightly changed. The graphics chip market has been mostly dominated by Intel for years, since the company sells many integrate...

1 February 2011
02:37 GMT

TSMC Expects Revenues to Rise by over 20% in 2011

It seems that the favorable financial results that TSMC finished 2010 with were enough to paint a pretty picture ahead of the world-class foundry, and its forecast for 2011 speaks for itself.As end-users know, TSMC (Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company) is the foundry in charge with making the majority of AMD ...

28 January 2011
11:05 GMT

ASRock Leaving the Notebook Market

It appears that, while apparently doing well on the motherboard market, ASRock is not as well off on the notebook front, where it is supposedly considering a total withdrawal, as its efforts don't seem to be paying off. End-users keeping track of such developments will have probably learned of how the motherboa...

28 January 2011
09:49 GMT

Netbook Vendors Sending Machines to Education Venues

It seems that, in an attempt to at least preserve their netbook shipment levels, some suppliers of mobile PCs have begun to specifically cater to the needs of the educational marker.When they really kicked off, netbooks were popular because of their very low price points, at least compared to other laptops.This is w...

27 January 2011
11:02 GMT

Third Place as Motherboard Supplier Snatched by ASRock

It seems that Acer is not the only company that did well for itself throughout 2010, as ASRock also seems to have thrived, enough to actually secure the third spot as maker of motherboards.Currently, ASUS and Gigabyte are the top two suppliers of motherboards, at least according to so-called sources cited by Digitim...

27 January 2011
04:37 GMT

Netbook Shipments Will Fall by 18% in 2011

Even though the entry-level laptop market has been on the rise for years, it seems like it will start dropping by a fair bit before the ongoing year is out, or so says a certain market analyst firm.DRAMeXchange is best known as an analyst firm that looks into the situation on the semiconductor market, as its name wo...

25 January 2011
08:59 GMT

ASUS Says Motherboards Will Get More Expensive in 2011

While some market segments are flourishing, not all news seems to be positive, at least from consumers' point of view, especially if what certain reports say turns out to be true.As always, the web is full of rumors and reports about lawsuits, possible buyouts, collaborations , software and hardware, etc., happ...

24 January 2011
06:36 GMT

LG Reports Q4 2010 Revenues, 3% Sequential Decrease Visible

It appears that LG did not do as well as it could have during the fourth quarter of 2010, in terms of finances at least, largely due to fines and what the company CEO calls sharp changes in market conditions.Since so many other companies have been posting their quarterly results for the fourth three-month period of ...

21 January 2011
11:07 GMT

Acer Intends to Be World's Top Notebook Vendor in 2011

Each year, companies on the IT market set a sort of goal for themselves, quite often to elevate themselves to a position of prominence, and Acer is said to have placed this very type of goal for itself.This year is shaping up to be quite interesting, perhaps even unpredictable in some ways, because of the things tha...

21 January 2011
10:10 GMT

A Third of 2010 Chips Sales Covered by Top 10 Worldwide Brands

It seems that leading-brand companies managed to increase their combined stake in the worldwide semiconductor market, with sales of mobile PCs, smartphones and LCDs being the strongest driving forces.It seems that the combined semiconductor market share of the world's top 10 OEMs increased during 2010, by $26.3...

21 January 2011
09:35 GMT

AMD Revenue During Fourth Quarter of 2010 Stays Flat

It seems that Advanced Micro Devices finally got around to posting its financial results for the past quarter, showing a revenue figure not too different from the one during the previous three-month period. The year 2010 was one of mixed results as far as individual market segments of the IT industry were concern...

21 January 2011
02:26 GMT

Netbooks Will Still Stay at Around 30 Million Sales in 2011

No doubt consumers have heard, at least to some extent, of the slowdown in netbook sales, but it seems that things are not too dire as of yet, as overall shipment levels might very well still be maintained this year.Even with all the news about how tablets have hit netbooks hard, things have not yet become overly co...

20 January 2011
08:32 GMT

Acer Not Backing Out of the Netbook Game

Regardless of how well tablets are doing, they are still not enough to actually shut down the netbook market, as proven by how not all rumors about companies, like Acer, backing out of this segment are true. Market analysts were very optimistic about netbooks at the start of 2010, but the arrival of the media tab...

20 January 2011
02:36 GMT

First Quarter of 2011 to Generate High Notebook Sales

It appears that the PC market is doing quite well, at least as far as mobile personal computers go, now that, in the wake of new platforms, shipments are expected to prove quite strong in the first three months of 2011.The first quarter of any year, as far as the consumer PC and electronics market goes at least, is ...

18 January 2011
10:18 GMT

LCD Panel Shortages Possible in Q2, 2011

It appears that things may be getting a bit complicated up ahead for the LCD market, as certain makers of LCD panels are worried they may not be able to keep up with the possible demand surge in March and beyond.Like other IT industry fields, the liquid crystal display panel segment seems to be in for possibly troub...

17 January 2011
10:10 GMT

Chip Market Revenues Score a New Record in 2010

Even with all the troubles surrounding the DRAM and NAND Flash chip average selling prices (ASPs), it seems that the global semiconductor market actually reached record revenues.While news did talk repeatedly about decline in prices of DRAM and NAND chips, such developments only happened in the later parts of 2010.A...

14 January 2011
09:27 GMT

Gartner Says Tablets and Game Consoles Are Affecting the PC Market

As technology advances, it is natural for certain market segments to lose in importance, and it seems a particularly big one is going through some rough times because of game consoles and tablets.That the PC market is suffering because of the rise of slates is not exactly a new thing, and Gartner just confirmed it a...

14 January 2011
08:31 GMT

DRAM To Suffer Revenue Decline In 2011

Just a short time ago, we mentioned how DRAM sales were going to suffer because of tablets, and iSupply seems to have figured out just how the overall memory market will fare throughout 2011.Basically, the worldwide DRAM (dynamic random access memory) market will see a double-digit decline by the end of the ongoing ...

13 January 2011
10:46 GMT

Dell Becomes World's Second Greatest PC Supplier Again

Dell may have gone through some rough times last year, but it appears to have regained its footing if the information found by IDC on the state of the global PC market is anything to go by.Market analysts periodically look at the state of the market, and its individual segments, and keep track of how companies fare ...

13 January 2011
03:43 GMT

Notebooks Account for 70% of the Market in Europe, Africa and the Middle East

Sales of mobile computers overtook those of desktops just a few years ago, but their market share kept on growing, until they passed well over 50%, reaching quite a bit higher by the end of 2010, if a certain report is to be believed. Waiting for market analysts to publish the results of their various studies is one...

11 January 2011
09:28 GMT

Consumer Electronics Market to Score Record Revenues in 2011

With the start of the new year, market analysts began to speculate on how the industry would behave in 2011, and it seems that CEA has high hopes for the consumer electronics market.Apparently, the Consumer Electronics Association (CEA) thinks that the CE industry will reach a new peak in 2011, at least as far as r...

8 January 2011
07:02 GMT

LCD TV Prices Reach Their Lowest in Q4, 2010

As time goes by and the end of the year 2010 has almost come, market watchers are, of course, looking back and trying to see just how things look like, and the situation on the LCD TV market is one that seems poised to finally rebound.Like multiple other segments of the IT industry, the LCD TV market has not been go...

27 December 2010
09:36 GMT

LCD TV Makers Paying Special Attention to Emerging Markets

It appears that emerging markets have become an important enough element in the finances of LCD TV makers that they have decided to develop special products for them, so as to fully exploit each new business opportunity.No doubt users that kept track of events on the display industry will know of the many advancemen...

23 December 2010
06:54 GMT

3D Will Become Mainstream Through Mobile Devices

Even though a major part of the effort on the 3D market is currently concentrated around creating large panels without the need for glasses, analysts think that it will be the mobile segment that pulls the technology into the mainstream market.While 3D is not really anywhere near being mainstream, it looks as though...

22 December 2010
04:28 GMT

2011 To Be a Better Year for LCDs

The year of 2010 mostly continued the recovery rate of the IT industry that started in 2009, and it seems that, while LCDs did not perform spectacularly this year, they might just fare a lot better in 2011.As It always happens at the end of the year, market analysts and companies themselves end up publishing financi...

21 December 2010
09:52 GMT

HDDs to Be a Prime Present from Santa This Year

Since the consumer market always spends a lot during the holidays, on presents or any other supplies, it makes sense to assume that the IT industry will thrive, and a certain part of it appears to be quite ready to reap the benefits of the Santa Claus syndrome.It would appear that, despite all the claims that solid ...

16 December 2010
10:36 GMT

CPU Market Experiences Intel-AMD Stalemate

As end-users know, Intel and Advanced Micro Devices are constantly at odds with each other on the CPU market, and it seems neither managed to wrest any noteworthy part of the other's market share during the third quarter of 2010.Intel may more or less dominate the CPU market, but AMD has been holding onto its o...

16 December 2010
06:59 GMT


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