Microsoft kills dodgy security certificates
Software giant Microsoft has killed off two dodgy security certificates being used on Dell bloatware. Updates apply to Windows Defender for Windows 10 and 8.1; Microsoft Security Essentials for Windows...
View ArticleAll-in-one PC sales show a fall
All-in-one PCs were a great hope for PC vendors as the traditional desktop market fell, but a report suggests that sales are set to fall this year. According to Digitimes Research (DR) only 13 million...
View ArticleServer revenues and shipment numbers up
Shipments of servers worldwide in the third quarter of this year grew by 9.2 percent, while vendors’ revenues grew 7.5 percent. But, according to Jeffrey Hewitt, a research VP at Gartner, there were...
View ArticleEnterprise server storage worth $9.1 billion
Worldwide revenues from enterprise storage systems grew by 2.8 percent in the third quarter and amounted to a figure of $9.1 billion. That’s according to a report from IDC, which said capacity...
View ArticleDell can buy back VMWare shares
Tinbox shifter Michael Dell said he could write a $3 billion cheque to buy back VMWare tracking stock to help finance its EMC acquisition. This is important as it shows that Dell is working out ways to...
View ArticleDell to float SecureWorks
Tin box shifter Michael Dell’s cybersecurity unit SecureWorks has filed for an initial public offering with U.S. regulators. SecureWorks said it intends to list its Class A common stock on the Nasdaq...
View ArticleThin clients shipments get slimmer
IDC reported that the thin and terminal client market fell in the third quarter of 2015 by 6.7 percent. Budget contraints and a move to use repurposed PCs and Chromebooks affected sales in the third...
View ArticleDell has a few problems buying EMC
Tin box shifter Michael Dell is having a few problems getting the cash he needs to buy EMC. The commitment deadline on $10 billion of pro-rata loans in a $45 billion financing package backing computer...
View ArticleApple’s PC business bites the fruit of doom
The fruity cargo cult Apple has managed to ward off the downturn in the PC market for a while now – thanks mostly to its fanboys refusing to buy anything without an Apple logo. However, all that has...
View ArticleCorporate axeman visits Dell
Soon after the ink dried on the EMC Dell merger, the ruler of the new companies, Michael Dell has called up the corporate axeman to slice up those who are not worthy to be in the new kingdom. Dell will...
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