BlackBerry maker Research in Motion broke into the top five handset vendors for the first time during the first quarter of this year, according to numbers released by research firm IDC. However, BlackBerry is just the first beneficiary of the wider transition to smartphones. Read More »
Tech
The end of the year is approaching, and market research firm IDC today came out with its annual list of Top 10 Predictions for the technology market. The forecasts, working on the theme of “recovery and transformation,” include some surprises. Read More »
In the battle of the smartphones, RIM’s Blackberry Curve edged out the competition to take the top spot as the best-selling smartphone model in the U.S. in the second quarter of this year, according to inaugural smartphone market share data from research firm… Read More »
wo industry analyst firms issued revised semiconductor sales forecasts today that illustrate the poor economy’s affect on the semiconductor value chain, with one from Gartner shaving $25.5 billion off sales of chips in the coming year. That’s gonna sting, even when the revised total is still… Read More »
Dell has launched a pilot program to provide high-performance computing systems to European universities and other organizations. The market for high-performance computing servers grew 15.5 percent in 2007 to reach a record $11.6 billion, according to IDC. It’s not a completely random venture for… Read More »
