Poor Dell profits spark concern over tech sector
The IT sector has been largely unaffected by the much reported credit crunch', but as Dell posts heavily reduced profits it seems that reality is starting to bite the bytes. Dell's profits have dropped some 17 per cent since this time last year and shares dropped 10 per cent on the news.
Sony boss mulling Ericsson venture
Sony Ericsson has been hitting the headlines recently for all the wrong reasons, with profits dropping at the once successful mobile phone joint venture. The problem is that its starting to drag Sony down with it, leading Sony's chief executive Howard Stringer to make some revealing comments about the future of the venture in a recent interview.
Netbooks are now becoming ten-a-penny, at least in availability if not in price, as indicated by LG jumping on the budget laptop bandwagon. This is surprising as LG doesn't produce laptops and PCs, but is known mainly for its mobiles. If LG can bring some of its stylish design to the party it could be on to something.
Apple ticked off over misleading' iPhone ad
Oh dear, Apple's been telling porkie pies. Again. The Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has been baring its teeth by upholding a complaint that Apple's iPhone advert is misleading. It agreed that the ad mislead viewers by suggesting that users could access the entire internet with an iPhone, when in fact sites that use Flash or Java are in fact not properly viewable on the device. Pernickety, but really quite true.
New iPhone firmware leads to huge security blunder
More bad news for Apple, as it's revealed that the much vaunted new security features of the iPhone can easily be bypassed. Pressing the Emergency Call' button from the passcode entry screen gives you access to Favourites, and from here other applications making the passcode rather pointless. Have Apple's enterprise credentials gone up in smoke, or did it not have any in the first place?
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Marc Benioff’s agentic AI gambit is paying dividendsAnalysis Agentforce is dominating the agenda at Salesforce – and it appears to be working
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Dell kills off XPS and other brands for PC simplicityNews Pro and Pro Max will be used in place of Latitude, Inspiron, and Precision naming convention
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Dell, HP post underwhelming returns as PC market remains in a state of fluxNews Original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) are contending with an impending Windows 10 EOL and a burgeoning AI PC market
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Dell Inspiron 14 Plus (7441) review: The cheapest Snapdragon laptop yetReviews A no-frills compact laptop that delivers good performance and solid battery life
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Dell XPS 13 9340 review: Compact, stylish, and frustratingly flawed
Reviews Redesigned XPS 13 has lots of potential but finds itself hamstrung by iffy design decisions and Intel's underachieving Meteor Lake
