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Consumers to turn into armchair gadget designers?

News Public, say analysts. Within five years its the customers who could be whipping up the latest gadgets from their living room chairs, according to a report by analysts the Economist Apple's style gurus should watch their backs because the killer...

Tags: consumers, gadgets, customers, analysts

14 July 2008, 8:11 > More matches in News

In console punch-up, games are next jab

News Their products will ultimately determine the success of the platforms, analysts say. However, for all the hype over floating point performance, wireless this and teraflop that, gamers and analysts alike have a consistent message for the hardware...

20 May 2005, 9:17 > More matches in News

Apple exceeds sales estimates

News Wall Street analysts had expected Apple to report revenue of $6.1bn (£3bn) and profits per share of 86 cents (42p), according to estimates compiled by Thomson Financial. That might have had something to do with the fact iPod shipments were actually...

Tags: school, financial, holiday, street

23 October 2007, 8:48 > More matches in News

EA delays 'Spore' to 2008

News Today during a post-earnings report conference call with analysts, newly re-installed EA CEO John Riccitiello shattered fans' hopes by announcing that Spore is no longer on the publisher's 2008 fiscal year calendar, which ends on 31 March 2008...

9 May 2007, 10:38 > More matches in News

Low-cost Windows gaining ground

News Will Poole, senior vice president of Microsoft's Windows Client unit, gave out the sales figure on Thursday here, at the company's yearly meeting with financial analysts. We feel very good about how this has gotten going," Poole told the audience...

29 July 2005, 8:32 > More matches in News

Microsoft sees Xbox 360 in driver's seat

News Our view is basically we've got a Ferrari, they've got a Ferrari," Gates said in a question-and-answer session at Thursday's meeting with financial analysts. The analysts got to see a demo of one of those titles in the works -- Project Gotham...

1 August 2005, 9:35 > More matches in News

Apple earnings fuelled by huge iPod sales

News Analysts had been expecting the company to report earnings of 31 cents per share, with revenue of $3.34bn according to First Call. Analysts had been expecting earnings of 33 cents per share and revenue of $3.59bn, according to the average estimate...

14 July 2005, 9:33 > More matches in News

Leopard nips at Vista's heels

News However, it has hedged its bets somewhat, and many analysts believe the update won't arrive until later in the year. Even though Apple is largely on track with Leopard's timing, some analysts noted that the company could have scored an even bigger...

9 August 2006, 9:55 > More matches in News

Games still not part of the Apple fun

News But analysts say that by a wide margin, Windows-based PCs are preferred by serious gamers, who often influence the buying decisions of their friends. The reason for that Windows versus Mac preference is equal parts historical, technical and...

16 February 2007, 10:26 > More matches in News

Intel strikes back with next-gen chips

News The company plans to brief hardware developers, partners and analysts on the nitty-gritty details of its new microarchitecture, which is set to replace Intel's blueprints for desktop, mobile and server processors.

20 February 2006, 11:02 > More matches in News

Can Microsoft catch Apple with WMP 11?

News While there's little question that Apple is the company to beat in digital music, technology critics and analysts say Microsoft is starting to get its act together. For a company to win the digital music market, say analysts, it needs to duplicate...

23 May 2006, 9:45 > More matches in News

Windows becoming 'too monolithic'

News To compound Windows' problems, it has outgrown the hardware it requires and customers are considering skipping Vista and waiting for Microsoft's next-generation Windows 7, the analyst firm has said, adding that, if Windows is going to remain...

Tags: silver, vista, computing, architecture

14 April 2008, 8:59 > More matches in News

Apple takes aim at TV

News But its imminent arrival, possibly as early as this week, has the usual cadre of analysts and Macheads debating its impact on the 'vast wasteland' known as television. But, at least in its first incarnation, it's unlikely that Apple TV will disrupt...

Tags: apple, television, demand, watching

13 March 2007, 10:31 > More matches in News

How widespread are Xbox 360 problems?

News Still, some analysts say the glitches can't be that much of a shock in a product on its first run out of the factory. Though it's still too early to quantify those problems or say for certain how widespread they are, most of the die-hard gamers who...

30 November 2005, 9:55 > More matches in News

Motorola Q set for success

News Verizon Wireless pays about $300 wholesale for the Q, according to some Wall Street analysts. Even though iSuppli hasn't yet analysed the cost of building comparable products from competitors, such as BlackBerry maker Research In Motion and Treo...

21 July 2006, 9:31 > More matches in News