Latest Desktop PCs News

17 September 2013
News: PC satisfaction scores dip as customers drift to tablets

The jarring combination of Microsoft's radical reinvention of Windows with old-style hardware caused the average satisfaction score of PC makers to slip in the last year, a pollster said.
14 September 2013
News: DRAM shortage from Hynix fire to hit PCs hardest

The damage to Hynix's China fabrication facility from a fire last week will take three to six months to repair, which will hit prices and supply hard because it is the top memory producer.
13 September 2013
News: Asus announces the world's first NFC-enabled PC tower

You've bumped your phone, you've bumped your speaker, and you may have even bumped your laptop or printer, but you've never been able to bump your desktop--until now. Friday, Asus announced the M70 PC, a tower the company claims is the first NFC-enabled desktop PC. (We'll give 'em the nod for being the first NFC-enabled tower PC, but HP's Spectre One all-in-one had NFC all the way back in January.)
News: Tablet shipments to surpass PCs in Q4 2013

Tablet shipments will surpass total PC shipments in the fourth quarter of 2013 (Q4 2013), forecasts IDC.
News: SK Hynix shifting more production to DRAM after price jump

SK Hynix will increase DRAM production at its headquarters, the company said Friday, following a price spike in memory chips after a fire at a company factory in China.
12 September 2013
News: DRAM prices up over 27% since China FAB fire

Prices of DRAM chips have continued to climb after a major Hynix FAB plant was damaged by fire last week.
11 September 2013
News: Tablet shipments will surpass desktops and laptops in Q4

Tablet shipments will surpass desktop and laptop PCs in the fourth quarter of 2013, IDC predicted Wednesday.
News: Gigabyte levels up Brix mini-PC with Intel Iris Pro graphics

Home theater PCs usually aren't gaming-worthy unless they're as large as proper game consoles, but not Gigabyte's latest Brix, which packs Intel's high-end Iris Pro integrated graphics.
30 August 2013
News: PC industry woes worsen as 'phenomenal transition' shrinks shipment numbers

The PC industry's problems continue to worsen, research firm IDC said yesterday as it again lowered shipment forecasts for the year. And the personal computer business's problems are Microsoft's problems.
22 August 2013
News: Lenovo gives Windows 8 vote of no confidence by bundling Start menu stand-in

Lenovo, the world's largest computer maker, announced today that its Windows 8 PCs will come bundled with the Pokki Start button and menu replacement, along with its desktop mode-oriented app store.
15 August 2013
News: Dell profit slides 72 percent as privatization battle drags on

Dell reported a 72 percent drop in profit on Thursday, a month before an expected shareholder vote that could shape the future of the company.
News: How Goodwill Achieves Mobility on a Tight Budget

When the grants that fund Goodwill International began to require onsite job assistance programs, the organization had no choice but to become a mobile enterprise. Doing this on disparate devices and a nonprofit budget wasn't easy, but remote desktop and mobile management tools did the job.
14 August 2013
News: Microsoft confirms Windows 8.1 release date

Microsoft has confirmed the release date for Windows 8.1 as 17 October.
News: China preparing stimulus program to possibly spark PC, handset sales

China will soon roll out a plan to stimulate sales of IT products, which could help revive PC shipments in the nation, and further stimulate purchases of smartphones.
13 August 2013
News: Windows 8.1 gets October release date

Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8.1 update, previously called Windows Blue, will be released in October.
12 August 2013
News: Microsoft's bet on touch PCs fails to pay off

Microsoft's bet that touch would propel Windows 8 has run into a major snag, an industry analyst said: Consumers see little reason to pay premium prices for touch-enabled laptops.
08 August 2013
News: Amazon adds digital software and games

Amazon has announced it now offers software and games in the form of a digital download.
07 August 2013
News: China has a massive Windows XP problem

The Chinese are going to have a very, very hard time kicking the Windows XP habit.
News: Acer reports net loss in Q2 on research costs, DRAM prices

Taiwanese PC maker Acer reported a net loss in the second quarter, attributing it to the company's growing investment in product design and the recent rise in DRAM prices.
News: VirnetX adds newly granted patent to lawsuit against Apple

Patent company VirnetX is adding a patent it was recently granted to its ongoing patent infringement lawsuit against Apple in a federal court in Texas.