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According to Acer, last month's Windows 7 launch has been good for year-end PC sales.Taiwan-based Acer is the considered to be the No. 2 PC maker in the world.Gianfranco Lanci, Acer CEO, reported to Reuters that the company would keep its quarterly revenue outlook, while maintaining a target of 15 percent sales growth for 2010. Lanci added that expected sales for October-December would "stay flat from the previous quarter and rise 25 percent from the previous year.""When we saw...

A rebound in tech demand has led Acer, the world's No.3 PC brand, to announce that it expects third quarter revenue to be up about 5 percent, Reuters reported.The company also said it expected PC shipments to climb in the fourth quarter from the preceding three months as the holiday shopping season will increase the demand for computers.Vincent Chen, an analyst at Yuanta Securities, said revenue growth is significant because it shows that people are returning to shops and buying...

TUCKER, Ga., Aug. 10 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Last month, SED International Holdings, Inc. (OTC Bulletin Board: SECX), a multinational supply chain management provider and distributor of leading computer technology, wireless communications and consumer electronics, hosted a special invitational event at the House of Blues in Dallas, Texas to provide computer and consumer electronics dealers in attendance with numerous value-driven business building ideas; sneak peeks at highly anticipated...

BENTONVILLE, Ark., July 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- With student needs rapidly changing and affordability a top priority, Walmart (NYSE: WMT) is making a commitment this summer to provide a wider variety of laptops at unprecedented savings. Building its assortment around student needs and budgets, Walmart worked closely with trusted brands such as HP, Dell, Acer and Toshiba to deliver new products holding not just great value in price but high quality, performance, and variety. Shoppers...

Reports from two technology research groups said Wednesday that worldwide personal computer shipments declined at a gentler pace than expected in the second quarter, as consumers snapped up inexpensive laptops, The Associated Press reported.However, 2009 is still being considered the industry's first full year in decline since 2001. Worldwide PC shipments fell 3 percent in the second quarter, not the 6 percent that IDC research group analysts had predicted.But analysts at Gartner Inc....

On Tuesday, Sony Corp announced plans to launch a new Vaio laptop that will sell for around $629 in Japan in August, making its first steps into the fast-growing netbook market. Netbook PCs are smaller and cheaper than your typical laptop computer, and they are generally optimized for smaller computer tasks like Web browsing and email.Taiwan's Asustek pioneered the idea in 2007.  Other global brands like Acer Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co and Dell Inc. joined in later with their own lines.A...

- ProLogis' Newly Developed Distribution Facility Will Be Operated By Acer as an International Distribution Center - WARSAW, Poland, June 29 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- ProLogis (NYSE: PLD), a leading global provider of distribution facilities, announced today it has leased approximately 215,000 square feet (20,000 square meters) of newly developed distribution space in Wroclaw, Poland, to Acer, a leading global manufacturer of computer systems including the brands Acer, Gateway, Packard...

On Wednesday, TPV Technology, which is the number one PC monitor maker, said it is developing a low-cost, all-in-one desktop PC geared for Internet use.This is an important move for TPV as it looks for new revenue streams to maintain growth in its core desktop monitor business, which is slowing with a broader consumer market moving towards portable notebook PCs.The new models, which have been dubbed "nettops," will combine a computer with a monitor in a single unit, much like...

Google's Android operating system for mobile phones will soon begin running on computers, entering a market long dominated by Microsoft Corp. and accelerating the growing rivalry between the two tech giants.Taipei-based Acer Inc., the No. 2 laptop-maker, announced today that it would release a low-cost notebook with Android during the third quarter of this year.  Meanwhile, Asustek Computer Inc., which pioneered the sub $500 netbook, has also developed a model that runs on Android,...

TAIPEI, Taiwan, June 2 /PRNewswire-Asia/ -- esobi Inc., an innovative Internet information navigator, announced alliance with Acer Inc., world's leading notebook brand that will deliver its Internet tool "eSobi News Center" with the CULV-based notebook Acer Timeline series. This alliance integrates Acer Timeline's incredible mobility and 8-hour battery life as well as eSobi News Center's intelligent news aggregation, so that users can always keep track of the latest happenings in the...