(AFX UK Focus) 2008-12-02 00:25 Server sales down 5.4 pct in third quarter -Gartner
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec 1 (Reuters) - Global computer server sales fell in the third quarter, hurt by a tough economy and tight credit, research firm Garner said on Monday. Server revenue declined 5.4 percent to $12.7 billion, even as third-quarter shipments rose 4.4 percent to 2.3 million units. The top sellers all posted year-over-year declines. IBM , the revenue leader, saw a 4.2 percent drop to ...

More Rumours of a Nokia Laptop Computer
"Given the rise of net-books/dongles sales, convergence between high-end mobile phones and laptops, and forays by computer manufacturers (Apple, HP) into smartphones, we think it is only a matter of time before Nokia launches notebook type devices,? Um wrote in the note - warning that they he does not expect a product to hit the shops until Q3 2009 at the earliest.

Gartner says server sales dropped in third quarter
More evidence of the economic slowdown?s impact on the technology sector is seen in Gartner Inc.'s latest report on the computer server market.

Analyst: Apple?s Black Friday sales look strong
Mac and iPhone sales were up on Black Friday according to a report on Monday from Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster.

Chip Sales In October Fell 2.4% From Year-earlier Month: SIA
Chip Sales In October Fell 2.4% From Year-earlier Month: SIA

Cummings grants HWI computer funds
The James H. Cummings Foundation will provide funding to the Hauptman-Woodward Medical Research Institute toward purchase of a computer storage system.

Man pleads guilty to raping sales rep in condo
A Far West Side man pleaded guilty to two rape charges today after admitting that he attacked a sales rep left alone to show condos to prospective buyers.

Computer stolen from Maitland state office
Police in Maitland are still trying to figure out what a thief or thieves were after when they busted into a state office Monday morning and took a computer.

Apple gear ranks high in Amazon Black Friday sales
Various Apple products dominated Amazon's bestsellers in electronics during Black Friday, Forbes reports. The morning of the sales event, the iPod touch was the top-selling item, though it was displaced to fourth place by Sunday. Three of the top 10 electronics items are said to have been Apple gear, however, and Kaufman analyst Shaw Wu notes that the lead times for Touches lengthened ...

Area retailers profitable on Friday sales
Shoppers at local retailers surpassed expectations for Black Friday and the biggest sales weekend of the year.

MEDecision Adds Key Executives to Further Strengthen Operations, Sales
MEDecision, Inc. , a leading provider of collaborative health care management solutions, today announced that it has named Scott A. Storrer president and chief operating officer and C. James Adamek senior vice president of sales, effective December 1. The addition of these senior executives to the MEDecision team further executes on the operational focus the company had announced earlier in ...

Analyst: Apple's Black Friday Sales Look Strong
If the business Apple did on Black Friday is any indication, the holiday season could be a very happy one indeed for the...

IBM holds top spot for server revenues
A report out today from the Gartner Group says IBM Corp. held onto its No. 1 spot for worldwide revenue from sales of large computer systems. IBM put out an announcement on the results, noting that in the third quarter, IBM captured 30.3 percent of server revenue across the globe. IBM said Gartner reported its server leadership was driven by Power Systems, computers that are based on ...

Beaufort Boys & Girls Club gets new computer lab
It's been eight years since the kids at the Beaufort Boys & Girls Club walked into their computer lab and saw the latest technology on the tables.

Crowds of shoppers out early for Black Friday sales
Hundreds of Fort Bend County shoppers formed lines outside of area stores to take advantage of Black Friday sales.

Shop from your computer: It's Cyber Monday
With deep discounts and door-buster sales that lasted for days instead of hours, retailers tried hard to make tightfisted consumers open their wallets over the weekend -- and they're not giving up now.

PC means price cut
SEATTLE -- Sales of personal computers didn't live up to expectations over the summer, and now analysts predict that shoppers will cut spending even more drastically in the all-important holiday quarter. PC prices appear to be holding steady, but buyers might get better deals soon as computer companies try to avoid getting stuck with unsold inventory on Dec. 31.

In Deal With Hitachi, Intel Will Expand Its Flash Memory Business
Intel will announce a deal to become the sole supplier of flash memory for a coming Hitachi line of computer drives.

The Week Ahead: Tesco sales to fall 3 per cent below industry norm
The supermarket group Tesco is pegged to unveil a slowdown in UK like-for-like sales growth when it publishes a third-quarter update tomorrow. The company's non-food exposure and the introduction of more than 350 discount brands in September is expected to depress growth to bet-ween 1 and 2 per cent excluding fuel, compared with 4.1 per cent in the same period last year.

'Wall-E' release tops all DVDs in sales
The DVD release of the film Wall-E from Walt Disney Studios Home Entertainment is the current top seller in the United States, Nielsen figures show.The Hollywood Reporter said Friday that, according to the Nielsen VideoScan First Alert sales chart, the computer-animated film topped all DVD and Blu-ray Disc sales while becoming the second most popular video rental this week.Another new film ...