Gartner has lowered its laptop-sales forecast for this year and the next, predicting that the popularity of tablets and smartphones will slow laptop sales. Gartner expects worldwide laptop sales to increase 11% this year and an…
Brandishing hardware and software optimized for understanding the nuances of natural-language questions, Big Blue’s ultra-brainy machine is preparing to face two flesh-and-blood champions of the TV game show. And if it also bri…
The outlook for IT spending this year is looking up. Research firm Gartner said Thursday it expects revenue to grow 5.1% from 2010, an increase from a previous forecast of 3.5% growth.
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U.S. consumers spent 5% less on consumer electronics during the last holiday season compared to a year earlier, according to a new report from NPD Group. Even at discounted prices, Americans bought fewer flat-screen televisions…
Hewlett-Packard has won a contract worth up to $2.5 billion to supply computer equipment — including hardware and software — and information-technology services to NASA. HP’s gain is Lockheed Martin’s loss: Lockheed had been …