Intel expects a calm flat 2017
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 27 January 2017 10:03

Intel expects a calm flat 2017


Trying to be Zen about it

Mega x86 chip outfit Intel is predicting a pretty flat 2017 after announcing mixed results for the last quarter of 2016.

Seagate does better than expected
Published in News
Wednesday, 25 January 2017 10:56

Seagate does better than expected


Cloud based money


Hard drive maker Seagate has done better than the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street predicted this quarter.

Samsung’s chip earnings cover all manner of sins
Published in PC Hardware


Note 7 and bribery scandal can be safely glossed over

Samsung might have been having a trying time this year, but at least none of it appears to have kicked it too hard in the bottom line.

IBM sees 19th quarter of falling revenue
Published in News
Friday, 20 January 2017 12:34

IBM sees 19th quarter of falling revenue


Still better than Wall Street predicted


Biggish Blue has reported its 19th straight quarter of declining revenue, but forecast full-year earnings above what the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street thought.

Melting smartphones didn’t stop Samsung
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 06 January 2017 11:34

Melting smartphones didn’t stop Samsung


Profit leapt by 50 percent


Samsung’s bottom line was not really harmed by the Note 7 fiasco and the outfit saw its fourth-quarter profit leap 50 percent from a year earlier to its highest level in more than three years.

AMD execs sold shares before “good news”
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 25 November 2016 11:19

AMD execs sold shares before “good news”


Poor lambs


AMD executives can’t really get a break, even when the company is doing well. Normally when execs start flogging off their shares it is because the company is going to announce something unpopular which will send share prices downwards. However, in AMD’s case they did the opposite.

eInk maker sees revenues fall
Published in News
Wednesday, 16 November 2016 12:17

eInk maker sees revenues fall


E Ink Holdings expects shrinkage

E-paper maker E Ink Holdings (EIH) has warned that its consolidated revenues for the fourth quarter of 2016 will decrease on quarter because shipments peaked in the third quarter.

Vodafone does well thanks to Italy and Germany
Published in Mobiles
Tuesday, 15 November 2016 11:43

Vodafone does well thanks to Italy and Germany


Europe looking good

In a slap in the face for Brexit, British mobile phone outfit Vodafone reported a better-than-expected 4.3 percent rise in core earnings in the first half of the year, helped by improving trading in big European markets like Germany and Italy.

Nvidia delivers stonking results
Published in Graphics
Friday, 11 November 2016 11:15

Nvidia delivers stonking results


Nothing Zen about this

As we predicted, the GPU maker named after a Roman vengence daemon, Nvidia, has produced a really good set of results with a record revenue of $2 billion, up 54 percent from a year ago.

Nvidia will clean up in its next results
Published in Graphics
Thursday, 10 November 2016 15:26

Nvidia will clean up in its next results


Expect big numbers

The GPU maker named after a Roman vengeance daemon, Nvidia, is set to announce a rather positive set of results today.