Taipei: Acer Inc, the world's No.4 PC vendor, said on Wednesday that it expects notebook and tablet PC shipment to be flat in the second quarter from the first quarter, versus an prediction of 0-5 per cent growth made in April.
Acer Chairman JT Wang made the comment to reporters at the firm's annual shareholder meeting.
Early this month, Wang told Reuters in an interview that he expects up to 80 percent of Acer's products to have touch-screen technology by next year or the year after, hoping new tablets and touch-notebook computers will revive its sales in a PC market where quarterly shipments are at their lowest in nearly four years.
Acer said its sales were 19 per cent lower in the first five months than in the same period a year ago....
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04:11 PM, Jun 19, 2013
Bugsie, a 10-year-old bunny rabbit, packs his backpack and runs away from home, scared and unsure of his destination. He has inadvertently created a big trouble for his country Macadamia, a country specially created for small animals and has put a question mark on his father's reputation. While on the run, he discovers that Robocop, the prototype of mini soldiers 'Lilliputs' that his Dad created as a defence scientist, has...
05:19 PM, Jun 14, 2013
Ahmedabad: Gujarat Chief Minister Narendra Modi on Thursday blamed the past Congress governments for ignoring primary education in the state. "Past governments (Congress) in the state have sinned by keeping society in the dark and ignoring the primary education in the state," Modi said at the time of inaugurating the eleventh edition of 'Shala Praveshotsav' (school admission festival). Addressing parents and students in Lihoda village of Dehgam near in Ahmedabad,...
01:54 AM, Jun 14, 2013
After acquiring a BA in English Literature from Stella Maris College, Madras, Tulsi Badrinath graduated with an MBA from Ohio University, USA. Returning to India, she worked for four dreary years at Standard Chartered Bank before quitting her job to pursue her twin passions -- writing and dance. Her background in management helps her provide corporate executives with cross-cultural insights while interacting with them through the medium of dance. She...
06:12 PM, Jun 13, 2013
New Delhi: Penguin Books India has launched its 'summer reads' campaign which provides a hand-picked selection of some of its popular books. Highlighting six categories - love, linger, lust, live, life and leap - these reads have something for every reader. "Books make perfect companions, and this summer, we wanted to offer our readers a choice of some fantastic books to sail through the season. Our fabulous range across genres...
01:48 PM, Jun 13, 2013
Mumbai's best-kept secret, for over three decades, is cosmetologist Dr Dinyar Workingboxwalla. His client base includes well-known models and actors, including Lara Dutta, Jacqueline Fernandez, Kim Sharma and Mehr Jessia. Now, in this immensely useful book, he offers readers the same advice that he has given these glamorous ladies to acquire the best skin and hair in the business. Beauty Unleashed includes comprehensive information about what to look for in...
06:02 PM, Jun 12, 2013
Parthajeet Sarma's debut book, Smart Phones, Dumb People? has an interesting title for sure and I somehow agree with it. Phones are getting smarter by the day and people; well I would like to reserve my comments on that. The book's blurb was interesting and I thought I should give it a try. There are very less people who look at the root cause of a problem and the blurb...
05:54 PM, Jun 11, 2013
A Bengal tiger wakes up one morning realising he is ravenously in love. A pompous railway supervisor in a small Indian village bites off more than he can chew when a peculiar new clerk arrives on his doorstep. In another place and in another time, a secret agent who spends her days watching the front door of an unknown quarry discovers something she isn't meant to. An immigrant housewife in...
05:23 PM, Jun 10, 2013
Wales: Prices of the rarest books are rising as the Internet drives the trade off dusty shelves and into the digital age, a leading expert said this weekend. Matthew Haley, head of the books, manuscripts and photographs department at auction house Bonhams in London, said the rise of online catalogues and aggregators of booksellers' stock meant more collectors were aware when a rare find came on the market. "More people...
05:07 PM, Jun 04, 2013
New York: A US government lawyer has accused Apple Inc. of teaming with publishers in 2010 to drive up the prices of electronic books. The Justice Department attorney, Lawrence Buterman, opened a New York trial by telling a judge Monday that Apple's scheme cost US consumers hundreds of millions of dollars. He says a dramatic price increase was encouraged by Apple's late founder, Steve Jobs. Buterman said the conspiracy was...
11:03 AM, Jun 04, 2013
Taiwan: Taiwan's struggling PC makers are unveiling a new generation of ultra-thin laptops at the world's second-biggest computer show this week, even as they tap into the ever-expanding tablet market to help compensate for declining computer sales. It won't be an easy transition for them, but the makers hope the traditional glitz of the five-day Computex exhibit opening Tuesday will give them a good start in hyper-competitive markets. On Monday,...
10:47 AM, Jun 04, 2013
New York: Apple Inc goes to trial Monday over allegations by federal and state authorities that it conspired with publishers to raise the price of e-books. The trial pits the maker of the popular iPad and iPhone against the US Justice Department in a case that tests how Internet retailers interact with content providers. "This case will effectively set the rules for Internet commerce," said David Balto, a former policy...
10:52 AM, Jun 03, 2013
Delhi's famous book store closes down. We take a look at the legacy of Yodakin and the memories it leaves behind. ...
10:05 PM, Jun 02, 2013
When you think of mythology and management, it becomes very difficult to connect the two. Doesn't it? I am sure anyone would think it is impossible or close to being impossible, however that isn't the case for Dr. Devdutt Pattanaik, who when speaks of mythology, does not consider it any different from daily living. He doesn't categorize or compartmentalize the concept at all. When Dr. Pattanaik writes or talk of...
07:44 PM, May 29, 2013
It's hard not to think about Google when you read 'The New Digital Age'. The cover highlights the association of the authors with the company: Eric Schmidt is its executive chairman and Jared Cohen, the director of its think tank Google Ideas. And, with a subtitle that reads 'Reshaping the future of people, nations and business', it is hard not to think about the paradox of Google in India. In...
12:55 PM, May 29, 2013
Chandigarh: The Punjab government has initiated a probe into the distribution of text books containing allegedly vulgar and irrelevant content in government schools, a minister said on Wednesday. Bathinda District Education Officer Surjit Singh Khuram was put under suspension for laxity in this connection. Punjab Education Minister SS Maluka inspected the books supplied to the schools in the state which have sparked a controversy due to the alleged vulgar content....
02:35 AM, May 23, 2013
Mumbai: Bollywood actor Sanjay Dutt spent his first night after returning to prison reading spiritual books even as Maharashtra Government authorities are yet to decide on keeping him at Arthur Road Central Jail in Mumbai or shifting him elsewhere. The 53-year-old filmstar surrendered before TADA Court on Thursday and was later shifted to the high-security jail in central Mumbai. He has to serve 42 more months in jail after his...
05:33 PM, May 17, 2013
New Delhi: The Maharashtra government on Thursday ordered withdrawal of Class X geography text books that excludes Arunachal Pradesh from the map of India. Chief Minister Prithviraj Chavan termed as "unpardonable mistake" the exclusion of Arunachal Pradesh from the map of India published in the text books and disbanded the committee of experts which had approved of the textbook. "Orders have been issued to stop circulation of the textbooks to...
11:51 PM, May 16, 2013
Mumbai: For lakhs of 10th class students in Maharashtra, Arunachal Pradesh is not a part of the country, as the north-eastern state is reportedly "missing" from the map in their geography textbooks. Taking a serious note of the lapse, the state government today sought clarification from the chairman of the Maharashtra State Board of Secondary and Higher Secondary Education, asking him to explain the factors contributing to the goof-up. "I...
07:32 PM, May 15, 2013
