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How to add 5.5 petabytes and get banned from Costco during a hard drive crisis
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“We buy lots and lots of hard drives . . . . [They] are the single biggest cost in the entire company.” Those are the words of Backblaze Founder and CEO Gleb Budman, whose company offers unlimited cloud backup for just $5 a month, and fills 50TB worth of new storage...
Will the Turnaround at Cisco Systems Stick?
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How goes the turnaround at networking giant Cisco Systems? Today we’ll get another chance to look in on its progress as the company reports quarterly results. Cisco’s recent history is peppered with instances of missed quarters that deliver on results but poor outlook. After a restructuring that saw the company...
Hard drive supplies back to pre-flood levels, but prices aren't
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Last October, flooding in Thailand took a huge bite out of hard disk drive supplies, taking out about a quarter of the world's HDD manufacturing capacity. The impact of that disaster has passed, and supply levels are back to near where they were before last October's disaster. But while the flood waters...
Casio's iPhone-Loving, Low Energy Bluetooth Smart Watch Might Be Just Smart Enough
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Casio announced this week that its G-Shock watch with low-power Bluetooth 4.0 is shipping out to U.S. retailers now, after a delay of a year or more owing to a number of issues, including flooding in Thailand. As far as smart watches go, the Casio is a little barebones: it...
Sony Forecasts End of Loss Streak
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After reporting a net loss of $5.7 billion for the last fiscal year — its fourth annual loss in a row — Sony Corp. said it expects to swing back to a profit this fiscal year as its consumer-electronics and component businesses recover. For the year ending next March, the...
Western Digital's Q4 2012 Earnings Beat Forecast: $4.8B in Revenue, Earnings of $2.87 Per Share
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Western Digital just reported its earnings for its fourth financial quarter of 2012. The company reported revenue of 4.8$ billions and earnings per share of $2.87. On a non-GAAP basis, net income was $872 million, or $3.35 per share. That’s far better than what most analysts expected and also better than...
Western Digital Goes the Router Route
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You might love it, you might hate it. You might have to unplug it, count to 90 and plug it back in again. But if you want Wi-Fi, you might need it. My Net N900 Central “It” is the wireless router for your network at home, and now hard disk...
HP earnings: top 3 takeaways
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Hewlett-Packard continues to be rocked (disproportionately, according to one analyst) by a flood-induced hard drive shortage; its go-to printing business is sputtering; and the company as a whole continues to spend too much on too many products. On the plus side, HP’s high-stakes bets on 3Par “cloud” storage and enterprise software player Autonomy,...
Climate change or not, weather hurt tech
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Scientists expect that climate change will increase the frequency and severity of extreme weather events, and last fall's flooding in Thailand fit the definition of extreme....
Sony reports record annual loss of $5.7 billion
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Sony on Thursday reported a net loss of $3.2 billion in the fourth quarter of 2011 to close its fourth straight year in the red. The electronics and entertainment giant struggled throughout the year, reporting an annual loss of $5.7 billion, the worst in the company’s 66-year history. Sony’s...
Downgrades Aplenty for Dell After Earnings Miss
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A day after Dell reported quarterly earnings that fell 18 percent, analysts are slashing their ratings on its stock today, which opened lower by nearly 7 percent as markets opened in New York. Dell’s earnings were 51 cents and missed the consensus of analysts by a penny, and also said...
How Will PCs Sales Grow in 2012? Sloooooowly.
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The worldwide business of PCs is still going up but it’s still a lot slower than it used to be, says the market research firm Garnter in a forecast out today. While 368 million units — the the number Gartner reckons will be sold this year — seems like an...
Seagate to Acquire Consumer Hard Drive Maker LaCie
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Hard drive giant Seagate said today it will acquire LaCie, the French company behind the popular line of consumer hard drives and other storage devices. Seagate has offered $186 million, or about 4.05 euros per share, for 64.5 percent of the shares of LaCie controlled by Philippe Spruch, the company’s...
HP rumored to be combining printer and PC groups
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Hewlett-Packard is expected to announce today a big reorganization that will combine its printing and PC divisions under a single group, according to AllThingsD. HP hasn’t commented. The move will have big consequences for HP’s top leadership. Vyomesh “VJ” Joshi, a 31-year veteran at HP and the leader of its...
Hard drive prices to remain high until 2014
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A new report from IHS iSuppli states that drive prices that skyrocketed after flooding in Thailand will remain high for the next couple of years....
After Flooding Stops, Hard Drive Costs Continue to Rise
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The average cost of a hard drive has risen to $66 from $51 after the flooding in Thailand closed factories late last year. The effects will continue to be felt into next year, says a technology research firm, I.H.S. iSuppli. Demand for the drives is strong, it said, despite an...
Thailand floods boosted Seagate to hard drive market race: report
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Although the severe flooding in Thailand last year is throwing the entire hard disk drive market and related industries for a loop in 2012, the fourth quarter sorted out in favor of Seagate.See also: Hardware makers slog through hard disk drive shortagesSeagate led the global hard disk drive market during...
Hard Drive Prices to Remain High Until 2014
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A new report from IHS iSuppli states that drive prices that skyrocketed after flooding in Thailand will remain high for the next couple of years....
Surprise: Worldwide PC shipments rise slightly
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New numbers released this afternoon show an increase of about 2 percent in worldwide PC shipments for the first quarter, surprising industry analysts who had been expecting a modest decline. It’s good news for Microsoft and other companies that rely on new PC sales for a large chunk of their...
AMD Posts Soft Second Quarter; Headwinds Continue
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Advanced Micro Devices Inc. reported dismal second-quarter results and said the weakness would continue into the current period as the chip maker is hurt by softening consumer demand for PCs, particularly in China and Europe. Demand for semiconductors has been shaky in the past few quarters amid global economic woes,...
Microsoft earnings coming up: Modest expectations during buildup to Windows 8
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Microsoft will report its quarterly earnings Thursday afternoon, and Wall Street analysts and investors will be listening closely for any new hints about the company’s plans for Windows 8, and for clues about the future of the PC market. Some good news for Microsoft: Worldwide PC shipments increased slightly during...
Report: Notebook shipments up in Feb., Q1 still down
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Notebook makers are reportedly experiencing an uptick in shipments for the month, increasing approximately 10 percent over January's numbers, unnamed industry sources have told DigiTimes. The positive growth is said to be partially due to the recovery in hard drive availability following supply restrictions that resulted from flooding in Thailand.......
Bluetooth-enabled Casio G-Shock watch on sale after delay
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Casio has started shipping a wristwatch with built-in Bluetooth connectivity to the US. The G-Shock GB6900, shown off late last year and faced delays coming to market caused by flooding in Thailand, is capable of connecting to Bluetooth 4.0 smartphones such as the iPhone 4S, and showing various updates on...
Study: Windows Web Browsing Market Share Down Nearly 10% Over Past 6 Months
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Following up on its earlier report on iOS browser market share, ad network Chitika today released new results from a study which analyzed the impact mobile computing has had on traditional web browsing trends. In examining traffic across it network from August 2011 to February 2012, Chitika says that Windows web...
HDD prices could drop by 10 percent at the end of April
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Hard disk drive prices are expected to fall by around 10 percent this time next month, according to industry sources speaking to DigiTimes. The price of HDDs has been abnormally high following widespread flooding in Thailand last October, which caused a severe shortage in supply as production lines were...
Panasonic reports $10.2 billion loss for 2012, plasma TV sales fall more than 40 percent
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Panasonic released its annual financial results today, and like so many of the old guard in Japan’s technology sector, things aren’t pretty. The company announced that its net loss for fiscal 2012 (the year ending March 31st) amounted to ¥812.8 billion (about $10.2 billion)— an increase of more than...
Flooding in Thailand will deter hard drive market through Q3
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Following floods in Thailand, analysts predict that we’ll see higher prices throughout the hard drive shortage through at least the third quarter of 2012....
Results From HP and Dell May Be Pretty Good After All
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Probably the last thing you’d expect from Hewlett-Packard and Dell right now is a set of positive quarterly results, but that’s exactly what Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore is expecting from the two companies when they report quarterly results next week. (Dell reports Wednesday Tuesday; HP on Thursday Wednesday.) Is...
Seagate to Miss Quarterly Sales Forecast by $500 Million
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Hard drive manufacturer Seagate said a supply quality issue and a slower-than expected rate of market share growth have combined to cause it to miss its quarterly sales target by a half-billion dollars. The company said it expects revenue of $4.5 billion for the quarter, $500 million short of what...
Nvidia’s earnings drop 55 percent with PC slowdown, but beats expectations
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Nvidia said that its net income fell 48 percent for the first fiscal quarter ended April 29. But the graphics chip maker beat expectations and the company’s stock is rising. Revenues for the quarter were $924.9 million, down 4 percent from a year ago. Net income was $60.4 million, or...
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