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Friday, October 16, 2009
Business

Acer Leapfrogs Dell To #2 Globally, But Dell And HP Still Rule The US

12:59AM Danny Allen | Acer rightly cops a lot of stick about build quality, but as predicted, they’ve passed Dell to second spot in worldwide sales. Separate research from Gartner and IDC also ranks Acer third in the US, ahead of Apple in fourth place. More »
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Monday, June 23, 2008
Computers

1 Billion Computers Now In Use, Not Necessarily Useful

10:05PM Gizmodo US Edition | According to Gartner there are now more than 1 billion computers in use on this little planet Earth. And not happy with that piece of trivia, they asked their Magic Eight Ball if the number was going to double in early 2014. The answer: “Probably.” What I would like to know is: how many of that billion are Commodore 64s? Unfortunately, the rest of Gartner factoids didn’t offer the answer, but they were almost as interesting. More »
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