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The PC industry was in decline in 2001 as demand dropped, and a price war broke out between PC manufacturers. It was a sharp reversal for a traditional growth industry. When worldwide PC shipments ...
Internet Explorer
World Wide Web (WWW) browser and set of technologies created by the Microsoft Corporation, a leading American computer software company. Launched in 1995, Internet Explorer became one of the most ...
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Operating systems manage a computer's resources-memory, peripheral devices, and even CPU access-and provide a battery of services to the user's programs. UNIX, first developed for minicomputers and ...
Computers and Information Systems
The Microsoft antitrust case ended the year without a resolution, but the year was a busy one in the ongoing battle over Microsoft's behaviour. The company appeared to have avoided being broken up, ...
Computers and Information Systems
In 2001 the global semiconductor industry suffered its worst-ever decline, with projected worldwide sales of semiconductors down 31% to $141 billion, according to the U.S.-based Semiconductor ...
Computers and Information Systems
Hewlett Packard (HP) forced the resignation in September of its chairperson, Patricia Dunn, in connection with a corporate spying scandal, and members of the HP management team were called before the ...
Computers and Information Systems
PC market penetration leveled off in the U.S. in 2001 after having reached about 60% of the nation's households, and penetration seemed unlikely to grow in 2002 because of the economy and because, ...
Computers and Information Systems
The introduction of the Apple iPhone, which was really a handheld computer running a version of the firm's Macintosh operating system (OS), was easily the biggest event of 2007 for consumers. It ...
Computers and Information Systems
Technology contributed to a shift in PC sales toward laptops. According to analysts, consumer enthusiasm for laptops was driven by their increasing computing power (which nearly matched that of ...
Gates, Bill
American computer programmer and entrepreneur who cofounded Microsoft Corporation, the world's largest personal-computer software company. |
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