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China's Lenovo overtakes HP as global No 1 PC maker
In the Asia/Pacific (excluding Japan) region overall PC shipments in the region fell slightly below forecast due to China. Weak sell-in to China during April and May constrained shipments. Although June shipments in China improved, expectations for the third quarter are being lowered to reflect remaining inventory as well as economic pressures.
Gartner Inc. said Wednesday that the PC industry is now experiencing the longest decline in its history, as shipments dropped for the fifth consecutive quarter. Computer makers shipped 76 million PCs in the April-June period, down from 85 million in the same three months of 2012, according to Gartner.
International Data Corp., which uses slightly different methodology, essentially came to the same conclusion, though it noted that the decline was slightly smaller than expected.
“With second quarter growth so close to forecast, we are still looking for some improvement in growth during the second half of the year,” said Jay Chou, senior analyst at IDC, in a statement. “Slower growth in Europe and China reflect the risks, while the improved U.S. outlook reflects potential improvement.”
Gartner’s Mikako Kitagawa said inexpensive tablets are displacing low-end computers in “mature” markets such as the United States. In emerging markets like China, meanwhile “inexpensive tablets have become the first computing device for many people, who at best are deferring the purchase of a PC. This is also accounting for the collapse of the mini notebook market,” she added.
IDC said the numbers “reflect a market that is still struggling with the transition to touch-based systems running Windows 8.” Microsoft Corp.’s latest operating system launched in October and sales have disappointed analysts. But Kitagawa said that while “Windows 8 has been blamed by some as the reason for the PC market’s decline, we believe this is unfounded as it does not explain the sustained decline in PC shipments.” - CBS, AP, AFP
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Son, mum in bloodshed by wife, her daughter-in-law !
KLANG: An old woman and her son ended up with head wounds so bad they needed to be stitched up. Both alleged that they were attacked by the son’s wife with a metal spatula.
And the fight was over joss paper.
It all started when Lim Kae Poy, 67, went to her 31-year-old daughter-in-law’s condominium in Bandar Baru Klang on Saturday, to collect schoolbooks belonging to her grandson.
“As soon as I entered, she accused me of stealing joss paper from the living room and threw a metal can at me but I dodged it,” she told reporters yesterday.
“She then hit me on the head with a metal spatula.”
Lim managed to get away and fled to the Bandar Baru police station to lodge a report, but the policemen took her to the Tengku Ampuan Rahimah Hospital because she was bleeding profusely. She needed five stitches on her head.
Her son, Liew Pang @ Low Pang, 37, who had earlier tried to break up the fight, was also allegedly whacked on the head by his wife.
Liew later sought treatment at a clinic. He too needed five stitches to close his head wound.
He told reporters that when he went to lodge a police report the following day at the Sungai Kapar police station, he was instead detained for four days.
The police told him his wife had reported earlier that he had beaten her up.
North Klang OCPD Asst Comm Shukor Sulong confirmed that police reports have been lodged by all three.
By TEH ENG HOCK
newsdesk@thestar.com.my/Asia News Network
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