Andy Patrizio

Here go the rumors. Apple promised its new iPad tablet would be available within 60 days of launch, and now that we are approaching the halfway mark, a blog claims that the company will start taking pre-orders soon. Datamation has that and more. The rumor mill is starting to grind again around the iPad, this […]

Dell’s earnings were closely watched in many quarters because it suffered the most in 2009 among PC vendors. HP, with a more diversified business model and bigger consumer play, wasn’t hurt as badly, and Acer, with its focus on the stronger consumer segment, surpassed Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) as the number two PC vendor in the […]

After years of falling prices, memory makers can finally look ahead to revenue growth, according to market research firm iSuppli. The group is forecasting average selling prices to finally stabilize, which will be a boon to the battered memory market. Hardware Central takes a look at the latest forecast, which looks ahead to a very […]

What would Google want with a mobile e-mail client? If it happens to be one of the more popular services on Apple’s App Store, it just might want to buy it. Google’s purchase of reMail seems to indicate that its competition with Apple is only intensifying as it moves deeper into the mobile arena. Datamation […]

It was a tough year for Dell, with earnings off 42 percent in 2009 and sales down 13 percent, but the company feels it has turned the corner and its business is ramping up across all lines. The company reported net income of $334 million, or $0.17 cents per share, compared with $351 million, or […]

The first quarter is never a boom time for PC sales. But amid the cyclical slowdown, chipmaker AMD has managed to narrow the gap with market leader Intel, thanks in large part to its deal with Lenovo, according to checks from analyst firm FBR Capital Markets. The firm looks for both companies to meet analysts’ […]

Small-business and consumer sales led the way for Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), which saw fourth-quarter 2009 revenues rise by double digits over the same period last year, but lower margins from those increased consumer sales caused a slight dip in profits. Sales for the quarter ended Jan. 29 were $14.9 billion, up 11 percent from $13.847 […]

My favorite new TV show is History’s “Pawn Stars,” set in a Las Vegas pawn shop. Its owner Rick Harrison says in the show’s opening “One thing I’ve learned, you never know what is going to come through that door.” The same can and has been said (sort of) about eBay. I never thought eBay […]

Of all the firms to go off the cliff in the fourth quarter of 2008, nVidia took the hardest hit, with sales plunging 60 percent year-over-year and the company posting a loss. One year later, its sales have more than doubled and it could have done better if it had all the supply it needed. […]

Salesforce.com has launched trials of the beta version of its cloud-based Chatter collaboration offering. Billed as a death knell for “legacy” systems like Lotus Notes and SharePoint, Salesforce’s Chatter is current available as an invitation-only product, as about 100 customers put it through its paces. Datamation takes a look at the new product, which Saleforce […]

For Dell, it might not be all about sales. Wall Street seems more concerned that the PC maker shows encouraging signs of performance management when it discusses its fourth-quarter earnings. Datamation previews Dell’s upcoming earnings, which for the first time will account for the performance of the recently acquired Perot Systems. Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) announces […]

HP is no stranger to the cloud. The computing giant has already rolled out cloud-based services aiming to help with customer education and planning. Now it’s going a step farther with the Cloud Design Service, which offers practical and detailed guidance for cloud implementation. CIO Update has the details on HP’s latest offering, which runs […]