Nvidia does better than expected
Published in Cloud
Friday, 10 February 2017 09:29

Nvidia does better than expected


Thanks to its artificial intelligence

While an Nvidia graphics chip seems to be hanging the office laptop's Outlook, the company has seen its quarterly revenue surge more than 50 percent for the second straight quarter and beat expectations.

Nokia does rather well
Published in News
Thursday, 02 February 2017 12:57

Nokia does rather well


Buying Alcatel-Lucent sorted it out

Finnish network equipment maker Nokia did better than the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street predicted this quarter.

Nintendo returns to profit
Published in News
Tuesday, 31 January 2017 10:55

Nintendo returns to profit


But sees trouble ahead


Former playing card maker Nintendo has managed to make its first profit in four quarters thanks to its mobile gaming division.

Microsoft starts to depend on Azure
Published in News
Friday, 27 January 2017 10:33

Microsoft starts to depend on Azure


The future is Azure coloured

Microsoft’s latest results show that its future is rapidly depending on the rise of the cloud and its Azure product.

Intel expects a calm flat 2017
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 27 January 2017 10:03

Intel expects a calm flat 2017


Trying to be Zen about it

Mega x86 chip outfit Intel is predicting a pretty flat 2017 after announcing mixed results for the last quarter of 2016.

Seagate does better than expected
Published in News
Wednesday, 25 January 2017 10:56

Seagate does better than expected


Cloud based money


Hard drive maker Seagate has done better than the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street predicted this quarter.

Samsung’s chip earnings cover all manner of sins
Published in PC Hardware


Note 7 and bribery scandal can be safely glossed over

Samsung might have been having a trying time this year, but at least none of it appears to have kicked it too hard in the bottom line.

IBM sees 19th quarter of falling revenue
Published in News
Friday, 20 January 2017 12:34

IBM sees 19th quarter of falling revenue


Still better than Wall Street predicted


Biggish Blue has reported its 19th straight quarter of declining revenue, but forecast full-year earnings above what the cocaine nose jobs of Wall Street thought.

Melting smartphones didn’t stop Samsung
Published in Mobiles
Friday, 06 January 2017 11:34

Melting smartphones didn’t stop Samsung


Profit leapt by 50 percent


Samsung’s bottom line was not really harmed by the Note 7 fiasco and the outfit saw its fourth-quarter profit leap 50 percent from a year earlier to its highest level in more than three years.

AMD execs sold shares before “good news”
Published in PC Hardware
Friday, 25 November 2016 11:19

AMD execs sold shares before “good news”


Poor lambs


AMD executives can’t really get a break, even when the company is doing well. Normally when execs start flogging off their shares it is because the company is going to announce something unpopular which will send share prices downwards. However, in AMD’s case they did the opposite.