
Worldwide PC shipments fall below 63 million units
Looks like limbo bar can go lower
Beancounters at Gartner Group have said that worldwide PC shipments totaled 62.2 million units in the first quarter of 2017, a 2.4 percent decline from the first quarter of 2016. The first quarter of 2017 was the first time since 2007 that the PC market experienced shipments below 63 million units in a quarter.

Moto goes blue
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Lenovo Moto has unveiled a stunning Sapphire Blue variant of the fifth generation Moto G smartphone, which is now available exclusively from O2, in store and online.

Manufacturers embellish truth about battery life
Which? calls them out
Consumer outfit Which? claims that manufacturers are not telling the truth when it comes to claims about battery life.

PC makers hike prices
Components getting pricey
PC vendors are jacking up their prices as part costs, including display panels, DRAM, SSDs, Li batteries are getting more expensive.

Not as bad as expected
Beancounters at Digitimes Research have added up some numbers and divided by their shoesize and reacted the conclusion that worldwide notebook shipments (not including 2-in-1 devices) dropped only 1.2 percent.

Lenovo sees third quarter profit slide
Slip-sliding away
The world's largest personal computer maker, Lenovo, posted a 67 percent slide in third-quarter net profit.

HP will be the king of the notebooks this year
Replacing Lenovo
The maker of expensive printer ink, HP, is expected to replace Lenovo as the top notebook vendor worldwide in 2017.

Lenovo P2 has a three-day charge
5,100mAh battery and fast charging
The people at Lenovo have hit upon an interesting gimmick for their P2 phone – they are flogging it with a three-day battery life.

It's the fifth year of PC decline
Gartner remains hopeful
Last year represented the fifth year of declining PC sales, according to beancounters at Gartner.

Lenovo unveils its own VR headset at CES 2017
1440 per eye and built-in motion tracking
Lenovo brought plenty of new products to CES 2017 show in Las Vegas but its VR headset prototype certainly drew a lot of attention with its specifications and built-in motion tracking.