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worldwide shipments of desktop monitors declined by 1.1 per cent in the first quarter compared to those a year ago.
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HP announces recall of 101,000 laptop batteries
Firm has received an "aditional report of the battery overheating, melting and charring and causing about $1,000 in property damage."
Read More »Hewlett Packard Enterprise has its eye on IoT mass adoption
Company announces bevy of IoT solutions aimed at reducing IoT connectivity costs through new protocol support
Read More »Microsoft gets creative to beat Apple
PCR takes a look at Microsoft's newly-announced Creators Update and compares the company's creative assault to Apple in the early 00s
Read More »EU court adviser backs Intel appeal against record EU fine
Intel is currently embroiled in a fight against a record 1.06 billion euro (£950,000) EU antitrust fine
Read More »Global PC sales in the longest period of decline in history
Shipments decline for the eighth consecutive quarter
Read More »HP apologises for cartridge DRM ‘security update’
The company last week used a "security update” to prevent its printers from operating with a number of recycled and third-party ink cartridges
Read More »HP promises 3D printers will not have DRM
The company's first commercial 3D printer – the Jet Fusion 3D 3200 – will go on sale later this year for $120,000
Read More »HP’s DRM sabotages off-brand printer ink cartridges
New firmware rejects non-HP branded cartridges as 'damaged'
Read More »Samsung offloads printer business to HP for $1.05bn
The deal will see HP also acquire over 6,500 patents associated with printing and a team of 1,300 researchers and engineers
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