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Acer stories: 4 news summaries
OPINION

Dirt-Cheap Netbooks Might Save Media Industry

Paying for content, not hardware, is the key

Jun 9, 09 12:24 PM CDT
(Newser) - There might be hope yet for the media industry, “because the tech industry is screwed too,” writes Simon Dumenco for Advertising Age. With light, cheap netbooks squeezing the profit out of the hardware, makers are partnering with media providers (ie, Acer selling netbooks for $100, plus 2-year AT&... More »

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media • paid content • Acer • subscription • AT&T • Netbooks • Asus • newspaper industry • digital content

 Laptop Sales Zip Past Desktops 

Netbook drives up laptop sales

Dec 24, 08 5:43 AM CST
(Newser) - The demand for Acer Netbooks has pushed laptop sales beyond desktop PC sales for the first time ever, CNET reports. Notebook PC shipments rose almost 40% for the third quarter of 2008 to 38.6 million units, while desktop sales slipped 1.3% to 38.5 million. Hewlett-Packard remains the... More »

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Dell • PCs • Toshiba • Acer • desktop computers • Netbooks • laptops • notebooks • Hewlett-Packard

PC Makers See Big Trouble
in Smaller 'Netbooks'

Web-focused computers, starting at $300, yield little profit, may forecast trend

Jul 21, 08 11:22 AM CDT
(Newser) - Smaller and lighter than most textbooks, “netbooks”—the latest generation of computers used for light computing and surfing the web—are causing heartburn among PC manufacturers who see the low-cost innovation as a threat to already-slim profit margins, the New York Times reports. Perhaps more worrisome to giants... More »

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Acer • Dell Inc • Netbooks • computer hardware • Hewlett-Packard

Acer to Buy Gateway for $710M

Stock jumps 50% following announcement

Aug 27, 07 1:38 PM CDT
(Newser) - Gateway’s stock jumped 50% today on news that Taiwan’s Acer will buy the former PC giant for $1.90 a share, MarketWatch reports. The acquisition leapfrogs Acer over Lenovo to the No. 3 spot in world computer sales. Meanwhile, Gateway said it will execute its right of first... More »

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stocks • acquisition • Gateway • Acer • Lenovo • eMachines • computer

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