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Top China PC maker Lenovo's Q2 nearly triples

Lenovo, battling Acer Inc for the mantle of world's No. 3 PC maker, smashed expectations with a near-tripling in quarterly earnings thanks to robust PC demand and market share gains.

Dell ties up with GOME to sell PCs in China

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Dell Inc, the world's No.2 personal computer maker, said it would sell its latest range through China's largest electronics retailer, GOME Group, aiming to improve on its single-digit mainland market share.
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Acer sees PC consolidation speeding up

The personal computer industry is in for a wave of consolidation, the president of Acer said on Friday, adding the Taiwanese PC maker did not plan any buys itself for up to two years.
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Acer to buy Gateway, becoming 3rd largest PC maker

Taiwan's Acer announced on Monday that it has agreed to acquire U.S.-based Gateway for $710 million, zooming past China's Lenovo to become the world's third largest computer maker behind U.S. makers Hewlett-Packard and Dell.
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Acer to buy Gateway, foils Lenovo

Taiwan's Acer will buy Gateway for $710 million, creating the world's No. 3 PC maker and doubling its U.S. presence while dealing a blow to arch-foe Lenovo's efforts to grow in Europe.
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Lenovo to offer Linux PCs

Lenovo, the world's third-largest personal computer maker it will begin offering the Linux-based operating system on some of its notebook computers, joining other computer companies adopting open-source systems.
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Lenovo chases Packard Bell

Lenovo Group Ltd., the world's No. 3 maker of personal computers, wants to take over a mid-tier PC manufacturer valued at about $800 million to bolster a barely profitable European arm.
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Lenovo to sell laptops with Linux

Lenovo Group Ltd., the world's No. 3 PC maker, said on Monday it would start selling laptop computers preloaded with Linux software from Novell Inc. instead of Microsoft Corp.'s Windows operating system.
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Lenovo's Q1 set to leap 6-fold but price war looms

China's Lenovo Group, the world's third-largest computer maker, is expected to post a six-fold rise in quarterly profit on Thursday on strong corporate demand but faces unrelenting price pressure at home.
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Lenovo Expands PC Retail Presence

The world's No. 3 PC Maker, Lenovo Group Ltd., is expanding its reach into the small and medium-sized business retail market, announcing Thursday that select computer models will be available at over 300 Best Buy for Business stores.
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Notebook Computers Fuel Growth in Asia

Research released on Friday shows that the PC market in Asia is seeing heavy growth this year, with shipments expected to rise 15 percent off healthy notebook gains.
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Sony Battery Woes Deepen

Toshiba Corp. and Fujitsu Ltd. joined a growing list of computer makers recalling Sony Corp. batteries in the latest blow to consumer confidence in Sony's reputation as a manufacturer. Toshiba announced a recall of 830,000 laptop batteries prone to short-circuiting and even catching fire.
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Lenovo to recall laptop battery

Lenovo Group Ltd, the 3rd largest personal computer maker in the world, become a new member of pc makers annoyed by the problem......
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IBM, Lenovo Recall Laptop Batteries

IBM Corp. and Lenovo Inc. are recalling over half a million battery packs for its ThinkPad notebook computers equipped with rechargeable lithium-ion batteries manufactured by Sony Corp.
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AMD, Founder to Bring Processors to China

Semiconductor firm Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) announced on Thursday that they are teaming up with a China's second largest PC provider, providing processors to the company's whole line of offerings.
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Lenovo Investigates Sony Battery-run Laptop Fire

Lenovo Group Ltd.(0992.HK), the world's third-largest personal computer maker, said on Monday it is looking into a fire incident on a Lenovo laptop PC equipped with a Sony Corp. (6758.T) battery.
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Sony investigates notebook fire

Japanese electronics maker Sony (6758.T) said on Saturday it is investigating a fire incident on a Lenovo (0992.HK) laptop PC
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China draws foreign firms, Chinese flee

The grass is always greener on the other side in China: foreign companies want to tap the country's 1.3 billion consumers while some Chinese firms are desperate to escape the cut-throat competition at home.

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