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AMD's Market Share Plummets Further

Pulkit Chandna — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 18:21:54 -0500

AMD’s share of the processor market continues to plummet as the beleaguered chip maker is just not able to arrest the slide. AMD’s market share in the third quarter stood at 17.7 percent, down 1.1 percent from the previous quarter, according to a report by Mercury Research. AMD has ceded more than one-fourth of the market it held a year ago – its market share was 23 percent a year ago.

AMD has failed to guard its market share despite budget positioning – especially in the sub-$200 segment. AMD’s woes seem to stem from its “comparatively weaker mobile mix”. With notebooks now outselling desktops, AMD will have to quickly strengthen its notebook processor lineup, if it intends to cling onto its remaining market share.

Early Chrome Adopters Reverting Back to IE, FF

Pulkit Chandna — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 09:10:13 -0500

Leading internet research firm Net Applications has revealed that many early Chrome adopters are now reverting back to Internet Explorer and Firefox. User comfort is finally overcoming the curiosity that the browser initially educed.

Net Applications’ latest weekly browser usage figures are out. Chrome accounted for only 0.77% of all internet traffic in its third week - down from .85% in the preceding week.

The data also has brought to light another peculiar trend: usage of Google’s browser shoots considerably in the evening and wanes during working hours.

Wii Wrests US Crown from Xbox 360

Pulkit Chandna — Sat, 19 Jul 2008 02:09:13 -0500

It was more a question of when than if: Wii sales leaping past Xbox 360’s in the U.S. The Wii has formally breached Xbox 360’s bastion by going past its US sales tally, according to the latest data from NPD. Wii is now the best-selling console in the U.S also. The month of June proved to be quite fecund for the Wii, as the headcount of US Wii owners rose by 666,000 in this month. Nintendo has sold 10.9 million units of its popular 7th generation console in the States. The month of June was great for the US videogame industry as a whole. The PS3 saw a massive increase of 94% in sales compared to the preceding month and also trounced the Xbox 360 to finish second.

Netflix Prize Anonymous Dataset Broken

Erin Simon — Sun, 02 Dec 2007 23:40:48 -0600

Two computer scientists have found a way to associate some anonymized Netflix users with individual identities, showing just how fragile our data privacy is.

Data Security Sunday

Erin Simon — Sun, 26 Aug 2007 19:51:29 -0500

Job-seekers and retirees get their personal information compromised, reminding us all of the importance of data security breach notification laws.