Posted 10/06/09 at 08:36:48 PM by Pulkit Chandna

Acer owes its rapid strides in the PC market to its success in the netbook segment. Now it expects to benefit from the launch of Windows 7 and a resurgent global economy. Acer chairman JT Wang is confident that the company will meet its revenue forecast for Q4 2009. The company is expected to register a 10% growth in consolidated revenues during the ongoing quarter.

Wang told investors that his company plans to cash in on the upcoming launch of Windows 7 with new PCs based on the OS - all priced between US$499 and US$599.  While big and small companies of all ilks are queuing up to enter the e-reader fray, chairman Wang is in no hurry. But that might change once the e-reader market grows beyond 50 million units.

He believes that the entry of Hewlett-Packard and Toshiba into the ultra-thin notebook segment is bereft of seriousness, and this very lack of sincerity is preventing Intel’s ultra-thin notebook technology from taking off.

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Posted 01/24/09 at 05:19:11 PM by Justin Kerr

Bankruptcy’s, layoff’s , and dismal financial reports have been headline news for the tech industry recently, but Google as always likes to reminds us that advertising is the place to be. The search giant reported a revenue increase of 18 percent over Q4 2007, and a 3 percent bump compared to Q3 2008. This brings Google’s quarterly revenue to 5.7 billion according to generally accepted accounting principles (GAAP), and includes a 1.48 billion dollar traffic-acquisition cost.

"Google performed well in the fourth quarter, despite an increasingly difficult economic environment. Search-query growth was strong, revenues were up in most verticals, and we successfully contained costs," said CEO Eric Schmidt. "It's unclear how long the global downturn will last, but our focus remains on the long term, and we'll continue to invest in Google's core search and ads business as well as in strategic growth areas such as display, mobile and enterprise ."

Google continues to see the majority of its revenue and growth come from its own network of sites. Around 3.81 billion was turned in by the home team which represents a 22 percent growth over 2007. Partner site revenues generated through AdSense came out to 1.69 billion. That’s nothing to sneeze at, but it only represents a meager 4 percent increase over 2007. "Online advertising as a whole is doing better than traditional media and, within the online segment, search has been the strongest and most resilient component because it's perceived to deliver the most efficient ROI," Sterling said. "Search has been well established and is being reaffirmed right now as people are try to cut the perceived fat from their marketing budgets."

Can Google continue to dodge the recession?

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