Struggling economy puts the brakes on PC sales growth
BY Oregon Small Business Association
PC sales growth in the U.S. continues to take a beating at the hands of the economic recession.  Yet, one glimmer of hope remains:  laptop computers.
Dell Computer recently announced declining quarterly profit and revenue results.  Hewlett-Packard also announced similar weak results.  And Intel’s [...]

Acccording to the New York Times, the European Commission’s recent antitrust ruling and record $1.45 billion fine of the chip maker was misguided and mistaken and anti-competition. “By any reasonable application of a consumer-harm test, the antitrust claim that Intel is driving down prices—and so making computers less expensive—would be laughed out of U.S. court. [...]