Acer

Chromebook sales train derails as market reaches saturation

Vendors didn't 'diversify' adoption beyond education, CIOs flirted with form factor and nothing more

Systems14 Apr 2022 | 25

Acer servers cracked in India and Taiwan – including systems with customer data

Gang says it grabbed internal info, could do the same to Acer elsewhere

Security20 Oct 2021 | 2

Acer expands its antimicrobial PC offerings – with caveat they may not offer any protection

Because digital viruses aren't the only ones we're worried about right now

Personal Tech14 Oct 2021 | 21

Qualcomm flexes latest Arm chipset for laptops: Snappy performance and battery life if you can put off your upgrade long enough

Snapdragon 8cx Gen 2 5G will first appear on the Acer Spin 7

Personal Tech03 Sep 2020 | 14

Coming live from Next@Acer in Taipei: Hardware refreshes, new ruggedised line – and, er, an energy drink

A plan to inject life into the flagging PC industry? Meet the Predator Shot: putting the spin in spinach

Personal Tech23 Jun 2020 | 3

PC shipments went over a cliff in Q1, which may be only moderately terrifying

Dell only vendor to increase shipments as debate turns to impact of pent-up demand vs shifting spending priorities

On-Prem14 Apr 2020 | 12

Philippines sends all workers home, outsourced call centres for Acer and telcos suffer degraded service

Updated We get the lowdown on the lockdown from a BPO operator in the heart of Manila

On-Prem18 Mar 2020 | 8

Acer and Asus unveil some of the world's heaviest laptops ... and some of its lightest

IFA 2019 Gaming chairs, gaming phones, gaming laptops – and some delightful feather-light ones

Personal Tech05 Sep 2019 | 11

If malware wants to bury deep inside your Lenovo or Gigabyte servers, they can just ask Vertiv's insecure BMC firmware

Updated Software nasties, hackers, rogue admins can exploit bug duo to hide in your systems

Systems17 Jul 2019 | 24

Gartner: Not a very merry Christmas for PC market as chip shortage bites, small biz vanishes

If you're not Lenovo, HP or Dell it has been a year of shrinkage

Personal Tech10 Jan 2019 | 5

PC shipments just rose, thanks to Windows 10

No, this story didn’t come through a wormhole in time. Q2 2018 was the best since 2012

Personal Tech13 Jul 2018 | 59

First there were notebooks. Then tablets. And now ‘book tablets’

Acer turns Chrome OS into a fondleslab so you don’t give teacher an Apple

Personal Tech27 Mar 2018 | 31

Consumers go off PCs as global shipments continue their decline

'Modest' growth in business segment suggests way ahead

On-Prem12 Apr 2017 | 34

Wang, bang, thank you, mang: Acer exec off to sell PCs for Lenovo

Now, how to do that in a stagnant market?

On-Prem21 Mar 2017 | 4

Acer: 'We made a profit!' Yeah, but your sales figures are shrinking

Currency hedging helps ailing Taiwanese biz jump into the black

Channel11 Aug 2016 | 3

You Acer holes! PC maker leaks payment cards in e-store hack

Lost info includes names, addresses, numbers and security codes

Security17 Jun 2016 | 22

Acer made less than £1m profits in Q1 as forex rates bit hard

Falling PC shipments hit Taiwanese firm's bottom line

Channel12 May 2016 | 1

Wobbly Acer goes two-legged to steady itself

Taiwanese PC biz splits into New and Core units as results show shaky recovery

Channel24 Mar 2016 | 1

Troubled Acer is going to chop itself into three bite sized chunks

'I was wondering when you'd ask', company mouthpiece says

Channel23 Mar 2016 | 6

Windows 10 phones are not dead yet. Acer, Alcatel OneTouch just made some new ones

CES Primo supports Continuum, but what's the demand for PC phones?

OSes07 Jan 2016 | 59

Acer chief exec Stan Shih: Exiting the PC market? Not us!

IDC bloke grabs vendors, plants kiss of death on half a dozen of them

On-Prem12 Nov 2015 | 5

Acer: Our sales promos left us nursing operating losses

And they didn't even help us flog more gear either

Channel05 Nov 2015 | 13

PC shipments slump in Q3, thanks to free Windows 10

Businesses are spending on mobile transformations, not boring old computers

Channel09 Oct 2015 | 29

Acer: We're not laying off staff, just shifting 'em out of the PC biz

Heard of the Bring Your Own Cloud unit? You want to be getting in there

Channel30 Sep 2015 |

Return of the Pocket PC: Acer shows off Jade Primo PC Phone

IFA 2015 Cause if you get it wrong, you'll get it right next time (next time)

OSes02 Sep 2015 | 33

Back to school: Six of the smartest cheap 'n' cheerful laptops

Product Roundup The usual suspects for studious souls

Personal Tech01 Sep 2015 | 85

Acer honourary chairman Shih would 'welcome' takeover bid

Anyone fancy being 'last man standing in the PC industry'? Anyone?

Channel27 Aug 2015 | 1

Acer: We ARE profitable – oh yes, we made £40k big ones in Q2

Windows 10 launch, currency crisis blamed for minimal black ink requirements

Channel07 Aug 2015 |

Acer Revo One RL85: A pint-sized PC for the snug

Review Compact living room Core i5 put through its paces

OSes24 Jul 2015 | 47

Acer still rumbling along toward end of runway - but no sign of liftoff

Shih and Huang sweatily heaving on controls but can they get airborne?

Channel14 Jul 2015 | 1

Intel inside: Six of the best affordable PC laptops

Product Roundup Budget machines to leave you quids in and spoilt for choice

Personal Tech15 Jun 2015 | 68

Acer bags its 4th – yes, 4th – UK boss in just 20 months

Gavin Parish quits to return to HP. Please welcome Preben Fjeld, boys and girls

Channel05 Jun 2015 | 1

School's in for Chromebooks, Google's the top swot in class

ChromeOS getting 'em while they're young

Channel22 May 2015 | 9

Acer introduces a REVOLUTION in tablet tech: The PENCIL

Pics Affordable fondleslabs, mobes 'n' wearables for the masses

On-Prem28 Apr 2015 | 17

Acer: 'We will be the last man standing in the PC industry'

Pics Acer's Jason Chen will give you Win10 for free

Channel27 Apr 2015 | 46

Light the lanterns people, Acer made a profit in 2014

Finally, an end to the three years of consecutive losses

On-Prem26 Mar 2015 |

Acer enters Windows Phone fray with cheap Liquid M220 mobe

MWC 2015 Runs better than Android on same hardware, vendor claims

Personal Tech01 Mar 2015 | 43

Acer: We're still a thing! We're still alive. And we are touting 300M shares

Did someone say we make only PCs? Not for much longer

Channel13 Feb 2015 | 4

Acer Chromebook 13: The best Googletop on the market?

Review ARM chippery finds another natural home

Personal Tech16 Jan 2015 | 56

Acer slips Wang Andresen into senior Euro slot

Names Parrish UK boss as 2014 sales slump to 8-year low

Channel14 Jan 2015 | 2

'Twas the night before Christmas, and Rossi was OUT!

Not an Acer bod stirred as pres left EMEA house

Channel06 Jan 2015 |

Acer to unveil a 15.6-INCH Chromebook WHOPPER at CES

CES 2015 It's big AND hard, apparently

Personal Tech03 Jan 2015 | 22

Soon everyone will be doing it with a strap-on: The Reg's 20 festive wearables

Product roundup From wristbands to smart watches

Personal Tech18 Dec 2014 | 36

Ethernet patents claim smacked down by US judge

World+Dog's blue cables and springy plastic toggles safe from troll, for now

Legal13 Nov 2014 | 11

Acer puts fundraising plan on ice as stocks struck by chilly winds

Could be 2015 before firm grabs its PC biz transformation funds

Channel28 Oct 2014 | 1

Consumers start feeling the love as Chromebook sales surge

Samsung, Acer, HP take three quarters of Google-based market

Channel23 Oct 2014 | 32

Toys fly from prams as HP rivals stoke FUD fires on its split

PC and printer biz separation is manna from heaven say Dell, Acer and Lenovo

Channel09 Oct 2014 | 7

Heads up, Chromebook: Here come the sub-$200 Windows 8.1 portables

IFA 2014 Cheap-as-silicon-chips Redmond-powered kit debuts in Berlin

OSes05 Sep 2014 | 121

Chromebooks to break out of US schools: Netbook 2.0 comeback not just for children

Google-powered laptops in ... except if you want to buy them from Dell, it seems

Channel11 Aug 2014 | 131

You can put away the microscope – you can see Acer's profit from HERE (for a change)

Much better than last quarter's puny $33k pile

Channel08 Aug 2014 |

The END of the FONDLESLAB KINGS? Apple and Samsung have reason to FEAR

With all appliances and means to boot... Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown

Channel25 Jul 2014 | 22

HP Printer and PC boss: Lenovo is the LAST thing on my mind

Interview Dion Weisler on the art of strategy...

On-Prem24 Jul 2014 | 2

Say goodbye to landfill Android: Top 10 cheap 'n' cheerful smartphones

Product round-up Holiday handsets you can afford to lose

Personal Tech18 Jul 2014 | 78

Acer cranks Chromebooks with Core i3 models

Two 1.7GHz cores should make running ThinApps rather easier

Personal Tech11 Jul 2014 | 16

Acer parachutes cofounder Huang in as new chairman

EMEA boss Ahrens heads to Asia-Pacific in re-org

Channel18 Jun 2014 | 2

Acer pair charged with insider trading for '$72k pre-results stock dump'

Cashed in right before Q3 slump, alleges rap sheet

Channel12 May 2014 | 2