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“Apple Chief Financial Officer Peter Oppenheimer cited figures from market research firm The NPD Group that showed Apple doubling its U.S. notebook market share, as measured by units, to 12 percent in June from 6 percent in January. ‘We are increasingly optimistic about the potential for Mac to gain meaningful share in the back-to-school and holiday seasons, while Microsoft Vista remains unavailable until January,’ Merrill Lynch analyst Richard Farmer wrote in a note to clients on Thursday. More …

As Apple profits and sales numbered soared on Wednesday, Dell Thursday issued a warning on its quarterly revenues and profits, IT World reports.

Although far from being in trouble, the world’s largest PC vendor blames slowing PC market growth and ‘aggressive pricing’ as the reasons for its guidance shortfall. More …