Worldwide PC shipments bounce back but competition from gadgets growing

Dawinderpal Sahota
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Gartner says vendors shifted 93.5 million units in Q4

The total number of PC shipments worldwide reached 93.5 million units in the fourth quarter of 2010, marking a 3.1 per cent increase on the same period in 2009, according to research firm Gartner. ...

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