Windows 7 launch much better compared to Vista for Microsoft
NPD has revealed that the initial sales of Windows 7 are much better than that of Windows Vista.
Microsoft launched Windows 7 last month. Reviews and customer reaction is mostly positive.
Industry sources say that Windows 7 sales were 234% higher than Vista in the [...]
Oslo is now the world’s most expensive city!
London has dropped down and Oslo has now been named the most expensive city to live in…
London is in fact placed at the 21st spot now!
UBS Bank said that as per their analysis Oslo is followed by Zurich and Copenhagen.
In their list of 73 cities, Mumbai [...]
After HP, Acer might overtake Dell globally
Dell continues to struggle in the global personal computer market.
Hewlett Packard is already ahead of them and now Acer might catch up to become the second largest PC maker in the world.
Acer is gaining a lot of market share from the sales of their cheap netbook products [...]
Oscar Award had a viewership of 36 million+ in USA
Market sources say that the Oscar Awards were seen by more than 36 million viewers in the USA.
This was much better than the figures from last year.
This year’s show was hosted by popular actor Hugh Jackman.
The awards were dominated by the movie Slumdog [...]
iSuppli: Laptops now dominate desktop sales in the world
iSuppli has stated in a report that laptops have finally overtake desktops in term of sales worldwide.
The research company call this development a “watershed event” for the industry.
The report said that the shipments of laptops surged nearly 40 percent to 38.6 million units.
In comparison the sales [...]
Laptops dominate Japanese personal computer market
Japanese customers are buying more laptops than ever before.
Market statistics reveal that laptops now account for more than 70% of all PCs sold in this market.
Japan Electronics and Information Technology Industries Association stated that in the month of November, 457,000 laptops were shipped in Japan against 185,000 desktop computers.
The [...]
iSuppli: mobile phone market likely to shrink next year
Market-research company iSuppli has said in a report that they expect the mobile phone market to shrink next year.
They now expect the market to see shipments of 1.22 billion phones.
This is 6 percent lower than their forecast for the current year.
iSuppli is not [...]
Gartner: Mobile phone sales are affected by economy slowdown
Market analysis firm Gartner has reported that the slowing down economy is taking its toll on mobile phone sales.
The report said that more and more customers are delaying changing their handsets to get new ones.
The mobile phone market internationally is likely to contract next year.
The situation is [...]
Open Source becoming popular in corporate
Gartner researchers have found that Eighty-five percent of companies are already using open-source software in some form or the other.
The report added that most of the remaining entities are also planning to start using open source applications in the coming months.
The surprising part of the research was that just around [...]
Apple third largest PC seller in USA!
Apple Computer managed to enter the top three sellers of computers in the US market in the second quarter of the year.
This was revealed in reports released by Gartner.
However, the company does not feature in the top five computer sellers when it comes to world market.
Apple managed to get [...]
