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Thursday, March 22, 2007 |
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Global PC market to
see little
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Global sales of personal computers are expected to
increase 10.5 percent in 2007, getting little help from the new
Windows Vista operating system, a market research firm said Tuesday.
Gartner Inc. predicted worldwide
PC shipments rising to 255.7 million units in 2007. But because
prices are falling this will mean only a 4.6 percent rise in
revenues to 213.7 billion dollars, the survey found.
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O T H E R R E P O R T S
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Belgium eyes
world first with text message payments
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Belgium's nearly 10 million
mobile phone users could soon use text messages to pay for
everything from a taxi ride to a pizza in what organisers of the new
system describe as a "world first."
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TECHBYTES
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Don't trust
blogs, Malaysian minister tells press
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A Malaysian minister has told
domestic newspapers not to quote from Internet blogs or use them as
sources of information, accusing the websites of spreading rumours,
reports said Wednesday.
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HARDWARE CORNER
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By sheer looks alone, this
incredible graphics card is totally out of this world. The GeCube FZ-Cool
Radeon X1950 Pro features new native Crossfire technology designed
to simplify the multi-GPU experience on a wide range...
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DIGITAL LIFESTYLE
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Gadgets of the week
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Canon PowerShot G7
What is it: A 10-megapixel
digital camera dressed in a stylish retro look.
Kingston K-PEX 100
What is it: Kingston’s
first portable media player,
the Kingston Portable Entertainment eXperience.
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