iSuppli the first major market research firm to drastically cut its PC outlook for 2009. Amid rapidly deteriorating conditions in the global economy and financial system iSuppli said that it has reduced the expected growth rate from 11.9% to 4.3%. The company believes the market will improve in 2010, but fall behind previous expectations as [...]
A survey conducted by Microsoft, Ipsos and StrategyOne shows that on average consumers will be spending $124 less (16%) than they did in 2007 (meaning they spent $775 in 2007). 60% of respondents are planning to stay at home or close to home in order to save money. 86% of young adults are hoping to [...]
Apple has been quite clear about the multi-touch in desktop and notebook computers – this feature will not be available in the near term. However, contrary to the public statement, we received word that Apple may be working on a multi-touch project due for a Macworld introduction in January 2009. Supporting this information is a [...]
Apple released what appears to be stability update for Safari 3.2 and an anti-phishing feature that was posted two weeks ago. Although first reports indicate that Safari 3.2.1 crashes less often than 3.2, especially when the anti-phishing feature is active, overall reliability is still below the competition. The fact that Apple provides no details about [...]
Nokia announced today it is developing a smart home platform, Nokia Home Control Center. The platform is opening a new era for networked home services and solutions. Nokia’s Home Control Center will be the basis for next generation security, smart home solutions and household energy management systems.
The platform is open allowing third parties to integrate [...]
iRiver has sold around 1 Million of its E100 DAP, and in order to celebrate this millstone, the Korean manufacturer decided to celebrate this with a new “series” of E100, the E100 Season 2. Nothing new here, since these new E100 are technically the same as the very first ones, however, they are now available [...]
RIM’s first touchscreen BlackBerry is proving to be one heck of a media-darling, the likes of which the iPhone would be proud. Some shower the BlackBerry Storm with praise, while others belittle the BlackBerry’s SurePress click-able touchscreen. Needless to say, it’s been a stormy ride (excuse the pun) for the Storm. The latest pundit to [...]
While this wouldn’t be quite as nice as getting a brand new Nintendo DSi this holiday season, it could be the next best thing for the Nintendo fanboy in your life. There is no shortage of special edition Nintendo DS Lites on the market, but very few have the same kind of retro appeal as [...]
The heat has cooled down a bit over the licensing dispute Sony and Netflix have been having. A number of Sony Pictures-owned films have been taken down last week from the Netflix Xbox streaming service; some of them have now return, however there is no indication on when the rest may be back. Netflix spokesman [...]
Sales figures from industry-tracking website VGChartz shows that more around 336,517 Nintendo Wii consoles have been bought in the last month, compared to about 190,440 Xbox 360 consoles and 88,561 PlayStation 3s. The release of games such as exercise title Wii Fit and child-friendly Wii Music are thought to have boosted sales of the [...]
