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• Gartner expects strong sales growth from Dell Australia

  Australian figures to be released later this week for PC sales are expected to mimic worldwide trends, according to research company Gartner.

• PC price wars begin to shake loyalties

  In an effort to lure corporate buyers and gain market leadership, Dell and Compaq are slashing PC prices by as much as 50 percent -- and many corporate customers are buying.

• Vista delay could sting PC makers

  Everyone was asking the same question on Tuesday: What does the Windows Vista delay mean for me?

• In the PC world, smaller is getting better

  Size may well prove to be everything in some industries, and PC makers intend to cash in on the trend towards smaller form-factor PCs.

• Compaq shaves target, trims more jobs

  The PC maker will axe another 2,000 jobs after reporting quarterly earnings that missed lowered expectations.

Features and Case Studies (6)

• Are PC makers poised for major hit?

  A third of today's top 10 manufacturers could exit the PC business by 2007, according to a new report.

• IBM exit a sign of times

  Big Blue's plan to sell its PC unit to China's Lenovo Group (formerly known as Legend) would be the latest example of a move toward consolidation as the market reaches maturity.

• Itanium seen trailing rivals in 2007

  Although the sale of servers based around Intel's Itanium chips will grow, they will still lag behind IBM and Sun, one research firm says.

• How Hewlett-Packard can be saved

  We give incoming HP CEO Mark Hurd a few words of advice ... like ditch the Gulfstreams.

• Itanium: A cautionary tale

  The wonderchip that wasn't serves as a lesson about how complex development plans can go awry in a fast-moving industry.

Reviews (3)

• Handhelds continue steady slide

  Once the toast of the gadget market, personal digital assistants have been losing some of their fizz and in 2002 continued a steady slide.

• Microsoft chooses sides in DVD war

  Microsoft has decided to support one of two competing formats for popular DVD recording technology.

• And Then There Was Light

  The appeal of a tiny 1.58 kg notebook is obvious to those who lug around a traditional laptop. But what isn't as well known is that many of the negatives of these machines are fading away.

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