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• Apple grows Australian market share

  Apple's share of the Australian personal computer market has jumped sharply in the last year, according to statistics released this week by Australia's two largest technology analyst firms.

• Sun's Unix market position slips

  IBM and HP may have narrowly edged past long-time leader Sun in the worldwide market for Unix servers -- but it depends on who you listen to.

• Tandoori technology: What does Asia Pacific have to offer?

  While countries around the world recoil from economic woes, the Asia Pacific region continues to go from strength to strength. ZDNet Australia delves into the ITC sector to find out where the growth is coming from, and what you can do to get a piece of the action.

• Dell should make Apple hardware: Gartner

  Increasing component costs and pressure to cut its prices mean Apple's best bet for long-term success is to quit the hardware business and license the Mac to Dell, analyst firm Gartner claimed on Tuesday.

• First-quarter PC shipments rise

  So-called emerging markets helped push the global PC market to double-digit unit shipment increases during the first quarter.

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• Who guards the guards: Storage

  Making predictions about the storage market isn't difficult. Suggest that capacities will go up and costs will go down and you shouldn't go too far wrong.

• Between church and state

  Gartner's impartiality is questioned after revelations that Bill Gates, Larry Ellison and Michael Dell, among others, owns shares in the research firm.

• 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.

• Lenovo creates Ideas for PC market

  Lenovo is moving away from its business origins with the launch of a new consumer oriented PC line, dubbed the "Idea" range, later this month.

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• Dell customers want XP, not Vista

  After adding it back as an option for small businesses, Dell offers the older OS on consumer machines in response to demand in the US.

• Lenovo creates Ideas for PC market

  Lenovo is moving away from its business origins with the launch of a new consumer oriented PC line, dubbed the "Idea" range, later this month.

• Intel wireless plans begin with new chip

  Intel is betting that wireless technology will be the biggest thing since the browser, and new notebooks coming Wednesday will be an early indication of whether the company is right.

• Palm to acquire rival Handspring

  Palm will buy rival Handspring for approximately US$169 million in an effort to strengthen its grip on the market for handheld devices.

• Will iPod suffer fate of the Mac?

  Apple Computer's apparent cold shoulder to RealNetworks this week has once again put the company's "go it alone" strategy in the spotlight.

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