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Australian PC shipments rose 9.5 percent year-on-year in 2002 as the market showed clear indications of recovery towards the end of the year, according to a leading analyst group.
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The level of outrage over the outsourcing of software development to India is disproportionate to the effect it is having on the local industry, according to analysis group Gartner.
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