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  • PC sales buck seasonal trend: IDC

    The Australian computer market has bucked seasonal trends to show a stronger than expected growth in the first quarter of 2003.

  • Aust PC sales threatened by war tensions: IDC

    Despite Australia posting an increase of more than 10 percent in PC sales last quarter, industry analysts predict escalating tensions between the USA, North Korea and Iraq will have an unsettling influence on buying patterns in the second half of this year.

  • Consumers blamed for sluggish PC sales

    Australian PC sales have tumbled considerably in the second quarter of this year, according to an IDC report, which attributes the problem to consumers not upgrading their PC's.

  • Asia-Pac ignores world PC gloom: IDC

    Despite flat PC sales worldwide, the Asia Pacific region is experiencing strong growth, according to IDC.

  • PC sales outlook grows gloomier

    IDC has yet to release its final second-quarter figures for PC shipments, but the market researcher is already offering a more dire prediction for market growth.

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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.

  • Lindows--low cost, but a changed tune

    Lindows.com, maker of a Linux-based operating system originally designed to run popular Windows programs, is offering PC makers a flat-rate licensing plan for its OS, in contrast to the per-unit fees charged by Microsoft and others.

  • Intel prototype transforms notebook

    Intel will unveil later this year a new double-jointed prototype portable computer, designed to get people thinking about what's next for notebook PCs.

  • Manufacturers try out tiny tablets

    The shape is shifting for tablet PCs as hardware makers including Intel, HP and Toshiba test computer buyers' tolerance for offbeat designs.

  • Apple's Jaguar leaps ahead of schedule

    The widely anticipated update to Apple Computer's Mac OS X will appear earlier than expected, sources say, which is good news for the company in a tough year.

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