market

Google and Yahoo chase mobile market

News Yahoo and Google are set to roll out new wireless services, taking advantage of advanced networks and mobile phones to provide features similar to those available on computers, the Wall Street Journal reported on Monday.

8 November 2005, 10:11

Apple cleaning up in high-end computer market

News On Friday, eWeek published some data confirmed by NPD that reveals Apple now owns 66 per cent of the US retail market for personal computers that cost more than $1,000 (£500). Its percentage of the US retail market in general is 14 per cent...

Tags: cent, companies, category, sales

20 May 2008, 9:23

US broadcaster aims at game market with new service

News Turner Broadcasting System is entering the games business with its own broadband service, making it the latest entertainment company to tap the growing market. The move makes TBS, a Time Warner company, the latest entertainment firm to enter the...

3 May 2005, 8:42

Perpendicular drives hit the market

News Toshiba says it has become the first manufacturer to commercially release hard drives with perpendicular recording platters, an industry-wide innovation that greatly increases the amount of data a drive can hold.

17 August 2005, 8:48

IBM unveils software for real-time data backup

News IBM plans to announce new data-backup software on Friday, becoming the latest and largest entrant into the market for continuous data protection. IBM is entering a fairly new market, pioneered a year ago by Revivio, Duplessie said.

26 August 2005, 8:39

Microsoft may launch apps store for Windows Mobile

News It looks as though Microsoft is joining Apple and Google in the mobile 'apps store' market. Despite predictions for strong growth, Microsoft still faces tough competition, and it may have a hard time increasing its market share as competition...

Tags: sales, cross, surfing, cent

1 September 2008, 10:56

Firefox gains ground on Internet Explorer

News Mozilla's Web browser, Firefox, is becoming increasingly popular, gaining on average an extra 3.1 per cent of the market in 32 European countries in the past four months, according to French Web-monitoring company XiTi Monitor.

17 July 2007, 9:04

Broadband Britain loves to talk

News The telecoms regulator has released its fifth annual communications market report, which shows people in the UK are spending more time than ever consuming a variety of comms and media services. Ofcom's Communications Market 2008 (August) can be...

Tags: cent, broadband, connections, communications

15 August 2008, 8:13

Open source could damage innovation, says analyst

News The open source movement could have a damaging impact on software innovation, according to a prominent market analyst. After they have singled out a software offering which is not core or strategic to their business, or perhaps which is not making...

Tags: stream, research, open source, movement

6 July 2005, 10:02

'Sim City DS' being built for Japan

News The Japanese market is notoriously wary of foreign games. The game seems designed with the Japanese market in mind. However, the runaway popularity of the Nintendo DS in Japan presents a great opportunity to any overseas developers savvy enough to...

5 September 2006, 9:34

AMD ups ante against Intel with new factory

News For years, AMD has dreamed of nabbing 30 per cent of the market share for PC microprocessors. We can get to 30 per cent market share from Chartered and Fab 36," Ostrander said. Running full tilt, that should be enough to hit the elusive number, or...

14 October 2005, 10:12

New Nikon cameras print through Wi-Fi

News Nikon has unveiled what it says are the world's first built-in Wi-Fi-enabled digital cameras to hit the market. Nikon said it's hoping the convenience of wireless will help bolster digital-camera sales, which several market researchers forecast...

2 September 2005, 9:34

Handheld shipments approach record levels

News Falling prices and wireless connectivity have breathed new life into the handheld organiser market, with sales so far this year on pace to surpass their high-water mark in 2001. The market is now on track to reach 15 million units shipped by the...

3 August 2005, 8:36

Opera looks ahead to version 10

News Opera is making plans to steal market share from Microsoft. Opera also is hoping to take market share from IE 6, the most recent Microsoft browser, thanks to the security of the Opera architecture. Although a launch date for Opera 10 hasn't yet...

31 July 2006, 9:14

Terabyte storage on way for consumers

News EMC is considering entering the consumer market with its storage products because of the predicted digital information explosion over the next three years. But he said the company is still focused on its core business products and hasn't yet made a...

23 May 2007, 11:44