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Windows 7 saw a pretty good amount of coverage coming from the tech blogs, after all I would say that a fair amount of tech bloggers were using it on a regular, if not daily basis since the public beta was released back in January of 2009. That said, I… Continue Reading »

For the first time in Microsoft’s history, the software company has reported a year-over-year decline in its sales for fiscal year 2009 (FY2009).  Sales fell by 3.2% from 2008, which translates to a $1.98 billion difference.  Net profits for FY2009 dropped 17% or $3.11 billion.  Microsoft is pointing to the… Continue Reading »

It seems that at least the executives from Sprint Nextel have deemed the Palm Pre a success.  According to some estimates, the Palm Pre sold anywhere between 50,000 and 100,000 units in the first two days.  Of course, these numbers are just estimates, and to break that down a little… Continue Reading »

Although Best Buy is not surpassing sales from last year, their fourth quarter still beat expectations and proved that the electronics giant isn’t going anywhere anytime soon.  The quarter ended stronger than it started and most likely benefited from the liquidation of its major competitor, Circuit City. Their quarter ended… Continue Reading »

No kidding, right?  I think maybe everyone but Nokia saw it coming.  Or maybe they did too…just not at this drastic of a level.  According to the popular market research firm Canalys, Nokia’s market share dropped down to 38.9 percent in the third quarter; which is down from 51.4 just… Continue Reading »

Asus set a target of 5 million units of its Eee PC netbook to be sold this year, which they appear to be reaching.  The only problem is that shipments of the Acer Aspire One are creeping towards its ambitious target of 6 million sales, 20% more than the Eee… Continue Reading »

I get confused when I can’t tell an endorsement from a paid endorsement.  One minute there is a report that talk show host Oprah Winfrey has declared Amazon’s Kindle her “favorite new thing” and the next is a big advertisement with Ms. Winfrey on Amazon.  A quick search on the… Continue Reading »

MSI is expected to reach sales of somewhere between 600,000 and 700,000 units for their Wind netbook.  Although it sounds like a big difference from the 4 million that Asus has sold, MSI is coming in well above their initial goal of 500,000. The higher than expected sales are due… Continue Reading »

Asus may be a little optimistic, or maybe just cocky, but they believe that they can make a 1430% increase in sales this year over last year with their Eee PC. Yes, they are predicting that they can make 5 million sales this year, and although it is unclear as… Continue Reading »

Recent numbers are showing that Palm has raised its smartphone market share, topping out at 13.4% for Q1, which is up from 7.9% during the last quarter. While Palm has seen a nice increase from the previous quarter, sadly they are still down 23% from the same time period from… Continue Reading »