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Hardware

By Phil Muncaster | Aug 13, 2008 | Comment Now

Mini-notebook shipments are set to rocket past the five million unit mark this year and could reach eight million by 2009, according to new figures from analyst firm Gartner..

Software

Q1 storage software sales soar

By Robert Jaques | Jun 10, 2008 | Comment Now

The worldwide storage software market generated sales of US$2.9bn in the first quarter of 2008, analysts reported today..

Software

Surveillance software sales soar

By Robert Jaques | May 29, 2008 | Comment Now

The rapid transition from analogue to digital video will fuel a boom in demand for video surveillance software, experts predict..

Software

Heath Ledger web searches soar

By Clement James | Feb 1, 2008 | Comment Now

The unexpected death of actor Heath Ledger sent web users scouring the internet in search of news on his sudden passing..

Hardware

China handsets sales soar to 200m a year

By Simon Burns | Jan 11, 2008 | Comment Now

The number of mobile phones sold annually in China will surpass 200 million by 2009, local analysts report.

Telco/ISP

Telecoms IT spending to soar

By Robert Jaques | Jan 10, 2008 | Comment Now

The global market for operations support systems that perform engineering, provisioning and management functions in telecoms networks will exceed US$46 billion in 2008, ...

Software

World of Warcraft sales soar to US$42m

By Simon Burns | Nov 19, 2007 | Comment Now

Revenues from the hugely popular World of Warcraft continue to grow in China, according to the company which operates the game in the country.

Security

Spam levels soar in Asia

By Simon Burns | Oct 12, 2007 | Comment Now

Almost 90 percent of all email sent from some Asian nations is spam, according to recent research.

Hardware

Data centre carbon emissions soar

By Iain Thomson | Oct 10, 2007 | Comment Now

Data centres account for around a quarter of all IT industry carbon emissions, according to a new report from Gartner..

Storage

UK child database costs soar out of control

Jul 24, 2007 | Comment Now

The UK ContactPoint database designed to hold details on every child in England, along with their parents or carers, will cost £224m (A$522 million) to build and about £41m ...