Green Consumer Technology Worth Billions
Consumers in both Australia and the USA have an appetite for environmentally friendly technologies and consumer products however this is grossly under estimated claims a leading research Company.

How Green Is Your PC? Not Much Says Greenpeace
According to a number of reports, global PC manufacturers have still not figured out how to make a computer without using PVC (polyvinyl chloride) insulation and the far more toxic brominated flame retardants (BFRs), although there are some electronics manufacturers out there producing IT peripherals without having to use those chemicals at all, according to a new Greenpeace study.

Acer To Sell 15 Million PCs In 2009
According to Reuters, Acer, the world's No. 3 PC seller, said its third-quarter sales target remains unchanged despite recent signs of a sector slowdown from industry giants Dell and Compal Electronics.

Acer Moves Into Gaming Market After Laying Off 80 Staff
Acer Australia who earlier this month laid off up to 80 people is refocusing their business with new notebook?s that will take on HP and ASUS and a new monster Predator gaming PC that will be launched in Australia today.

Mitsubishi Rolls Out The Display Cube
Mitsubishi Electric has released VS-80PH40U display cube, a 80-inch rear projection cube featuring the latest in Digital Light Processing (DLP) technology.

Microsoft Gets Gold Medal For Olympic Stuff Up
According to a report in macdailynews.com, at the exact moment famous Chinese gymnast Li Ning was rounding the lip of the Bird's Nest during the amazing torch-lighting climax at the opening ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, the Blue Screen Of Death (BSOD) appeared amongst the Nest's steel twigs.

Optima Calls In Administrators
Lost government contracts, a move to notebooks by both business and consumers and the impact of JB Hi Fi and Harvey Norman has contributed to the demise of troubled Australian PC vendor Optima ICM has who this week appointed administrators to wind up three subsidiaries: Optima Technology Solutions, Digital City Group and 3CShop International.

Intel Decides To Slash & Burn Chip Prices By 31%
A week seems a long time in IT as was shown by Intel, which after posting a healthy profit last week has now decided to seriously slash the prices of its server and desktop processors.

Acer Looking To Bump Up Notebook Production
According to a report in digitimes.com, with Acer is set to increase its notebook shipments in the third quarter to better compete with Hewlett-Packard (HP) and Dell, Wistron is expected to benefit the most from the plan.

Texas Instruments Profits Slide As Competition Starts To Bite
Texas Instruments, the second largest U.S. semiconductor maker, reported earnings and gave a forecast that missed analysts' estimates amid slowing demand for its mobile phone and analog chips, according to Bloomberg.com.

On Line On Time Pushes For A Greener Office
Not only does On Line On Time save its members money with its wholesale prices, it also offers an ink cartridge recycling program and sells environmental-friendly paper for a greener society.

Apple Defies Gravity & Hits Third Spot
Apple has seen profits beat its usual conservative estimates and at the same time, has become the third-largest computer vendor in the US.

PC Market Grows 71.9M Units In Last QTR
Falling prices in mobile computing and the proliferation of faster and cheaper communications infrastructure has seen the rate of PC shipments worldwide increase by 16 percent to top 71.9 million units in the latest quarter, research group Gartner reports.

IBM Blows Market Away
Imagine this: IBM executives high-fiving each other after posting strong sales figures in its international business, all this despite a shaky economy.

Westan Executive Quits Over Web Site Drama
An executive of technology distributor Westan has quit after it was discovered that he had set up a web site and was selling Samsung product direct to consumers while still employed by the Melbourne based distributor. He was also using Westan to drop ship products sold on the qSense.com.au web site.

Technology Distributor Caught Up In Direct Sell Drama
UPDATED: The Managing Director of Melbourne based technology distributor Westan has denied claims that his company is involved in an online web site that is selling current Samsung product direct to consumers. However 10 minutes after ChannelNews approached the company, the site was taken down for Maintenance.

BenQ Looking To Dump Its Handset Business
According to digitimes.com, BenQ is looking to quit the handset market and its shift focus to the Mobile Internet Device (MID) segment instead.

Apple iPhone Hit With Lawsuit Typhoon
Its not all good news for Apple, as its iPhone, iPod touch, and soon to be released iPhone 3G are all set to be star witnesses in a massive lawsuit brought about by a vendor that claims its copyright has been infringed.

Asus Eee PC To Come With Bigger Keyboards
According to digitimes.com, Asustek Computer is planning to launch two new Eee PC models, the 904 and 905, which will have an 8.9-inch panel but use a keyboard as big as the company's 10.2-inch models.

NSW Minister Proposes Creative Accounting To Secure IT Funding
The NSW government who last month instructed the Education department to mark up the cost of IP classroom gear to schools by up to 25% has now been caught out proposing a ?creative accounting? scheme in an effort to snare hundreds of millions of dollars in additional funding from the Federal government for the roll out of their computers in schools program.

Bill Gates Says Goodbye
At a recent CES event Bill Gates walked on stage and apologised. He said "30 years ago today my father was operating a Kodak projector and I was making my first presentation in Las Vegas unfortunately one of the slides we presented then, was upside down. I would like to correct that mistake today" he said. He then took a slide out of his pocket and placed it into a projector "The right way up". It said ' The name of the new Company will be called Microsoft'.

PCs To Get More Grunt For Gaming & Video Playback
Graphics chipmakers Nvidia and AMD today will release new graphics processing units claimed to take games playing, multimedia applications ­ and perhaps serious supercomputing ­ to new levels.

Lenovo Sees Red With New Notebook
The colour red signifies luck in Chinese culture and that is exactly what Lenovo is hoping for with its sales of the new IdeaPad U110 consumer notebook PC.

Dell Wants World Domination
So now its clear to all those PC vendors out there that think that a 10 or 20 per cent of global market share will suffice ? Dell wants to be number 1 in the world PC market and they are going to use every weapon in their arsenal to achieve it.

Canon To Be A Big Gun At PMA 2008
Canon says it will showcase its latest range of digital cameras, videos and printers at the PMA Australia 2008 Imaging Technology Show - Asia Pacific?s leading industry exhibition supported by PICA (Photo Imaging Council Australia) and PMA (Photo Marketing Association International).

Altech & Gigabyte Join Forces
One of Australia?s largest computer distribution companies, Altech Computers, has signed an agreement with computer hardware giant Gigabyte, a company which makes 1 in 10 of the world?s motherboards.

Sanyo Snares Top Samsung Exec For Green Energy Push
Rodney Rodrigues the former marketing manager for AV products at Samsung has quit joining Sanyo, where he will work with former LG Marketing Director Paul Reeves in the role out of new energy efficient batteries division, which will include batteries that can be plugged into a USB port and recharged.

Desktop Market Heading To Uncertain Future Say GFK
Mobile computer purchases vastly outperformed those of Deskbound PCs in 2007 and now, more than ever with the growth in mobile computing, the deskbound PC market is heading towards an uncertain future claim research Company GFK.

EXCLUSIVE: Dell Slammed After Winning $158M Contract
The NSW Education Department is under siege from angry technology vendors following the appointment of online PC company Dell as the master contractor to a $158 million dollar, 55,000 Connected Classroom tender for intelligent whiteboards, advanced teaching software, projectors and flat panel TVs.

NSW Govt Slammed Over Botched $158M Education Tender
EXCLUSIVE: A $158 million NSW public school?s Connected Classrooms Program is today under scrutiny with suppliers to the project claiming that the whole tender program has been ?botched?. It has also been claimed that the NSW Treasury has instructed the NSW Education Department to ?inflate the price of projectors, whiteboards and software to schools by up to 25%".

DH Technology Scores Schools Channel
DH Technology has been appointed by Promethean as distributor of their range of Interactive White Board (IWB) solutions in Australia.

Kroll Ontrack Releases 4 Second HD Eraser
The Degausser DG.02 is a hardware eraser solution capable of eliminating the risk of uncontrolled spread of sensitive information stored on hard drives.

Samsung Tops Flash But Toshiba Grabs Cash
According to digitimes.com, Samsung Electronics sold US$12.85 billion worth of NAND flash in the first quarter 2008, down 18.7 per cent from the fourth quarter of 2007.

Ingram Micro Grabs IBM By The RSS
IBM Australia (IBM) has confirmed the appointment of Ingram Micro Australia as an IBM Business Partner distributor for its Retail Store Solutions (RSS) business, offering the complete point-of-sale and kiosk product suit to Ingram Micro Australia resellers.

Water-Based Laptop Batteries Here Soon
According to a report in techworld.com, laptop users may soon get longer battery life from their machines, with the development of silver-zinc batteries, which it is claimed last significantly longer than traditional lithium-ion batteries.

Apple Grows While Microsoft Slows
According to a story in seattlepi.com, the biggest cash pile in the technology industry has historically belonged to Microsoft but now Apple has taken the lead, with implications for both companies.

Battery Shortage Hits Asustek Hardest
According to overseas reports, the shortage of lithium-ion batteries is continuing to affect laptop computer shipments, although this may ease in the third quarter.

Its Offical Microsft Pulls The Plug On Yahoo Deal
As tipped by ChannelNews and CDN last week Microsoft has pulled the plug on their bid to buy Yahoo. Microsoft has officially confirmed that it has withdrawn its bid to acquire Yahoo after the two sides couldn't agree on a price. Microsoft said it had increased its offer to $33 a share, but said Yahoo wanted at least $37 a share.

Mini Notebook Market Affected By Fires
According to digitimes.com, last September, part of the Matsushita?s Moriguchi Plant was shut down due to major fire damage and subsequently Matsushita, who hold 9 per cent of the mini notebook market lost more than 50 per cent of its capacity.

Microsoft May Give Yahoo A Miss
Steve Ballmer's deadline for the devalued $45 billion deal to take over Yahoo! passed yesterday, our time. But at the time of hitting the CDN "send" button last night, nothing had emerged from either camp. Ballmer was suggesting Microsoft will act this week with some insiders saying that Microsoft may well give the deal a miss.

Apple Revenue Up But Profits Down 6 Per Cent
Apple's revenue grew 43 per cent for the second quarter ended March 29. However the company says its profits declined to 32.9 per cent from 35.1 per cent a year ago.

Intel Opens Cheap Chip Shop
It's crazy-sale time at Intel as he chipmaker moves to get rid of outdated or redundant stock, while at the same time launching another strike at embattled rival AMD. Intel has cut up to 50 percent off selected quad-core processors. At the same time it has introduced new Celeron and Core 2 Duo processor models.

Texas Instruments Profits Down As Economy Slows
According to a report in Bloomberg.com, semiconductor maker Texas Instruments second-quarter profit has missed estimates as demand for mobile- phone chips slows, sending its shares lower.

NEC Rolls Out Ruggedised Notebooks
NEC has released its first ever ruggedised notebook for the Australian market. The water/dust resistant and fanless ShieldPRO is designed as a mobile computing solution for those who work in harsh physical environments.

Global PC Market Continues Its Climb
According to reports from Gartner, total global PC shipments during the quarter of 2008 rose 12.3 per cent in comparison with the same time last year.

Dell Gambles In China So As To Thwart Lenovo
Dell is expanding its presence in China by cutting a distribution deal with Suning, the country's second-largest electronics chain as well as doubling the number of Gome stores that carry Dell, a move that will put Dell computers in more than 12,000 stores across the world and that will also challenge Lenovo in China, the domestic market leader.

Seagate Profits Go Ballistic
Cayman Islands based hard-drive maker Seagate Technology scored a massive profit jump in the first quarter with its profits skyrocketing some 62 per cent from a year ago.

Hitachi Stiches Up Altech
Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has appointed Altech Computers as a new authorised distributor for Hitachi hard disk drives (HDDs) in Australia and New Zealand.

Cisco Gets Set To Kill Off Linksys Brand
According to a number of overseas reports, Cisco's Linksys brand may soon disappear, although the exact date is still a closely guarded secret.

Intel Posts Monster Profit
Intel has posted a record $AUD 10.5 billion in revenue and says it expects its Atom chip for mobile applications to lead future growth as the crossover from the desktop to the notebook accelerates.