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Westpac Forecasts Interest Rates To Rise 3%

David Richards August 27, 2009 No Comments

In a new report to Westpac Private Banking customers he said that Westpac has revised up their forecasts for the economy. That upward revision has been mainly due to a…

New 85 inch Panasonic Plasma Display Set To Impress

David Richards August 24, 2009 No Comments

Designed for boardrooms or conference rooms, pubs and clubs, staging and rental companies the new screen is also set to be popular for customised high-end home theatre applications according to…

New Philips Dynalite Touchscreen

David Richards August 20, 2009 No Comments

The new Philips Dynalite DTP100 Revolution colour touchscree was announced in Europe last month. It is designed to manage lighting and temperature and will compete head on with the popular…

Crestron Sued Over Lighting Control System

David Richards August 19, 2009 No Comments

In Australia, Crestron is distributed by Hills with the company recently announcing that that they will go it alone with their own lighting control system as opposed to working with Clipsal.…

Record Growth For Plasma TVs

David Richards August 16, 2009 No Comments

Panasonic, Samsung and LG are reaping the benefits of staying with Plasma TV technology with researchers reporting a 31% jump in global sales. Q1 2009 sales value was up 35%…

Vodafone Stays With The Devil They Know

David Richards August 13, 2009 No Comments

Vodafone initally called a pitch mid last last year which according to mUmBRELLA initially involved incumbent Ikon, PHD and Universal McCann. However, the pitch was suspended in February when Vodafone…

SpeakerCraft Choose Oz Fancy Pants For New IP Automation System

David Richards July 31, 2009 No Comments

An Australian development Company FST FancyPants, has won a major contract to supply the central software platform for a new SpeakerCraft AV home automation system called Nirv. The system runs…

Jobs Invited To Keynote At CES

David Richards July 30, 2009 No Comments

The Wall Street Journal has claimed that Apple will make a rare appearance at next year’s CES Show in Las Vegas after pulling out of the Macworld Show. It has…

Consumer Confidence Up Spending On The Way Back

David Richards July 30, 2009 No Comments

Consumer electronic vendors are set to reap the benefits of an increase in consumer confidence running into the peak Xmas New year buying period claim researchers. According to Roy Morgan…

CEDIA Friction Over Pro AV Show

David Richards July 6, 2009 No Comments

CEDIA executives have said that they offered the organisers of the show, Alchemedia publishers of Audio Technology, Venue, AV, House of Worship and Guerrilla Guide to run the new show…