Gartner, IDC Agree, Semiconductor Sales to Decline 22 Percent in 2009
eweek.com 5/29/2009 — Gartner expects worldwide semiconductor revenue to fall 22.4 percent in 2009, from revenues of $255 billion in 2008 to $198 billion. Intel, AMD, Samsung and others have been hit hard by the economy, and IDC doesnt expect an improvement until the ...

Worldwide PC sales to slump 8 percent
bit-tech.net 3/6/2009 — IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker is predicting a drop in PC shipments of 8 percent in the first half of 2009, after a 1.9 percent drop in the last quarter of 2008.

Global chip market to fall 24 percent in 2009: Gartner | Technology
reuters.com 2/26/2009 — HELSINKI (Reuters) - Global semiconductor revenue, hit by the economic downturn, is expected to fall 24 percent to $194.5 billion in 2009, according to research firm Gartner, in a marked worsening from its December outlook. In mid-December Gartner ...

Firefox updated to 3.0.4
mozilla.org 11/13/2008 — Critical: Vulnerability can be used to run attacker code and install software, requiring no user interaction beyond normal browsing. High: Vulnerability can be used to gather sensitive data from sites in other windows or inject data or code into those ...

Chip sales rose n May
tgdaily.com 7/3/2009 — Sales of semiconductors worldwide rose by 5.4 percent in May, compared to the previous month.

Mac, iPod Sales Drop 16 Percent in February
dailytech.com 3/17/2009 — Apple is stuck in recession purgatory

Cisco earnings fall 21 percent but beat expectations
mercurynews.com 5/6/2009 — Cisco Systems Inc. says earnings fell 21 percent in its latest quarter, but the profit comfortably beat Wall Street expectations.

Nintendo sales drop 40 percent
bit-tech.net 7/30/2009 — Demand for the DS and Wii has finally started to slip it seems, as increased competition from the iPhone causes a 40 percent drop in sales for Nintendo.

U.S. video game sales up 10 percent in February | Technology
reuters.com 3/20/2009 — SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - U.S. video game sales rose 10 percent in February to $1.47 billion, led again by Nintendo's blockbuster Wii console, as gaming continued to show resilience despite an economic downturn that has sapped consumer spending. Video ...