Retail sales of Windows 7 were well over 200% higher than Vista's in the two operating system's first days of being on sale in the States, the NPD Group has revealed.

But although Windows 7 software unit sales were 234% higher than Vista's,...

Interesting stats just in from the NPD Group's 2009 Household Penetration Study in the States show that most US Mac-owning households are more gadgeted up than the average, with 48 consumer electronics devices compared to the average PC computer household...

Sales of Apple's latest operating system, "Snow Leopard", or Mac OS X 10.6, have beaten those of the company's last two OS releases in the first 2 weeks on the shelves.

The US figures, from the NPD Group from both online and retail shops,...

A new report suggests that US consumers are somewhat confused when it comes to the netbook category.

"They sound the same", says market research company, The NPD Group, as one explanation as to why consumers may be getting netbooks and notebooks...

RIM and its range of BlackBerry handsets has regained the upper ground against the iPhone, according to new figures out in the US.

According to the NPD Group, a "leading provider of reliable and comprehensive consumer and retail information...

Apple's iPhone 3G has "dethroned" the Motorola RAZR as the leading handset purchased by adult consumers in the US.

The iPhone 3G overtook the RAZR during the third quarter of the year, according to market research firm NPD.

This...

Market research firm specialist NPD Group has revealed that Apple has held onto the US top spot for music sales in the first 6 months of the year.

The NPD data is based on stats from respondents aged 13 and up, who reported on their purchases...

NPD Group retail sales tracking data released this week show sales of Blu-ray standalone players have decreased drastically since the beginning of the year.

Standalone Blu-ray player unit sales in the States dropped a whopping 40% from January...

What was hot and what was not in the gaming world last year has been revealed by the latest report by international market research firm, NPD.

The report concentrates on the US and has good news for all three of the biggest players - Nintendo,...