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Windows 7 retail sales up 234% on Vista
NPD Group reveals initial sales stats for boxed units 6 November 2009 10:29 GMTRetail 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, it seems revenue... -
App Store hits 100,000 apps milestone
Apple reports over two billion downloads across the world 4 November 2009 14:26 GMTApple has now officially announced that the App Store has hit the 100,000 available apps milestone.
Apple iPhone and iPod touch customers across 77 countries have downloaded well over 2 billion apps, making the App Store not only the largest, but the world's... -
5000 iPhones sold in China
Slow start for sales 3 November 2009 14:42 GMTA Wi-Fi-less Apple iPhone has gone on sale in China and the first week's figures are described as "slow", thought to be a result of the amount of cheaper, unlocked iPhones available in the region.
Apple's official Chinese iPhone partner, China Unicom - that... -
Survey claims illegal downloaders spend most on music
Filesharers cough up £33 more per year than others 3 November 2009 10:32 GMTA survey from London-based think-tank Demos has added weight to the position held by many that file sharers are the biggest music fans, revealing that those who admit downloading music illegally spend an average of £77 per year on music, compared to £44 for people who...
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Four in ten choose internet over television
New survey suggests web "embedded in daily lives" 28 October 2009 10:17 GMTFour in ten UK internet users would hand over their TV if they had to choose between that and their internet connection, in what's being said is a sign that the Internet has become "an integral part of life today".
The stats, from research agency, GfK NOP's... -
Guitar Hero rocks 1 million Facebook fans
38 million games sold to date 27 October 2009 9:16 GMTGuitar Hero is the first console game franchise to surpass 1 million Facebook fans, says developer Activision.
As the number one best-selling third party video game franchise in America and Europe this year to date, since its release, more than 38 million... -
Sky+HD box sold every 30 seconds
New high-def moving channel launching this month 23 October 2009 10:39 GMTSky has announced that the number of homes with Sky+HD has increased to 1.6 million while 6 million get just Sky+.
Throughout July, August and September Sky saw a new Sky+HD customer on average every 30 seconds with 287,000 customers signed up during this period... -
Susan Boyle album becomes biggest ever CD pre-order on Amazon.com
YouTube star reaping the rewards 22 October 2009 15:07 GMTWhilst here in the UK Amazon is highlighting the pre-order sales success of American company Microsoft's Windows 7 OS, in the States, Amazon.com has announced that Brit Susan Boyle's upcoming album, "I Dreamed a Dream," has become the biggest ever CD pre-order in the...
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Windows 7 beats pre-order records at Amazon.co.uk
"Superseded everyone's expectations" 21 October 2009 10:37 GMTAmazon.co.uk has revealed that Windows 7 is now the biggest grossing pre-order product of all-time, having eclipsed pre-orders of both "Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows" and the Nintendo Wii.
"The launch of Windows 7 has superseded everyone's expectations,... -
A fifth of UK adults "digitally excluded"
BBC research reveals 10 million don't use the internet 19 October 2009 17:25 GMT21% of all adults in the UK don't use the internet at home, or anywhere else, reports the BBC on the back of new research commissioned to look at Britain's "digital divide" in conjunction with the government's new "Digital Britain" plans.
That equates to over... -
Amazon Kindle UK import orders begin
How many Pocket-lint readers are eager for the eReader? 19 October 2009 10:37 GMTThe Amazon Kindle ebook reader is now available to be ordered by those residing in the UK.
Previously only available to consumers in the States, Amazon recently announced it would offer an "International Edition" of its popular eReader.
However, those...
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P2P traffic steadily dropping
Has halved over the past 2 years 14 October 2009 12:15 GMTA report from a network management firm called Arbor Networks has said that peer-to-peer traffic on the Web is falling rapidly. The company, which is used by more than 70% of the world's top ISPs, says that streaming video is replacing it, along with downloads from sites...
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Shazam tops 50 million global users
And secures iFund backing 14 October 2009 9:21 GMTShazam, the music discovery service, has revealed that more than 50 million people around the world have now used the Shazam service.
This is an increase of 15 million users since February of this year, while Shazam is now available, across various platforms... -
35% Brits are less stressed when "connected"
We're leading "always on" lifestyles 13 October 2009 14:51 GMTJust over two thirds of the UK enjoy being connected at all times and in fact, feel more relaxed when hooked-up than not, a new Virgin Media report suggests.
Over a third of those surveyed said they experienced anxiety when not able to use technology to stay... -
More pre-release demand for the Palm Pre than the iPhone
A quarter of consumers surveyed interested in new webOS phone 13 October 2009 11:55 GMTIf you are considering getting the Pre, then it might interest you to know that more than a quarter of UK consumers surveyed recently by TNS have expressed an interest in buying Palm's new Pre smartphone, due to go on sale via O2 in the UK at the end of this week.
26%...
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VIDEO: Uncharted 2 demo sees over a million plays
Racks up 27 year's worth of gaming 9 October 2009 14:27 GMTIt's a week since the Uncharted 2: Among Thieves demo went live on the PlayStation Network, and it's been played over a million times.
Apparently on track to become the most downloaded demo on the PlayStation Network ever, the plays tally at 1,217,424, seeing... -
PSP sales rise 300%
Following launch of PSP Go in the States 8 October 2009 17:36 GMTSales of the PSP in the United States have rocketed 300% in the 3 days that followed the launch of the PSP Go - the smaller, lighter, more download-y, little brother of the original PSP-3000. Game downloads also climbed 200% in the same time period.
Sony's corporate...
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Spotify has 2.7 million users in the UK
Statistics on the company's growth 8 October 2009 16:32 GMTA few statistics have emerged about the growth of Spotify in the UK over the first 6 months of this year. They're from a presentation that the company gave in Edinburgh jointly with PRS For Music and represent the time period from the end of January to the end of July.
At...
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Singapore teens play MMOs 27 hours each week
Country facing video game addiction problems 8 October 2009 14:46 GMTA 3-year study in Singapore has discovered that the average primary and secondary school student in Singapore plays 27 hours of MMO games every week - more than 1/7th of their time. MMO stands for Massively-Multiplayer Online and includes titles like Guild Wars and World...
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US Mac users have more gadgets and money
Survey finds they are the ones companies should chase 6 October 2009 17:22 GMTInteresting 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 that owns about...
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AQA text service answers 20 millionth question
So what was the milestone puzzler? 2 October 2009 14:22 GMTText-based question and answer service AQA 63336 has announced it has reached the impressive milestone of answering its 20 millionth question.
The milestone puzzler, asked 6pm on 29 September, was: "Which hero featured in books by Captain W E Johns?". As fans... -
Brits spend 30 hours a week online
Nation of net addicts 2 October 2009 9:23 GMTBritons are net addicts, if data from a new survey is to be believed.
British web users spend a whopping 30 hours a week online - which works out as over 4 hours a day - according to a survey by comparison website USwitch.com.
As far as the office... -
UK broadband ranks 25th out of 66 countries
"Meeting needs for today" 1 October 2009 9:55 GMTA survey of broadband standards in 66 countries across the world has placed the UK at number 25 - with its broadband labelled as "meeting needs for today", but not "comfortable for today" or "ready for tomorrow".
South Korea and Japan came top, with Korea promising... -
Internet becomes biggest ad market in the UK
First major economy where web overtakes TV 30 September 2009 10:35 GMTFor the first time in a major economy, the internet sector in the UK's advertising market has overtaken the TV sector. It's a significant milestone for both the burgeoning web economy and the the faltering TV medium.
UK advertisers spent £1.75 billion on web... -
80% of UK televisions now digital
Secondary set conversions sees new high 30 September 2009 9:22 GMTPeople getting secondary TV sets hooked up to Freeview has led to a new high for digital television in the UK, reports Ofcom.
The regulator's Digital TV Progress Report reveals that 80% of all televisions in the UK are now digitally-enabled.
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