Blog posts on 2004-01

$437 mln lost to online scams
115 mln people use mobile data services
150 mln online banking customers in Europe by 2007
25% of people think they own an HDTV, 50% don't buy the product due to difficulties in using it
28% of US adults have home networks
30% hate cell phones, 25% - alarm clocks, 23% - TV
5.5% think mobile marketing is viable today
64 mln users research travel online, 42 mln buy
750K of mobile phones discarded this Christmas
80 mln Chinese surf the Web
95% of Apple iTunes catalog sold at least once
Apple outgrew European PC market in 2003
Asia Pacific telecom investment to rise
Asian IT market will grow 11% in 2004
Asian PC shipments up 13.1% in Q4 2003
Australians prefer search ads among other online options
Both digital cameras and phones to grow
Cable owns 75% of TV market, satellite - 22%
Chinese online game sales neraly doubled
College students still prefer offline bookstores
Consumers realize credit card fraud generally happens offline
CRM market to reach $10.8 bln in 2004
Desktop PC use is on decline
Dial-up in Western Europe: falling, but still important
Display chips to reach $9.3 bln in 2007
E-commerce spending to grow 4.8% in 2004
European PDA market grows, Microsoft prevails
European PDA shipments decline, PalmOne still #1
GSM expects 1,000,000,000th user
Hard drive shipments were up 16% in 2003
Hint to telecoms: build Ethernet, not landlines
Hotspot statistics - most unwired countries
HP leads handheld shipments, Nokia owns 78% of smartphones
IDC pessimistic on Itanium shipments
IDC revises LCD TV forecast to 50 mln units in 2007
In 2003 Europeans bought 3 mln digital music tracks online
India PC sales on the rise
Indian mobile users dissatisfied with operators
Internet advertising to rise by 12% in 2004
Internet increasingly important for political news
Iran, Saudi Arabia and Oman telecom markets to grow
Israel telecoms to lose money in 2004
IT spending in the US to grow 5.8%
Jupiter: Online retail could bring $65 billion in 2004
Landlines still a priority for US telecoms
Lebanon and Syria to lead the Middle East PC market
Legitimate e-mail blocks will cost $419 mil in 2008
Linux OS to outpace MacOS in sales
Microsoft.com Web site statistics
Movie sales down in 2003
Netflix, Amazon, Classmates lead online ad purchases
Nielsen on the most influential Web sites
No-brand PCs to gain market share
Online and offline music sales
Online holiday sales were up 22% in Q4 2003
Online vacation sales are inflexible
PC shipments up 10.9% in Q4 2003
PDA shipments decline 18% in 2003
People use business cell phone functions at home
Pew: Internet downloads sharply down
Philippine IT market to experience modest growth in 2004
Plasma TV, cameraphones "hot" among consumers
Prices for optical mouse chipsets decreased 10%
Router market will grow 6% over the next 5 years
Sales of semiconductors for telecom markets substantially up
SAN shipments to reach $3.8 bln in 2007
Semiconductors will grow 18% in 2004
Server shipments up 20% in 2003, HP, Dell, IBM, Sun lead the way
Silicon Valley sheds 5% of jobs
Singapore PC market to grow slightly
Slim DVD burner sales up
Small businesses fear Microsoft dependence
Smartphones to reach 290 mln by 2008
Some e-commerce facts about Amazon
Spam and filters are biggest challenges in e-mail marketing
Speech Recognition Centers Reduce Call Time by 35%
Spending on RFID To Surpass $1 Billion
TFT LCD price hike stops
Top concerns among Americans: health care costs and unemployment
Top US ISPs in 2003
UK IT job market on the rise in Q4 2003
US online sales to reach $117 bil in 2008
US telecom spending rose 4.7% in 2003
US venture investments decline 20% in 2003
Utility computing spending to reach $4.6 bln in 2007
Video subscriptions to reach $4.5 bln in 2007
VLSI Research: Chip sales could rise by 33% in 2004
WiFi unit shipments up 214% in 2003
Women spend more than men on tech gizmos