Blog posts on 2004-05

1.1 mln Americans employed in IT
13% of consumers plan to buy a DVD recorder
2.6 mln Americans switch numbers in the past 6 months
210 mln copies of Windows XP sold
220 mln corporate PCs will be replaced in 2004-2005
3.4 mln jobs will move offshore by 2015
37% of gamers now game online
3G delays bring to 12% in cellular infrastructure market
50% of customer e-mails end up in void
52 federal agencies routinely mine personal data
82% of office workers have an invisible colleague
90% of users have positive image of Google, 41% - of MSN
Almost 700K wireless networks in the US
America consumes 9 mln barrels of gasoline daily
Americans search the Web more than 3 bln times per month
Cell phone shipments: up 29.3% YTY, down 5.9% QTQ
Chinese WLAN market falls 28.7% in Q1 2004
Computer Science enrollment dropped 18% in 2003
Database market grows 5.1%, Microsoft gains 11%
DSL providers added 1.17 mln customers in Q1 2004
E-commerce revenues reached $15.5 bln in Q1 2004, up 28%
E-mail CTR increases by 96% in Q1 2004
Europe broadband penetration to reach 41% by 2008
Google reaches 42.2% of Internet audience, Yahoo - 38.8%
Internet ad sales hit all-time high
Japan IT equipment investment to reach US$203 billion in 2004
John Kerry's site slightly more visited than Bush's
Local search advertising grew 27% in 2003
Mobile entertainment will generate $8 bln in 2003 in Western Europe
Mobile users are willing to up their bill by 28% for additional services
Nanotechnology market to gain $1 trillion by 2015
Online music to reach $4.4 bln in 2008
Only 4% of government wiretaps are electronic and PC-based
Only one third of Americans use SMS
PC market to grow 15% in 2004, 12% in 2005
Printer market 2003 market shares
R&D spending grew 1% in 2003
Router market shares: Cisco vs. Juniper
Sales of mobile phones with color screens to increase by 140 mln
Scandinavian (Nordic) PC market grew 20% in Q1 2004
Search software market generated $617 mln in 2003
Server sales increase 27.1% in Q1 2004 in numbers, 9.3% in revenues
Top reason for identity theft: stolen wallet
WiFi voice to capture $20 mln by 2009