Lenovo is set to inherit IBM’s PC business partners in its US$1.75 billion purchase of a major share in IBM’s Personal Computing Division (PCD) – a deal that has made the Chinese vendor the world’s third-largest PC business.

Australia's PC market is predicted to become saturated by the year 2010, according to an industry analyst.

Dazzled by all the new digital gadgets, holiday shoppers are expected to buy up cameras, plasma TVs, music players and other consumer devices, rather than replace the old PC that many see as good enough, a market researcher said this week.

Intel powered, MS DOS device evolved into $200bn industry.

Japanese computer hardware maker NEC is mulling a possible extension of its PC refresh program to Australia.

Big guns back Enthusiast System Architecture.

Long-term outlook on the up, according to IDC.

HP number one for the second quarter.

IBM has launched the ThinkCentre S50 ultra small, a PC which it claims is the smallest in the world.

Forty per cent growth in emerging regions, predicts Gartner.

The two biggest PC makers in China - Lenovo and Founder Electronics - have hinted at plans to strengthen their export strategies targeting other nations, including Australia.

Australia's PC market is still going gangbusters, recording second-quarter growth of 14.4 percent and sequential growth of 8.6 percent in latest Gartner statistics.

The Australian PC market grew 9.6 percent in the first calendar quarter compared to the final quarter of 2003, driven by strong notebook sales, according to figures released by IDC.

'Low-cost' Eee PC notebook costs $350.

Australian PC sales were strong in calendar 2003 with the market growing 16.1 percent compared to 2002, according to data released by market researcher Gartner.

Desktop virtualisation software adds support for hardware acceleration and64-bit.

Rumours resurface of late spring 2007 launch.