The personal digital assistant (PDA) industry has experienced its strongest recorded first quarter with 3.4 million shipments worldwide according to analyst, Gartner.

IDC reports sales up 16 per cent, but still lower than expectations.

PDA shipments in the first quarter of 2005 have declined by 26 percent, according to analyst IDC.

Forty per cent growth in emerging regions, predicts Gartner.

Printer sales in Australia fell 12 percent in the fourth quarter of 2003 to 390,000 units, and are expected to fall another 13 percent for the full year 2004, IDC said.

Cheap HD-DVD players creating pressure in the US.

Flash-based devices due in 2008.

Amazon.com on 27 December reported its busiest holiday shopping season ever.

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.