Rust E-Research

At a time when smartphone use has become engrained in everyday life as a primary way to communicate, work and share, a new survey from Norton reveals that 42 percent of consumers in Australia have fallen victim to mobile phone loss or theft.
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PC shipments in Asia/Pacific grew by 4.1% in 1Q11 from 1Q10 and by 0.8% from 4Q10. This 1Q11 result was slightly lower than our predicted year-over-year growth figure of 5.1%. As expected, PC growth has entered into a period of moderation, compared with the release of pent-up demand in the first half of 2010
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Enterprises have wrestled with data growth for some time now, but this year the stakes will be higher than ever. Find out what Symantec’s storage predictions are for 2011.
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Despite mounting competition from other operating systems, Apple’s iOS will continue to own the majority of the worldwide media tablet through 2015, according to Gartner, Inc. Due to the success of Apple’s iPad, iOS will account for 69 percent of media tablet OSs in 2011, and represent 47 percent of the media tablet market...
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Telsyte recently announced the release of its Australian Online Group Buying first quarter market update for 2011. The market continued its rapid growth from $45 Million in Q4 2010 to $73 Million in Q1 2011.
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Australia's online classifieds advertising market experienced strong growth in 2010 with expenditure increasing by 22% over the previous year, taking the market to a total value of $617 million.
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China's personal computer market grew sluggish in the fourth quarter of 2010 (4Q10). The country's total PC shipments rose to 15.7 million units in the October-December period, a decline of 8.7% from the third quarter of 2010. Total PC shipments increased 4.2% over the same period in 2009.
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Symantec has announced the findings of its Internet Security Threat Report, Volume 16, which shows a massive threat volume of more than 286 million new threats last year, accompanied by several new megatrends in the threat landscape.
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According to ABI Research 302 million smartphones shipped in 2010, chalking up a resounding 71% growth over 2009’s shipment levels.Android’s success since its launch is expected to continue: some 69 million smartphones running the Android operating system shipped last year, and ABI Research expects that in 2016 Android will have captured 45% of the...
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As broadband Internet service becomes increasingly commoditized, service providers that successfully manage customer expectations around network performance and value can benefit from increased customer satisfaction and brand differentiation, according to the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 UK Fixed Broadband ISP Customer Satisfaction Study(SM) and the J.D. Power and Associates 2011 UK Mobile Broadband ISP...
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