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  • Online purchases exceed $100 billion in 2006
    Thursday 4 January 2007 – 06:32
    The numbers are in, and 2006 marked a new record for non-travel e-commerce spending, as the first year to reach total transactions of more than $100 billion. The 2006 holiday season accounted for nearly 25% of the year's entire sales volume.
  • 2006 cell phone tally tops one billion
    Monday 29 January 2007 – 04:50
    ell phone sales went through the roof last year, as total shipments of handsets topped one billion for the first time ever, according to a recent report by IDC.
  • Semiconductor industry to post record sales result for 2006
    Tuesday 2 January 2007 – 06:26
    While chip manufacturer have not yet confirmed their December 2006 sales figures, it is already certain that the industry has posted yet another year of substantial growth - after moderate and even flat growth had been predicted at the beginning of last year.
  • More than 16.5 square miles of flat panels produced in 2006
    Wednesday 18 October 2006 – 07:55
    Flat panel display (FPD) makers will shatter several new records in 2006, as the industry continues to grow rapidly. Driven by the TV segment, production output is expected to grow 12% to 3.6 billion panels and revenues are estimated to climb 13% to more than $84 billion.
  • First-tier motherboard expect shipment growth of 22% in 2006
    Wednesday 25 January 2006 – 04:48
    Taiwan first-tier motherboard makers Asustek Computer, Elitegroup Computer Systems (ECS), Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) expect to ship a combined 128 million motherboards in 2006, up 22% from the estimated 104.86 million they shipped last year, according to the companies.

Articles & reviews

  • The CES 2006 Story: Silicon Valley and Hollywood on a Date*
    Friday 13 January 2006 – 11:46
    The CES 2006 Story: Silicon Valley and Hollywood on a Date If you have been following our extensive on-site coverage of the show, then you already have a good idea about what consumer electronics to spend your money on in 2006. Now that the information flood has settled in our brains, we can sort good from bad, reality from wonderland and trendsetters from nonsense.
  • Wrapping up the 2006 processor prices story - UPDATE*
    Friday 29 December 2006 – 08:31
    Wrapping up the 2006 processor prices story - UPDATE It is our final processor price/performance article of the year - and what a year it was! 2006 not only saw dual-core processors entering the mainstream, it was also a year of new milestone releases and fierce price battles. In short, the heart of your computer deserves your attention again.
  • E3 2006: I Want My MTV - And Xfire*
    Tuesday 9 May 2006 – 04:14
    E3 2006: I Want My MTV - And Xfire Media conglomerate Viacom recently made a big move into gaming with their acquisition of Xfire. With a vast network of users, the fast-growing communication application will give Viacom and MTV a rather large window into the world of PC gaming. Dennis "Thresh" Fong, former pro gamer and current co-founder and chief gaming officer of Xfire, talks with TwitchGuru about the acquisition, and Xfire's future.
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  • TG Daily Top-10: Most significant Hardware of 2006*
    Friday 15 December 2006 – 09:19
    TG Daily Top-10: Most significant Hardware of 2006 Here's the second installment of our year-end top-10 series. Following the rather negative top-10 disappointments of 2006, we are continuing with ten (actually twelve) contestants which we believe had the greatest impact on the hardware industry this year.

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