http://www.industryanalystreporter.com/index.asp Tekrati Industry Analyst Reporter News Service en-us Copyright 2005 Tekrati, Inc. All Rights Reserved. editor@tekrati.com (Barbara French) http://www.industryanalystreporter.com/Images/Tekrati_Logo_85x40.gif http://www.industryanalystreporter.com/index.asp 85 40 http://computers.tekrati.com/research/10286/ Jon Peddie Research (JPR) today announced estimated graphics shipments and supplier market share for the first calendar quarter of 2008. This quarter saw positive growth quarter to quarter, the biggest jump quarter-to-quarter in six years. Leading the growth: VIA and Intel. However, the second quarter will be "interesting," said Dr. Jon Peddie. Hardware Wed, 30 Apr 2008 17:25:43 UT http://computers.tekrati.com/research/10284/ Mitsubishi and NEC Displays earned the top two spots as the top flat panel HDTV brands overall in Pacific Media Associates' 12th annual survey of U.S. and Canadian flat panel display dealers. The survey, conducted among professional A/V dealers and integrators at the end of 2007, is an authoritative source of independent, unbiased ratings of large-screen displays manufacturers by dealers throughout North America. Hardware Wed, 30 Apr 2008 16:55:20 UT http://computers.tekrati.com/research/10281/ 2008 is a banner year for the high-speed universal serial bus (USB) market. The most significant development over the past year in the USB market has been the announcement of SuperSpeed USB (USB 3.0), the third major revision of the wired USB specification, according to In-Stat. In addition, high-speed USB devices will surpass shipments of low- and full-speed USB-enabled devices for the first time. Hardware Tue, 29 Apr 2008 18:55:51 UT http://computers.tekrati.com/research/10260/ Worldwide PC shipments totaled 71.1 million units in the first quarter of 2008, a 12.3 percent increase from the first quarter of 2007, according to preliminary results by Gartner. Hardware Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:49:35 UT http://computers.tekrati.com/research/10258/ Worldwide PC shipments grew by 14.6 percent to 69.5 million units in the first quarter of 2008 (1Q08), which was above previous estimates of 13.2 percent, according to IDC's Worldwide Quarterly PC Tracker. However, the U.S. market slipped to a meager 3.5 percent year-over-year growth rate as the general economic malaise currently affecting the U.S. economy has begun to impact the local PC market as well. Hardware Wed, 16 Apr 2008 21:39:52 UT