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The market didn’t have massive expectations for Microsoft’s profits during the third quarter of its financial year, a period that closed on March31. But the software giant beat them, although it has declared that its profits during the period fell by 11%, to a mere $4.39 billion, down from $4.93 billion in the same period last year. Althoughsales remained steady at $14.5 billion, the company had been hit by a $1.42 billion European… Read More

New figures released by Eurostat show that mobile phone subscriptions in the 27 EU states increased a staggering 14 times between 1996 and 2005. At the start of the period, the average was seven subscriptions per 100 inhabitants, but just nine years later it had increased to 96 for each 100. With 158 and 127 respectively, Luxembourg and Lithuania were top of the list, with Romania the lowest, having just 62 mobile subscriptions per 100… Read More

Sales reached 2.3 million units during the same period last year. Total camcorder sales, which include standard analog and digital camcorders, have fallen by 8 percent to 3.6 million units – a trendCEA attributes to a transitionary period between the analog and digital alternatives. DVRs and DVD recorders have experienced even more impressive growth as consumers begin to understand the time-shifting benefits of DVR technology and the… Read More

Online DVD renter Netflix Thursday reported an 82-percent rise in second-quarter subscribers even as it raised prices by 10% during the period which had sparked concern over possible cancellations. The Los Gatos, California company, said subscribers totaled 2.093 million at June 30, up from 1.147 million last year and at the high end of its forecasts ranging from 1.935 million to 2.14 million. Quarterly subscriber growth roughly… Read More