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Unofficial figures make CES a big success

...economy has split into two: the technology industry and everything else. A bumper year for CES bodes well for technology sales as well as for... Read more

13 January, 2011

Bumper year for PC sales

PC shipments look likely to break all records in 2003, according to Gartner Read more

15 August, 2003 by John G.Spooner

Cambridge firms anticipate bumper year

IT firms located in the town say this year will be better than last, as long as they can find the right staff Read more

26 August, 2004 by Sylvia Carr

Chip gear manufacturers look forward to bumper year

The companies that make gear for producing chips are expecting a lucrative year Read more

9 April, 2004 by CNET

Start spending now

...absence of coherent, structured attempts to prevent virus outbreaks will deliver another bumper year to security firms Read more

10 February, 2004 by Jon Oltsik

Government hails boom in e-commerce

...commerce minister Stephen Timms as new figures show that 2001 was a bumper year for online spending Read more

9 October, 2002 by Graeme Wearden

UK's biggest software house flies

Sage dodges downturn with bumper year Sage, the UK's biggest quoted tech firm, has announced its... Read more

21 October, 2003 by Jo Best

silicon.com launches Christmas competition

It's been a bumper year for earth shattering news stories on silicon.com. If you've... Read more

4 December, 2000 by silicon.com staff

UK mobile phone users hits 40 million

...confirm predictions made in December that Q4 of 2000 would be a bumper year for mobile phone sales. Analysts believe a total of 5 million... Read more

5 January, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Dot-coms face a tough 2001

...days after accountancy firm KPMG released figures showing that 2000 was a bumper year for flotations on the London stock market -- despite the collapse in... Read more

4 January, 2001 by Graeme Wearden

Rupert's Weekly Roundup (27/03/2000)

Each day I diligently write up the significant IT events of the day and they get posted to the News Digest. In order for my news nuggets to be saved for posterity we round them up and put them right here for you. Read more

27 March, 2000 by Rupert Goodwins

Radioactive: Crazy Frog's legacy - it's boomtime for ringtones

Just watch that pricing... It was a bumper year for the UK ringtone market. But, asks Futurity Media's Anthony... Read more

16 January, 2006 by Futurity Media

Broadband is cable's biggest growth area

...of woe and ever-mounting debts, Europe's cable companies had a bumper year in 2001, at least when it comes to broadband - the nearest... Read more

18 November, 2002 by Tony Hallett

What if... Santa believed everything vendors told him?

...couple of years. It all started with Christmas 1999. It was a bumper year and more gifts were manufactured and delivered than ever before. Santa... Read more

19 December, 2001 by silicon.com staff

Xmas online shopping frenzy begins in earnest

...said: "There's every indication that this is going to be a bumper year for ecommerce - we're seeing exactly all the same trends as... Read more

16 November, 2001 by Joey Gardiner

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