Despite the global financial crisis, Australians have purchased more tech gear in the first six months of 2009 than in any other first half, according to a survey conducted by Canon Australia.
Acer and Synnex have announced a partnership agreement that will see Synnex as the national distributor of Acer PC, server and display products, underlining Acer's goal to reach the number one position in Australia.
Local distributors of iPod accessories and iPod attach devices claim that Apple Australia who are set to open their own $16 million dollar store in Sydney this year are set to cut them out in favour of internationally sourced products. They also claim that Apple will launch the new iPhone in connection with the opening of a new Sydney Apple store later this year.
Online retailer Kogan.com.au has been forced to part with $32,400 in fines after he was exposed for dodgy marketing practices that involved jacking up the price of goods prior to offering a 20% discount.
D-Link who have achieved record growth in Australia during the past 12 months has released a new dual-band Wi-Fi range extender that delivers wireless speeds of up to 750Mbps.
A fire has engulfed the Harvey Norman store in Penrith on Friday afternoon. 120 fire-fighters and 30 fire-trucks were deployed to handle the blaze, which wreaked up to $9 million in damage.
Facebook has decided to delay its initial public offering (IPO) until late 2012 so that employees can focus solely on product development and innovations, according to the Financial Times.