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Apple most likely to grow market share in 2005
Morgan Stanley analyst Rebecca Runkle has lowered her 2005 PC growth forecast to 9 percent from 11 percent, citing better-than-expected performance in the PC market in 2004, as well as signs of a slowdown in the market late in the year. In Runkle’s view, however, Apple shows the best chance of gaining market share in 2005. She said Apple should continue to benefit from the momentum of the iPod and iMac G5. Runkle also said Dell and Gateway should do well.
Read MoreOlympus introduces new Stylus digital camera
Olympus today announced the next generation in its Stylus series of point-and-shoot digital cameras: the Stylus 500. The new camera features a 2.5-inch “HyperCrystal” LCD, 5.0-megapixels of image resolution, 23 easy-to-use shooting modes, and a compact, durable, all-weather body, which is constructed of durable, lightweight metal with rubber gaskets throughout the interior.
Read MoreYahoo more than doubles free email storage
Yahoo plans to more than double its free email storage limits, reports the Associated Press. As of Monday, members will receive up to 250 MB of free storage, up from the current limit of 100 MB. The move is an obvious reaction to Microsoft’s recent free storage boost for Hotmail to 250 MB and Google’s current 1 GB limit. “Besides increasing storage limits, Yahoo says it has upgraded the tools for verifying the identities of e-mailers and improved the features used to search e-mail content,” notes the report.
Read MoreGmail gets POP3 support, antivirus planned
Google said today that it will graually roll out POP3 (Post Office Protocol) support over the coming weeks to users of its Gmail e-mail service. “With POP3 support, users will be able to transfer their server-based Gmail messages to a client-side e-mail application such as Microsoft’s Outlook and have the messages stored on their local hard drive and thus accessible when they are offline.
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