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		<title><![CDATA[Video Game Sales Slide 19% In October]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/video-game-sales-slide-19/20225/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. video game industry had sales of $1.07 billion in October, down 19% from $1.32 billion a year ago, according to market research firm NPD Group. Hardware sales fell 23% in the month versus a year ago, with software off 18%, and accessories down 2%. The slide could be...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:42:34 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft boosted as Windows 7 sales outpace Vista]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Early sales of Windows 7 suggest that shoppers are switching to Microsoft's new operating system in their droves, shrugging off the cloud cast by its predecessor, Windows Vista.  Analysis of sales figures by research firm NPD Group suggested that sales of Windows 7 in the United States were...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 02:45:23 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Microsoft's Windows 7 Sales Exceeding Those of Vista, Says Report]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new sales report from The NPD Group indicates that sales of Windows 7 boxed software exceeded those of Vista during the respective operating systems' first days of release, although the research firm suggests that low-cost pre-sales may have lowered Microsoft's gross revenue from Windows 7 immediately following the launch....]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Nov 2009 14:33:01 -0800</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Windows 7 Prompts All-In-One PC Surge]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/windows-7-prompts-pc-surge/17238/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[Touch is the hot new interface, and with the arrival Microsoft?s Windows 7, with its integrated multitouch capabilities, the trend is set to continue, says a new report, which additionally calls out Apple and Hewlett-Packard as trend setters.On the eve of Windows 7?s Oct. 22 arrive, the all-in-one AIO computer...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 23 Oct 2009 07:05:06 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Back-to-school sales down but not out, says NPD]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Back-to-school sales followed a downward trend like most of 2009, but there were a few bright spots for the US consumer technology and school and office supply industries, according to NPD Group. Consumer technology revenues for the seven-week back-to-school period (July 26 - September 12) declined 12.5% versus 2008, to...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Oct 2009 03:39:22 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Mac users just can't kick the Windows habit]]></title>
		<link><![CDATA[http://industry.bnet.com/technology/news-analysis/mac-users-just-kick-windows/14452/]]></link>
		<description><![CDATA[While popular wisdom says 'once you go Mac, you don't go back', new research has revealed that the majority of Mac users also harbour PCs in their homes. According to a study by analyst house NPD Group, while the percentage of Mac households is inching upwards - reaching 12 per...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Oct 2009 08:13:25 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Macs and PCs found shacking up]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[While the number of Apple-owning households continues to grow, the vast majority of those Macs are sharing space with at least one Windows-based PC, according to a new study.(Credit: Apple)The NPD Group said Monday that its online survey found that 12 percent of households with a computer have at least...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 05 Oct 2009 10:02:53 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Apple's iTunes Increases Its Lead In The Music Market]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[ A year-and-a-half after surpassing Wal-Mart (NYSE: WMT) as the biggest music retailer in the United States, Apple&#8217;s iTunes now accounts for a quarter of all music sales in the U.S., up from 21 percent a year ago, according to the NPD Group. And it likely has lots of room...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 18:05:02 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Digital music to eclipse CDs by 2010]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Compact discs accounted for 65 per cent of US music sales in the first half of 2009 but digital downloads are expected to nearly equal CD sales by the end of next year, market research firm NPD Group said today. "Many people are surprised that the CD is still the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 18 Aug 2009 10:07:24 -0700</pubDate>
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		<title><![CDATA[Video Game Sales Took Another Hit in July, Report Says]]></title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sales of the Sony PlayStation 3, Microsoft Xbox 360 and Nintendo Wii consoles all saw steep declines for the month of July, NPD Group reports. Industry sales overall dropped 24 percent compared with the same period in 2008, to $848 million, according to NPD Group.Long touted as one of the...]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 15 Aug 2009 10:29:14 -0700</pubDate>
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