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Newegg, a well-established online Web site that sells electronic products, apparently had counterfeit — or perhaps demo products — make their way into its inventory that were then sold to customers. The site reportedly shipped several fake Intel Core i7 processors to customers. At least one of those customers contacted tech Web site HardOCP, which decided to write about it. The “processors,” based on the customer accounts, were not processors at all.

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Newegg Scrambles to Straighten Out Fake-Chip Crack-Up

Despite economic troubles, e-commerce continued to gain positive momentum throughout 2009, enjoying year-over-year growth rates hitting the mid teens. With no signs of a slowdown, now is the perfect time to consider implementing a domain name strategyto enhance your marketing campaigns and drive more traffic to your Web site. For instance, to complement your branded Web address, you might consider registering a series of descriptive domain names to drive more traffic to your main site and ultimately acquire new customers.

Herding Web Traffic Through Direct Domain Navigation

Global iPhone sales grew in 2009 at the expense of Windows Mobile devices, according to Gartner’s worldwide mobile sales report, released Tuesday. The report also showed sales of Android and Research In Motion’s Blackberry devices going up year over year. Overall, worldwide mobile phone sales fell 0.9 percent in 2009 from the previous year’s levels. However, they grew 8.3 percent year over year in the fourth quarter of 2009, possibly signaling more growth this year. In 2009, worldwide mobile phone sales to end users totaled just over 1.2 billion units.

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Smartphone Sales Surge as Dumbphone Demand Dips

Recent IT industry events have created a field day for those who think the news tend to come in “threes”: Oracle said it would continue investing in Sun’s Sparc- and X64-based systems and storage hardware. Intel introduced the Itanium processor 9300 series, which the company said delivers more than double the performance of its predecessor. IBM’s Power Systems group launched its next-generation Power7 microprocessor, along with a quartet of high-performance servers. What was really going on beneath the surface?

Making the Case for Next-Gen Unix Systems

Intel’s fourth-quarter earnings breezed past Wall Street’s expectations, and its rosy profit outlook for 2010 was another sign that a lasting recovery for the recession-battered personal computer market is under way. As the first major technology company to report its results for the last quarter, Intel is seen as a barometer for the PC market and for technology spending in general. Its revenue beat the Street, as did its gross margin, which can measure how well Intel managed costs.

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Intel Results Paint Cheery Picture for PC Market