Despite rumours about deeper price cuts, the consumers were offered discounts on Mac computers, iPods and accessories at levels similar to years past through the Apple Inc's much-anticipated Black Friday event.
The consumer excitement was stroked by Apple announcing a one-day Black Friday 'shopping event.' However, no further details were disclosed by the company. The prices were cut on certain items by approximately 5 to 10 percent. Where a discount of $21 was being given on an iPods, which was being sold for $378; a 13-inch MacBook was being offered for $1,200, a discount of $100. However, the very popular iPhone was not on sale.
Hanover, Germany - Amid forecasts of a sharp slump in worldwide sales of personal computers, executives gathered Monday in the German city of Hanover for CeBIT, one of the top annual fairs in the tech industry.
The development and production versions of IBM Information Management database servers, IBM Lotus content management, and IBM WebSphere portal and middleware products would now be getting pay-as-you-go access by IBM and Amazon. 
San Francisco - Computer chip-maker Intel announced plans to invest 7 billion dollars over the next two years to expand and transform three US manufacturing plants to produce the world's first 32-nanometer transistors.
San Francisco - Computer chip-maker Intel announced plans to invest 7 billion dollars over the next two years to expand and transform three US manufacturing plants to produce the smaller 32- nanometer transistors.
San Francisco - A report released Monday said that cyber security would pose a major threat to the United States during the next administration and urged president-elect Barack Obama to appoint a cyber-security czar.
