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TV panels remain stable, as notebooks and monitors fall in price according to research firms

Consumer demand forces film studio to abandon HD-DVD in favour of Blu-ray

Sony follows the pack and abandons the unpopular protection platform

New-look trade fair is more efficient, shorter in length and features more variety than previous years.

Vendor reveals sexy new flat panel monitor and a new, colourful Inspiron notebook

Vendor introduces new IdeaPad range to its product line, with three new specialist notebooks

Desktops outsold in consumer market but businesses are still to make the switch to notebooks

Vendor aims to encourage its resellers to sell its full range of products in the UK market

Sponsors and areas revealed by organisers in build-up to 2008 event in Birmingham

Those braving the UK High Street dropped 3.2 per cent over 2006

However, online sales through both Dixons.co.uk and FotoVista are up by 31 per cent

Vendor anticipates rise of ten per cent for both its revenues and shipments by the end of 2008