{"id":377,"date":"2010-04-29T15:15:35","date_gmt":"2010-04-29T05:15:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.techdaily.com.au\/b2\/?p=377"},"modified":"2010-04-29T15:15:35","modified_gmt":"2010-04-29T05:15:35","slug":"aussies-spend-up-big-on-tech-goodies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/techdaily.com.au\/b2\/aussies-spend-up-big-on-tech-goodies\/","title":{"rendered":"Aussies spend up big on Tech goodies"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Australians are spending up big on the latest gadgets, parting with 5.9 billion dollars for digital technology last year alone.   <\/p>\n<p>Canon&#8217;s Consumer Digital Lifestyle index reveals that our love affair with LCD TVs continues, making up 38.1 percent of tech sales in 2009&#8230;up a whopping 40 percent over the previous year.<\/p>\n<p>Other popular gadget buys included Video Game consoles which accounted for 13.9 percent of sales in the index&#8230;and high end digital cameras, while making up 11.7 percent of sales, actually grew 100 percent over sales in 2008&#8230;which points towards users replacing older digital cameras with higher quality products for a better result.  <\/p>\n<p>More information &#8211; <a href=\"http:\/\/canon.com.au\/en-AU\/About-Canon\/News-Events\/Canon-Digital-Lifestyle-Index\">The Canon Digital Lifestyle Index.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Australians are spending up big on the latest gadgets, parting with 5.9 billion dollars for digital technology last year alone. 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