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| Cadillac move to follow cosmopolotian luxury |
9/25/2014 |
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"There is no city in the world where the inhabitants are more immersed in a premium lifestyle than in New York. It allows our team to share experiences with premium-brand consumers and develop attitudes in common with our audience."
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| Treasury takes steps to stop corporate inversions |
9/25/2014 |
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"This action will significantly diminish the ability of inverted companies to escape U.S. taxation". For some companies considering inversions, the new measures would mean inverting would "no longer make economic sense."
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| Smart street light cuts energy cost and emmissions |
9/25/2014 |
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It conveniently presents critical street light information via the Internet, placing details such as power consumption, map location and operational status right at a user's fingertips. These features help increase productivity and reduce operational costs, which are both critical requirements when building Smart Cities."
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| 4G phone chip prices dipped |
9/24/2014 |
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MediaTek, Marvell Technology and Broadcom have cut prices of their 4G 32-bit quad-core solutions to US$8-9 after Qualcomm unveiled its Snapdragon 210, priced at US$9.
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| Taiwan fab companies to expand China facilities |
9/24/2014 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) are ramping up the wafer production capacity of their 8-inch fabs in China to cope with rising demand.
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| New iPhone designed to be durable |
9/24/2014 |
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SquareTrade uses robots to do the testing to ensure consistency, and rates the phones on a 10-point durability scale, with 10 signifying the highest risk. Apple's iPhone 6 scored the best at 4; the iPhone 6 Plus scored a 5; the iPhone 5s a 6; and Samsung Galaxy S5 a 6.5.
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| U.S. companies invested in energy efficiency |
9/19/2014 |
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More than half (51 percent) of respondents said they realize at least a 25 percent ROI on efficiency initiatives. This type of return will drive more investment in efficiency applied across the enterprise
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| Applied Micro takes 64bit ARM to embedded applications |
9/19/2014 |
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AppliedMicro is best known for its 64-bit ARM server processor called X-Gene, and the Helix chips are based on the same ARMv8 architecture used in the server chip. The multicore Helix chips will be faster in performance and data throughput than AppliedMicro's existing 32-bit chips in multifunction printers
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| Alliance supplies low power consumption DDR DRAM |
9/19/2014 |
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It is a pin-for-pin-compatible replacements for a number of similar solutions in high-bandwidth, high-performance memory system applications in portable consumer electronics, medical equipment and networking devices.
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| Cree files lawsuit to stop LED infringement |
9/18/2014 |
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"These cases demonstrate that Cree will continue to take the necessary measures worldwide to protect our patents and other intellectual property rights against any company that infringes our patents,"
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| Heartbeat sensor will authenticate your smartphone |
9/18/2014 |
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There are some pretty obvious uses for the Nymi, like using it to unlock your smartphone, access your Gmail, or even possibly paying for a coffee. But the Nymi's identity capabilities move far beyond a password and PIN replacement.
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| Micron introduced new SSD for notebooks |
9/18/2014 |
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The new 16nm lithography enables better write performance through a new feature called dynamic write acceleration, essentially allowing the M600 to switch programming modes so MLC NAND cells behave like technology switches, and NAND cells behave like higher-grade SLC Flash.
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| U.S. consumer price down August |
9/18/2014 |
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It was the first decline since a similar 0.2 percent drop in April 2013. Core prices, which exclude energy and food, were unchanged in August, the first time there hasn't been an increase since October 2010.
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| US CEO not comfortable to spend yet |
9/17/2014 |
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CEO outlook index fell to 86.4 in the third quarter, down from 95.4 in the April-June period.Fewer CEOs expect to hire in the next six months: Just 34 percent plan to add jobs.
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| It make sense for Amazon to transform Radio Shack |
9/17/2014 |
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Rob Peck of SunTrust Robinson Humphrey, who has a buy rating on Amazon, said the ongoing convergence of e-commerce and brick-and-mortar retail makes RadioShack an attractive buy for Amazon.
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| Huawei opens new R&D in Southern France |
9/16/2014 |
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This brings to 17 the total number of its facilities in Europe, located in eight countries -- Britain, Belgium, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Italy and Sweden.<
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| Price cut at Qualcomm shakes up 4G SOC market |
9/16/2014 |
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The Snapdragon 210 is expected to be available for US$9 a unit compared to US$15 tagged for comparable models offered by MediaTek, adding more pressure on the Taiwan-based chipset vendor.
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| ATSC3 TV standard is making progress |
9/16/2014 |
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Triveni Digital¡¯s Rich Chernock, who¡¯s leading the technical group responsible for developing the ATSC 3.0 standard, says progress has been impressive.
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| U.S. manufacturing output declined in August |
9/16/2014 |
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Output at manufacturing plants fell 0.4 percent in August after a 0.7 percent rise in July, the Federal Reserve reported Monday. Total industrial production was down 0.1 percent in August, also the first setback for the overall figure since January.
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| Smart home is inching towards reality |
9/15/2014 |
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"Future growth in home automation controllers will increasingly come from the need to accommodate multiple application segments such as home healthcare, lighting control, security and home energy management,"
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