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| BYO phone may be the answer |
9/30/2013 |
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The idea is simple: enable consumers to replace individual components of their phone -- the screen, speakers, battery, storage, camera etc. -- while retaining the device's basic frame. It's essentially a phone you assemble like Lego.
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| New York highways to setup "text zone" |
9/30/2013 |
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"With this new effort, we are sending a clear message to drivers that there is no excuse to take your hands off the wheel and eyes off the road because your text can wait until the next texting zone," Cuomo said.
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| China to lift ban on game consoles |
9/30/2013 |
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Now, on the eve of the launch of the PS4 and Xbox One, a new soldier in the console war has joined the fight, and could massively boost sales, as well as instigate a sea change in game design that will forever alter the video gaming landscape.
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| China's Montage files for IPO |
9/27/2013 |
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Montage, which received backing from Intel Capital in 2006 and 2008, has registered to sell 7.1 million shares at between $12 and $14 per share. At the mid-point this would be a $92 million IPO and give the company a market capitalization of about $345 million.
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| when smartphone snaps great pictures |
9/27/2013 |
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It’s easy to see why smartphone manufacturers are jumping on the photography bandwagon, and why camera makers are worried about it. Consumers want to be able to take a photo – or a selfie – edit it, and then upload straight onto the net.
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| First carbon nanotube computer built |
9/27/2013 |
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"People have been talking about a new era of carbon nanotube electronics moving beyond silicon. But there have been few demonstrations of complete digital systems using this exciting technology. Here is the proof."
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| Mobile DRAM logs new level |
9/27/2013 |
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Revenue for mobile DRAM approached Rs.17,610.06 crore ($2.8 billion) from April through June, up 26 per cent from Rs.13,836.48 crore ($2.2 billion) in Q1.
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| Micron samples 3D Hybrid Memory Cube |
9/26/2013 |
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The technology changes the basic structure of DRAM by stacking layers of volatile memory dies one atop the other. Each of the layers are connected via new Vertical Interconnect Access (VIA) input/output (I/O) technology to a processor that sits at the base of the stack. Each memory layer has up to 2GB of capacity.
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| Ericsson announced microcell radio chip |
9/26/2013 |
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The Radio Dot is a simplified 3G/LTE antenna unit with an amplifier and power amp. It uses a proprietary Ericsson interface to connect over standard office Category 5/6/7 cables to an indoor base station that handles most of the signal processing.
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| Scientist able to grow densier nanotube |
9/26/2013 |
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Growing high-density carbon nanotube forests on conductors can potentially replace and outperform the current copper-based interconnects in a future generation of devices. In the future, more robust carbon nanotube forests may also help improve thermal interface materials, battery electrodes and supercapacitors.
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| DRAM prices keep on soaring |
9/25/2013 |
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The spot price of the DDR3 2Gb (1,666MHz) increased more than 43% in two weeks to reach US$2.277. The price has continued its upward trend this month.
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| Why they do not use the Internet ? |
9/25/2013 |
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Fifteen percent American adults do not use the Internet or email, according to a new report from the Pew Research Center’s Internet Project.
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| 5s teardown reveals interesting new devices |
9/25/2013 |
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Beyond the new A7 processor and the transition from LPDDR2 to LPDDR3, we've found interesting changes to the NAND flash and a change in the combo radio connectivity solution.
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| Microsoft Surface 2, a hope for better success |
9/24/2013 |
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But it faces a big hurdle in getting consumers to look at its newest products differently from their predecessors. As much as Microsoft has tried to make Surface seem cool, it's still largely seen as a tablet for business users.
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| BlackBerry has an interested buyer |
9/24/2013 |
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Going private removes the burden of pleasing shareholders with short-term results, just as Michael Dell hopes to do with Dell Inc. Fairfax is known for patience in its investments, which would give BlackBerry time to regroup.
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| Major semi-equipment providers to merge |
9/24/2013 |
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Applied Materials led the market in 2012 with about $5.51 billion in sales and 14.4 percent market share. Tokyo Electron was third, with $4.22 billion in sales and 11.1 percent share.
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| BlackBerry stops BBM for Android rollout |
9/23/2013 |
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"Our teams continue to work around the clock to bring BBM to Android and iPhone, but only when it’s ready and we know it will live up to your expectations of BBM," said BlackBerry's Luke Reimer.
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| New 450mm fabs to be built Upstate NY |
9/23/2013 |
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Each wafer fab would have approximately 450,000 square feet of cleanroom space after between $10 billion and $15 billion of private and public money had been spent. Such a build-out would create about 5,000 direct jobs and 15,000 indirect jobs.
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