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| ChromeBook is grabbing laptop and tablet market |
11/12/2013 |
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Today, the Chromebook has become a power in low-cost PCs. Tomorrow, we'll have to see, but unless Microsoft is successful in regaining its desktop mojo, it appears that Chromebook and Android tablets will own the low-priced computer user world.
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| In flight WiFi now handles phone call and text |
11/11/2013 |
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Call and texts over Gogo's new Talk & Text service have to be made through its upcoming iOS or upcoming Android app, but Gogo says that they'll all be made using the phone's own number, so nothing will change for people who contact you.
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| Amazon beats IBM on CIA Cloud contract |
11/11/2013 |
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Several cloud providers had expressed interest in bidding on the CIA contract, actual bids were submitted only by IBM and Amazon. "The agency deemed Amazon's proposal superior to IBM's proposal in every category except management, and except for 'security' where each proposal received a 'pass' rating," the ruling said.
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| Foundry order slows down in Taiwan |
11/11/2013 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) and United Microelectronics (UMC) have announced decreases in October consolidated revenues from the previous month of 6.5% and 3.5%, respectively.
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| Mediatek climbs up to rank of top 20 IC manufacturers |
11/11/2013 |
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Mediatek is expected to rank 16, up from 22 in last year's list, with smartphone application processor shipments nearly doubling to 200 million up from 108 million last year. The company "is experiencing extremely strong demand for its devices in the booming low-end smartphone business in China and other Asia-Pacific locations."
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| Can Microsoft win back the Smartphone market? |
11/8/2013 |
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If Microsoft provides a good product at a better price, it may see amazing sales volume in the near future. Nokia's Lumia hardware, combined with Microsoft's expertise in software building and an aggressive pricing strategy, could do the work.
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| Tesla stock fell on 3rd reported fire |
11/8/2013 |
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"Investors had been worried about any potential impact on the firm. "For a company with a stock price based as much or more on image than financials, those recurring headlines are highly damaging,"
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| Tower predicts revenue growth for the fourth quarter |
11/8/2013 |
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In its guidance for the fourth quarter, Tower forecasts $133-143 million revenue. The mid-range guidance reflects 4% growth over the third quarter, 10% growth over the second quarter, and 23% growth over the first quarter.
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| Looking forward to a 12 inch iPad? |
11/7/2013 |
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Foxconn (OTCMKTS:FXCOF) is testing a large-format iPad for release as early as March 2014. The new iPad is said to boast a diagonal screen size of 12.9 inches (though another source, cited in the same article, claimed the size would be 11.4-inches).
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| SIA: Semiconductor market hit record September |
11/7/2013 |
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"The global semiconductor industry has built impressive momentum through the third quarter of the year and is well-positioned for a strong close to 2013, thanks largely to growing strength in the Americas,"
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| Imec demonstrated first III-V FinFET device |
11/7/2013 |
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"This is an exciting accomplishment, demonstrating the technology as a viable next-generation alternative for the current state-of-the-art Si-based FinFET technology in high volume production."
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| Notebook market seen Q3 growth |
11/6/2013 |
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Mobile PC shipments worldwide are estimated to have reached 47.9 million units in Q3, up six per cent from Q2. This represents the largest sequential growth since two years ago when the market rose seven per cent in 3Q11.
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| BlackBerry is off the selling block |
11/5/2013 |
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The Canadian company said Monday it abandoned a tentative $4.7 billion plan to go private and instead will continue as a public company with new leadership and a $1 billion investment from a group led by major shareholder Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd.
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| New supercomputer to use SSD |
11/5/2013 |
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Each node has 128GB of DRAM, while 304 nodes have 800GB of solid-state drive storage. Additionally, 12 nodes have 3.2TB of solid-state drive storage for use across computing units.
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| Amazon improved streaming graphic with Nvidia Grid |
11/5/2013 |
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With NVIDIA GRID GPUs, software-as-a-service (SaaS) companies can now build cloud-based offerings with extreme graphics performance for design, visualization, media creation, games and more.
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| Apple to make sapphire lenses in Arizona |
11/5/2013 |
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After years of outsourcing much of its manufacturing to Asian suppliers such as Foxconn Technology Group and facing criticism from labor groups and politicians for the practice, Apple Chief Executive Officer Tim Cook has made adding jobs in the U.S. a priority.
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| Qualcomm entered STB market |
11/4/2013 |
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In September Qualcomm announced it was partnering with Technicolour, a top-tier STB manufacturer based in France with a U.S. subsidiary in Boston, to power the Svelte box. The Snapdragon 600 will be inside the Svelte box.
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