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| Chinese smartphone manufacturers outsold Korean LG |
11/18/2013 |
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Huawei jumped into the third spot by shipping 12.7 million smartphones in the third quarter, and Lenovo Group Ltd. also expanded its sales to become the fourth-largest player by selling 12.22 million units, the data showed.
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| Apple to acquire 3D machine vision company |
11/18/2013 |
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PrimeSense's sensing technology, which gives digital devices the ability to observe a scene in three dimensions, was used to help power Microsoft's Xbox Kinect.
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| Applied Materials meets target |
11/18/2013 |
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Revenue in the current period will climb 3 percent to 10 percent from the prior quarter, the company said yesterday in a statement, indicating a range of $2.05 billion to $2.19 billion. Profit before certain costs will be 20 cents to 24 cents a share. On average, analysts projected sales of $2.19 billion and profit of 23 cents.
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| This is PS4 launch day |
11/15/2013 |
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If enough people buy the device, and a $50-a-year PlayStation Plus service, Tokyo-based Sony stands to generate billions of dollars from sales of movies, TV shows and music, as well as games.
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| Microsoft suggested fuel cell to power data centers |
11/15/2013 |
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"By integrating fuel cells with IT hardware, we can cut much of the power electronics out of the conventional fuel cell system. What we are left with is a very simple and low cost data center and fuel cell system."
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| Intel goes retail store front in New York |
11/14/2013 |
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The company is now experimenting with a line of retail stores this holiday. A range of Intel "experience" pop-up stores are set to debut shortly, with the first opening in New York on November 23rd.
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| Microsoft to replace surface with small screen tablets |
11/14/2013 |
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Consumers instead often have simpler needs for a tablet: a device that starts up instantly, something to check their e-mail on, the ability to surf the Internet, and access to their favorite Web services, Shim said. Thus, providing solid Windows alternatives to the Surface makes sense for Redmond.
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| Koreans now own 2/3 of the DRAM market |
11/14/2013 |
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Samsung accounted for 37.1 percent, or US$3.45 billion, of the global DRAM market in the July-September period. SK hynix grabbed a 28.5 percent share in the global DRAM market in the same quarter with $2.65 billion in sales.
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| AMD gains with gaming consoles |
11/14/2013 |
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AMD grew its market share thanks to the millions of semi-custom x86 architecture chips it shipped for Microsoft's Xbox One and Sony's PlayStation 4 gaming consoles.
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| Survey shows touch screen notebook is preferred |
11/13/2013 |
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"While IDC believes that touch-enabled screens will eventually become the new standard of the industry, touch-enabled apps that are relevant to PC end users will be the crux of a much faster penetration in Asia,”
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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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