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| 60W equivalent LED blub at $17 |
2/25/2013 |
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What has changed in LED bulb design to allow this price drop? Tearing apart the bulb gives us a look into some design trends in LED lighting, such as how the LEDs are placed within the bulb and what driver architecture is used.
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| HP's re-entry into tablet with $169 device |
2/25/2013 |
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HP said the 7-inch HP Slate will be available in the U.S. in April (though the Slate website currently says May), starting at $169, which is less than Google's own 7-inch Nexus 7, which starts at $199.
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| Micron/Elpida merger approved by Chinese government |
2/22/2013 |
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China's approval was the last remaining antitrust pre-merger clearance required for completion of the transaction. Pre-merger approvals were previously obtained from the United States, Czech Republic, Japan, South Korea, Singapore and Taiwan.
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| 6 top companies hold 3/4 of 300mm capacity |
2/22/2013 |
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In terms of growth rate, IC Insights expects the largest increase in 300-mm capacity to come from the pure-play foundries—TSMC, GlobalFoundries, UMC, and SMIC. In total, IC Insights expects these four companies to more than double their collective 300-mm wafer starts per month by 2017.
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| Fox sued Dish Network on Hopper set-top boxes |
2/22/2013 |
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“We’re trying to be at the forefront of existing technology,” Dish CEO Joe Clayton said when the company showed off the new Hopper in early January. “If that means some lawsuits, okay.”
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| Achronix to sample Intel fabbed FPGA |
2/21/2013 |
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By using Intel provided hardened IPs as cell-based logic around its FPGA, Achronix was able to save area, reduce power consumption by half, and cut cost and design time similarly.
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| Apple iWatch is a flexible wareable screen |
2/21/2013 |
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Titled "Bi-Stable Spring With Flexible Display." It describes a flexible touch-screen device that can display information. The device can be worn in any location, according to the patent, though one of the drawings shows it being worn around the wrist.
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| IBM teaches business to go Mobile |
2/21/2013 |
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The computing and consulting services giant unveiled IBM MobileFirst, a mix of tools and services all designed to help companies manage, secure and use more business applications on mobile devices.
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| Google stock value on the rise |
2/20/2013 |
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And Google still plays second fiddle to Apple, which is the most valuable U.S. company with a market value of $432 billion. Google is now No. 3 with a market value of $266 billion, behind Exxon Mobil Corp.
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| Republic Wireless to offer $19 unlimited plan |
2/20/2013 |
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Republic has configured the smartphone so that it can make and receive calls — and handle all your other data requirements — over Wi-Fi, which in fact you're encouraged to do. When Wi-Fi is absents, Republic's Wi-Fi Hybrid Calling technology comes in. Under those circumstances, calls are handled via Sprint's nationwide cellphone network. Sprint has a wholesale business relationship with Republic.
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| Maxim provides LTE transceiver for small cells |
2/20/2013 |
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The company believes that small cell designers will need RF transceivers which support all the LTE and 3G frequency bands. The receiver supports LTE FDD-LTE and TD-LTE modes as well as 3G WCDMA mode.
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| Korean manufacturers hold 67% of DRAM market |
2/20/2013 |
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Samsung accounted for 42%, or US$2.89 billion, of the global DRAM market in the fourth quarter, while Hynix' share stood at 25%, said DRAMeXchange. The size of the worldwide DRAM market came to US$6.87 billion in the fourth quarter, up from US$6.43 billion in the third.
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| Microsoft to replace Hotmail webmail service |
2/19/2013 |
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Plenty will change. Outlook.com has a completely different look and navigation structure than Hotmail — one that builds off the cleaner, tile-based look of Microsoft’s latest operating system, Windows 8. There also are plenty of usability features Microsoft is touting in Outlook.com.
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| Chinese government sponsored cybra espionage exposed |
2/19/2013 |
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“The details we have analyzed during hundreds of investigations convince us that the groups conducting these activities are based primarily in China and that the Chinese Government is aware of them,” U.S. computer-security firm Mandiant Corp. said in a 74-page report released on Tuesday.
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| Intel to provide Internet TV service |
2/18/2013 |
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Just as broadcast TV has evolved from free-to-air to cable, satellite and telcos, Huggers hopes Intel’s new Internet TV service will be viewed as “a new distribution platform” that programmers will embrace.
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| Exploitation continue through JAVA |
2/18/2013 |
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"The attack was injected into the site's HTML, so any engineer who visited the site and had Java enabled in their browser would have been affected," Sullivan told Ars, "regardless of how patched their machine was."
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| LG to invest in OLED televisions |
2/18/2013 |
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LG has invested heavily in OLED technology and has shown off prototype OLED televisions in the past few years. Now the firm is set to invest in bringing the cost of that technology down.
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| Apple's lawsuit against Samsung put on hold |
2/15/2013 |
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A U.S. judge asked Apple and Samsung whether an Apple patent lawsuit over search technology should be put on hold for several months until after an appeals court resolves a separate lawsuit between the two companies.
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| HTC to unveil new "One" phone |
2/15/2013 |
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HTC has invited press to attend an event in New York City on Feb. 19. The company is expected to reveal its main smartphone for the year.
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