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| Michael Dell takes Dell Inc private |
2/6/2013 |
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Dell has announced it has signed a definitive merger agreement under which Michael Dell, Dell's Founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, in partnership with global technology investment firm Silver Lake, will acquire Dell.
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| Microsoft to sell $150 Window Phone in Africa |
2/5/2013 |
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Microsoft’s choice of Huawei, a leading maker of mobile networking equipment for African operators, does not detract from Microsoft’s commitment to Nokia, which is relying on Windows Phone software to lift its new line of smartphones and return the company to profitability.
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| HTC predict gross margin of 21-23% |
2/5/2013 |
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Smartphone vendor HTC has forecast consolidated revenue of NT$50-60 billion (US$1.7-2.0 billion), gross margin of 21-23% and net operating margin of 0.5-1.0% for its business operation in the first quarter of 2013.
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| IDT unveils DDR4 buffers |
2/4/2013 |
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Integrated Device Technology announced the availability of the industry’s first complete chipset for DDR4 load reduced dual inline memory modules (LRDIMMs), including both a registered clock driver and data buffer devices.
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| Samsung cautious for 2013 capex planning |
2/4/2013 |
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Samsung and SK Hynix have both taken a cautious approach to planning for capital expenditure (capex) in 2013, implying that the pair is looking to maintain stable profits.
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| Toshiba to adopt Nvidia Tegra-4 chip |
2/4/2013 |
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Toshiba will adopt the Nvidia's Tegra 4 platform for tablets to be launched in June 2013, implying that Tegra 4 is struggling to compete with quad-core platforms developed by Qualcomm.
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| Apple blocks JAVA due to security problems |
2/1/2013 |
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Earlier this month the U.S. Department of Homeland Security recommended disabling Java in Web browsers to avoid potential hacking attacks. Oracle Corp., which owns Java, has issued updates that fix known vulnerabilities, but the DHS expects that there are more flaws in Java's coding.
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| MEM sensor to track farm animals |
2/1/2013 |
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"Agriculture could potentially be the next big market opportunity for MEMS sensors."
Dairymaster's MooMonitor tracks a herd, monitors each cows activity, letting them in and out of automatic doors and detects when they are ovulating.
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| Honda to include Siri on 2013 models |
2/1/2013 |
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Using Eyes Free mode, Siri takes hands-free functionality even further and minimizes distractions even more by keeping your iOS device's screen from lighting up.
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| Apple edged over Samsung on phone shipment in Q4 |
2/1/2013 |
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Overall, mobile phone shipments grew 4 percent year-on-year to hit 52 million units in the quarter, including both smart- and feature phones. Apple’s achievements were pretty strong: the company set a new record as it secured 34 percent of the total US mobile phone market.
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| Michael plans to take Dell private |
1/31/2013 |
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Dell and Silver Lake have been in talks about a deal that would take the company private at or a little below $14 a share, according to one of the people familiar with the situation. The deal would likely value Dell at about $23 billion to $24 billion, said one of these people.
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| Beyond Semi offers royalty-free processor core |
1/30/2013 |
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Beyond Semi (Ljubljana, Slovenia) classes the BA25 as roughly equivalent to an ARM Cortex-A7 or Cortex-A8 and is pitching the core at Linux and Android applications. The core includes an optional floating point unit.
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| Google takes new path to cellphone camera |
1/30/2013 |
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Patent 8,363,157, granted yesterday by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, documents how LED lighting could be used to give a mobile device the ability to fire with multiple flashes.
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| FaceBook on way to recover capital value |
1/30/2013 |
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Analysts at Deutsche Bank reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Facebook in a research note to investors on Tuesday. Separately, analysts at Bank of America reiterated a “buy” rating on shares of Facebook in a research note to investors on Monday. Finally, analysts at JPMorgan Chase reiterated an “overweight” rating on shares of Facebook.
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| DFT - very important for 3D stack testing |
1/30/2013 |
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The solution implemented by Cadence and imec includes the generation of DRAM test control signals in the logic die and the inclusion of the DRAM boundary scan registers in the serial and parallel test access mechanisms (TAMs) of the 3D test architecture.
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| Watch out ! Drones are getting sharper eyes |
1/29/2013 |
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The camera can capture images at 20,000 feet with a resolution of 1.8 gigapixels — so high-res in fact, that you can see what color shirt a pedestrian is wearing.
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| Google Map image of North Korea |
1/29/2013 |
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With the help of "citizen cartographers," Google Maps has filled in some of North Korea's streets and prison camps. The WSJ's Evan Ramstad gives a preview of some places the world's most reclusive nation would rather keep a secret.
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| Jailbroken iOS6 now available |
1/29/2013 |
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The latest version of Redsn0w supports only older iDevices with an A4 chip or earlier. That means it'll work on devices like the iPhone 4, iPhone 3GS, and 4th-gen iPod Touch but not on the iPhone 5 or the latest iPads or Touches.
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| China's Wuhan Xinxin appoints new CEO to grow company |
1/28/2013 |
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Yang had previously held positions as chief technology officer and senior vice president of operations for Chartered Semiconductor (Singapore), which is now part of Globalfoundries Inc. (Milpitas, Calif.). He also worked at Intel for many years where his last position was as senior director of logic technology development.
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| Belkin/Linsys merger to enhance home auotmations |
1/28/2013 |
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"It is the ability to assign priorities to different data flows, so that gaming and video traffic are given priority over downloads]. Where do those things come together? We think the ultimate outcome of putting the two companies together will be ‘one plus one equals three.’”
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