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| Apple broke profit record again |
1/25/2012 |
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Apple's stock was up about 8% in after-hours trading about two hours after the market closed, which put its share price at $454. At that value, Apple's market capitalization stands at $423 billion, more than previous market cap leader Exxon Mobil, worth $418 billion.
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| TI exceeds expectation, moved to close older fabs |
1/24/2012 |
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TI (Dallas) said it would close one fab in Hiji, Japan and another in Houston. Both fabs are 150-mm facilities that produce analog and embedded processors. The two are the last two remaining 150-mm fabs in TI's fleet.
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| Did RIM really changed their CEO? |
1/24/2012 |
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While the company has a new head, the thoughts inside it look very similar to those it has replaced, and anyone expecting a change of direction will be sadly disappointed. That may be, in part, because Heins was chosen by those he succeeded
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| Venray Technology wants to run processor on DRAM process |
1/23/2012 |
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Such a processor can reduce power consumption to between one-fifth and one twentieth of an ARM or Intel Atom processor. Venray also claims a fifth to tenth the cost compared to ARM or Intel chips. At the same time Venray is claiming performance benefits from being able to connect CPUs and on-chip main memory through ultra-wide buses.
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| iOS 5.0.1 jail broken |
1/23/2012 |
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Jail-breaking is legal in most territories (including the US) but going through the process would void warranties.
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| Megadownload shut down has rolling effect |
1/23/2012 |
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Rather than try to crack down on users who are sharing files that infringe copyright, FileSonic is just going to get out of the business of file sharing all together — even though it is a legitimate business model.
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| TSMC having yield problem on 28nm? |
1/20/2012 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. is in trouble with its 28-nm manufacturing process technologies, which are not yet yielding well. "Ten designs going through; we have heard about problems on six of them."
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| iPhone 4S passed test with China Telecom |
1/20/2012 |
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An iPhone device compatible with China Telecom’s CDMA (Code Division Multiple Access) networks received a network access license from the country’s Telecommunications Equipment and Certification Center this week,
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| Megaupload raided and shut down |
1/20/2012 |
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The site was shut down Thursday, and Dotcom and three Megaupload employees were arrested in New Zealand on U.S. accusations that they facilitated millions of illegal downloads of films, music and other content, costing copyright holders at least $500 million in lost revenue.
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| Survey found Kindle Fire rigging more profit than expected |
1/19/2012 |
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Our analysis assigns a cumulative lifetime operating income per unit of $136, with a cumulative operating margin of over 20%. We believe these insights could ease some investor concerns around operating margin compression per Kindle Fire unit in 2012, which bodes well for Amazon shares.
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| 4G Wireless to create 1.6 million jobs |
1/19/2012 |
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The growth of 4G networks will lead to job creation in a wide array of industries. Smartphone and tablet makers will ramp up production of 4G phones, wireless networks will employ more workers to build and service their new infrastructure, and software developers will write applications that can take advantage of the added capacity and speed of 4G networks.
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| Apple to reveal e-textbook services |
1/19/2012 |
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That service is expected to be a way for a broad range of schools, publishers and others to develop learning material in a digital format, these people said.
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| Elpida to show restructuring plan by month end |
1/18/2012 |
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Elpida hopes to show to its creditor banks, as the struggling chipmaker faces a slew of upcoming corporate bond and loan repayments, the Mainichi Shimbun reported in its Sunday morning edition.
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| Morris Chang makes forecast for global semi industry |
1/18/2012 |
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Morris Chang, the chairman and CEO of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd., has cut his forecast for the annual growth of the global semiconductor industry in 2012 to 2 percent, according to reports.
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| Cyber warfare between countries |
1/18/2012 |
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Israeli hackers quickly retaliated yesterday against Monday's online disruption of the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange and El Al Airlines' websites by launching a counterstrike, taking down the websites of the Saudi Stock Exchange and the Abu Dhabi Securities Exchange.
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| UltraBook to induce demand on Flash |
1/17/2012 |
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In addition to Ultrabooks, which mostly rely on SSDs, there's also increased demand for NAND flash memory for eMMCs (used in smartphones) and Wi-Fi wireless mobile storage devices, such as the Wi-Drive launched by Kingston Technology and the StoreJet Cloud launched by Transcend.
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| Asian companies joined the patent rush |
1/17/2012 |
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IBM maintained its lead in winning US utility patents in 2011, but Samsung is closing in and other Asian tech giants are on the rise, gaining on US companies.
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| Taiwan is now world number one semi producer |
1/17/2012 |
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Taiwan held 21 percent, Japan held 19.7 percent and Korea 16.8 percent, the Americas region has 14.7 percent of the IC manufacturing capacity and China, with 8.9 percent now accounts for more wafer capacity than Europe.
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| Nokia Windows smartphone offered free with contract |
1/17/2012 |
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The Lumia 710, Nokia's first Windows Phone to hit the U.S., barely went on sale on Jan. 11 and already Wal-Mart is undercutting other retailers by giving the new phone away for free on a two-year contract.
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