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| US imposed terriff on Chinese solar panels |
3/21/2012 |
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The proposed tariffs come in response to a complaint filed by a group of seven photovoltaic panel makers led by Solarworld AG (Bonn, Germany) which has manufacturing operations in California and Oregon.
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| Recapturing the relevance of the PC |
3/21/2012 |
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"End-user surveys tell us that few people consider media tablets as replacements for their PCs, so later this year when there is a new Microsoft operating system, available in sleek new PC form factors, we believe consumer interest in PCs will begin to rebound,”
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| Elpida's bond swaps to be auctioned |
3/20/2012 |
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The bankruptcy filing of Japanese chipmaker Elpida Memory Inc. has triggered a rare auction for credit default swaps linked to the company's bonds, with the market looking at a recovery rate of just under 20%.
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| iPad teardown unveils BOM cost |
3/20/2012 |
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Major factors driving up the BoM include the addition of the high-resolution Retina display, LTE wireless and a larger-capacity battery, according to the firm.
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| Elpida to accept bids from financial backers |
3/20/2012 |
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Elpida plans to hold the first round of bidding before the end of this month and a second round next month, according to the report. Elpida hopes to complete its reconstruction and emerge from bankruptcy in July, according to the report.
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| Net Zero offers free broadband wireless teaser |
3/20/2012 |
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To sign up for its "free" plan, customers pay $50 for a wireless USB card and receive up to 200 megabytes per month, enough for e-mail and Web-surfing but insufficient for video streaming.
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| SMIC obtained funding for Beijing expansion |
3/19/2012 |
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The money comes from a consortium of banks led by the China Development Bank and the Export-Import Bank of China. The loan is mainly intended to support expansion and technology development for SMIC's 300-mm wafer fab in Beijing.
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| Rumor: New Google Nexus to be at $199 |
3/19/2012 |
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Android and Me claims that an employee from a U.S. supply chain company says the rumored 7-inch tablet will cost $149, while The Verge claims to have sources that say it will be $199.
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| Trend goes to bigger display on smartphone |
3/19/2012 |
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The trend is clearly moving towards larger displays, which I think of as a good thing most of the time. The Nexus is mostly comfortable at 4.65-inches, and 4.5-inch displays are damn near perfect when it comes to a nice balance between mobile video/gaming and usability.
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| Apple to dispense its cash |
3/19/2012 |
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Apple Inc. is finally using its $98 billion cash hoard to reward shareholders, saying it's instituting both a dividend and share buyback program.
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| Rexchip change hand to affect global DRAM prices |
3/16/2012 |
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Not only will capacity utilization rate see a huge drop, yield rate will need time to improve as well. Such a situation would greatly benefit the current DRAM oversupply situation – commodity DRAM would have a chance to see balanced supply and demand in second half of 2012, and the possibility of DRAM price recovery would increase considerably.
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| Particle accelerator to be built in the Middle East |
3/16/2012 |
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When the electrons are accelerated they begin to radiate, and that radiation is then used for screening across a wide range of fields including pharmacology, physics, life sciences and archeology.
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| ISP's to police copyright downloads |
3/16/2012 |
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US Internet service providers (ISPs) will voluntarily begin serving as copyright police for the entertainment industry. The so-called “six-strikes” plan is said to be one of the most effective anti-piracy efforts ever established in the US.
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| Security issues at the Apple App Store |
3/16/2012 |
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Apple is under pressure to respond to calls from consumers and developers to tighten up the security of its App Store, after 'hundreds of complaints' were posted online, according to a report.
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| Robotic arm can repair satellite from Space Station |
3/15/2012 |
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In a statement, NASA said the Canadian Space Agency’s 12-foot (3.7-meter) Dextre robotic arm was able to repair an external space station module. The experiment demonstrated the ability to use robotic tools to refuel and repair orbiting satellites.
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| March DRAM prices up 6.38% |
3/14/2012 |
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According to the firm, the mainstream DDR3 2Gb chip had a contract price of US$1, up 6.38 percent from the end of February.
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| Dell purchased security company, SonicWall |
3/14/2012 |
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SonicWall makes devices and associated software such as firewalls that protect corporate networks from cyberattacks. Dell said that it would sell SonicWall's tools to large and small businesses and that it would add the technology to some of its other products.
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| IDC predicts Android tablet to overtake iPad 2016 |
3/14/2012 |
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Apple will continue to be the single biggest tablet maker on the market, Android, collectively, will continue to hold its own against it. But it will not be until 2016 — four years from now — that IDC thinks that Android shipments will outnumber those of iOS.
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| NAND will not fall like DRAM - at least not in immediate future |
3/13/2012 |
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NAND is less likely to suffer the same fate as DRAM because demand conditions still remain strong. According to Gartner, smartphone shipments are expected to rise by 35% to 630 million units this year. And by 2015, this figure is set to more than double, to 1.1 billion units.
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