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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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| Intel to provide pay TV service |
3/13/2012 |
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As proposed, the plan would let consumers get their shows on any Internet-connected device without subscribing to traditional cable and satellite TV services.
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| Yahoo sues Facebook |
3/13/2012 |
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Yahoo is seeking an unspecified amount of damages, and further requests that any such amount be tripled “in view of the willful and deliberate nature of the infringement.”
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| FAA to study rule setting for unmanned drones |
3/12/2012 |
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The FAA test sites will chiefly determine the altitudes at which drones will fly so they will not interfere with commercial air traffic as well as developing certification standards for the pilotless vehicles. Unmanned aircraft could begin taking off in the U.S. as early as 2015.
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| Apple having difficult time to match Samsung in China |
3/12/2012 |
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Samsung's line of smartphones has more than triple the market share the iPhone has in that country, nabbing 24.3 percent share, compared with Apple's 7.5 percent. Apple has been selling the iPhone through No. 3 carrier China Unicom since late 2009.
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| The new iPad is sold out for now |
3/12/2012 |
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Australian orders will ship on March 22, while those ordered in other first-wave markets -- France, Japan, Germany, Switzerland and the U.K. -- currently show a shipping delay of two to three weeks.
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| Dell launch new Server line |
3/8/2012 |
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Dell has launched its latest 12 generation (12G) server in Taiwan to fulfill market demand for large data processing.
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| Apple launches new iPad |
3/8/2012 |
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Apple has introduced its third generation iPad, which features a Retina display, Apple's new A5X chip with quad-core graphics and a 5-megapixel camera with advanced optics.
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| HTC February revenues up over 22% |
3/7/2012 |
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HTC has reported consolidated revenues of NT$20.294 billion (US$685 million) for February, increasing 22.14% on month but decreasing 36.79% on year.
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