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| Hackers working for terrorist arrested |
11/28/2011 |
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The four suspects allegedly targeted PBX systems maintained by AT&T and gained access to corporate phone lines that they resold at a profit to call centres.
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| Globalfoundries Abu Dhabi fab on hold |
11/25/2011 |
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Chip foundry Globalfoundries Inc. has postponed plans to start building a wafer fab in Abu Dhabi in 2012, due to uncertain global economic conditions, according to a local newspaper report.
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| Mall shoppers beware: your phones may be tracked |
11/25/2011 |
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The goal is for stores to answer questions like: How many Nordstrom shoppers also stop at Starbucks? How long do most customers linger in Victoria's Secret? Are there unpopular spots in the mall that aren't being visited?
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| Internet filtering overruled in Europe |
11/25/2011 |
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The Court of Justice upheld the right of copyright holders to file injunctions against intermediaries over illegal file sharing. But it struck down the provisions of the Belgian court ruling that required filtering, finding that the filtering provisions violated European Union e-commerce laws.
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| AT&T abandoned T-Mobile merger |
11/25/2011 |
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"At the core, the AT&T and T-Mobile merger is about network assets and subscriber base," MacGillivray said. "Perhaps this change of course by AT&T and Deutsche Telekom will indeed make for a solution that does benefit all."
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| S3 licensed mobile TV chip to China company |
11/23/2011 |
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S3 Group (Dublin, Ireland) has delivered an analog-to-digital converter, phase-locked loop combination as part of the deal. Nationz (Shenzhen, China) is a developer of baseband chips for digital television.
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| Digital delivery will be with Windows 8 |
11/23/2011 |
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To make it easier to get started, Microsoft will favor selling downloads of Windows 8 instead of having users purchase a physical disc at a local retailer. This is similar to what Apple did with the release of OS X Lion.
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| European commission clears WD to buy compatitor |
11/23/2011 |
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The company agreed to transfer or license intellectual property rights to the business to be sold off. It will also transfer staff and the supply of HDD components to the unit.
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| Nanya files complain against Elpida and Kingston |
11/22/2011 |
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Because of the alleged infringement of four U.S. patents by Elpida DRAM, Nanya (Taoyuan, Taiwan) is asking the ITC to ban the importation and sale of Elpida DRAMs in the United States.
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| Ultrabook to be hot item at CES |
11/22/2011 |
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Many Ultrabook partners are thought to have held off production of the super-thin laptops until Ivy Bridge became available, meaning CES should be the ideal opportunity to show off new SKUs based on the platform.
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| Your light bulb supplier - Samsung |
11/22/2011 |
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The AR19, which is engineered to replace conventional incandescent bulbs, is dimmable and can shine directionally from vanity lights, wall sconces, assorted lamps and more.
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| Time to get a new TV on Black Friday bargians |
11/22/2011 |
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DisplaySearch predicts that 32-inch LCD TVs will be offered at or below $200. Both 40- and 42-inch sets will be priced in a range of $200-$400, and 55- and 60-inch LCD TVs will be offered below $1,000 for the first time.
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| iSupply predicts slight growth on chip sales |
11/21/2011 |
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IHS said it now expects chip sales to reach $308.5 billion this year, up 1.2% from 2010. The firm had forecast in September that chip sales would increase 2.9% in 2011.
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| Break throughs in lithium-ion battery |
11/21/2011 |
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Researchers has created an anode electrode for lithium-ion batteries that allows the batteries to hold a charge up to 10 times greater than using current technology. The new electrode also can charge 10 times faster than current batteries,
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| Intel unveil 6-core processors |
11/17/2011 |
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Intel added two new six-core processors to its Sandy Bridge processor family, the Intel Core i7-3960X processor Extreme Edition and the Intel Core i7-3930K processor.
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| Nokia to launch Windows tablet mid-2012 |
11/16/2011 |
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Nokia plans to launch a tablet that runs on Microsoft's Windows operating system in the summer of 2012, the head of Nokia France told Les Echos newspaper in an interview.
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