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| Yahoo in dispute with Alibaba |
5/16/2011 |
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Yahoo Inc. and Alibaba Group released a joint statement saying they are engaged in "productive negotiations" over online payment service Alipay.
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| DRAM prices up 3.4% |
5/13/2011 |
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Given that demand from PC manufacturers will continue to be strong, prices are likely to increase in the later half of May and the first half of June, it said.
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| Samsung to hire 30 chip designers in Austin |
5/13/2011 |
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The jobs come in addition to the 300 engineers and technicians that Samsung Austin Semiconductor is hiring in the first six months of 2011 as part of a $3.6 billion expansion of its plant.
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| Nvidia's Tegra processor takes off |
5/13/2011 |
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Nvidia Corp. Thursday (May 12) reported results for the quarter ended May 1 that handily beat consensus analysts' expectations as the company's CEO said sales of the Tegra mobile applications processor accelerated during the quarter.
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| Google may one day drive your car |
5/13/2011 |
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When the vehicle starts, Google Prediction would use historical driving behavior to predict the most likely destination, check with the driver that it's correct, and then optimize driving performance for the journey.
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| Analyst see boom on Cisco is over |
5/12/2011 |
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The company is promising to cut $1 billion in costs, and cautions staff that layoffs are coming among both employees and contractors.
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| SMIC forms JV to build Wuhan Fab. |
5/12/2011 |
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The joint venture is split with Hubei having 33.3 percent of the JV and providing $500 million of capitalization and SMIC having 66.7 percent of the JV and providing $1 billion over several years. Hubei has also undertaken to supply a cash injection of $226,168,955.
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| TSMC: No Wafer Material Shortage |
5/12/2011 |
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TSMC (Hsinchu, Taiwan) had secured all the prime wafer supply that it requires. This is despite the closure of a Shin-Etsu plant in northern Japan that reportedly is responsible for about 20 percent of the 300-mm diameter raw wafers.
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| Intel to reduce Clearwire holding |
5/12/2011 |
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Intel said in the filing that it owns more than 102.4 million shares of Clearwire, or about 33 percent of the company's total outstanding shares.
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| Intel to dump Clearwire holding |
5/12/2011 |
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Intel said in the filing that it owns more than 102.4 million shares of Clearwire, or about 33 percent of the company's total outstanding shares.
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| Rambus invested in next generation memory startups |
5/11/2011 |
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The company has begun investing in startup companies and providing support to universities researching next-generation memory technologies, as a means of keeping itself acquainted with potential approaches,
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| Google to supply Chrome notebook on $20/month |
5/11/2011 |
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According to Forbes, Google will announce a $20-a-month package for students that includes both the hardware and internet access, in what "is almost certainly a precursor to an enterprise offering."
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| Cellphone will alert you in case of emergency |
5/11/2011 |
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The emergency alert system will be used only for critical national messages from the president, information in life-threatening situations and Amber Alerts meant to widen the search for missing or abducted youngsters,
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| Built-in WiFi becoming popular in consumer electronics |
5/10/2011 |
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Shipments of consumer electronics, computer, communications, and automotive products with built-in WLAN capability such as Wi-Fi will amount to 1.2 billion units in 2011, up 35.8% from 880.4 billion units in 2010. In 2015.
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| Nvidia buys into mobile base band |
5/10/2011 |
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Nvidia has made yet another move that proves it's dead serious about the mobile market, announcing plans to fork over $367m to acquire baseband-processor developer Icera of Bristol in the UK.
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| Freescale files IPO to raise $1 Billion |
5/10/2011 |
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Freescale has granted the underwriters a 30-day option to purchase up to an additional 6,525,000 common shares to cover over-allotments. The common shares have been approved for listing on the New York Stock Exchange, subject to official notice of issuance, under the symbol FSL.
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| Microsoft to buy Skype |
5/10/2011 |
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Microsoft's interest in the money-losing but popular service highlights a need to gain new customers for its Windows and Office software. Skype has 145 million users on average each month and has gained favor among small business users.
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| Nokia to layoff 7,000 as it re-align |
5/9/2011 |
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The move will see the Finland-based company reduce its global workforce by about 4000 jobs by the end of 2012, while also transferring about 3000 employees to Accenture as part of a deal that sees Nokia's Symbian software activities move to the company.
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| AMD search for CEO continue |
5/9/2011 |
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"The board is very happy with the interest we have received and is actively interviewing candidates," Seifert said briefly on a call with financial analysts Thursday afternoon discussing AMD's Q1 numbers.
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| Would Apple PC switch away from Intel? |
5/9/2011 |
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A new rumor claims that Apple plans to ditch Intel processors to instead adopt the ARM architecture currently found in devices like the iPhone and iPad.
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| Sony's CEO breaks silence and offers apology |
5/6/2011 |
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Sony Chief Executive Officer Howard Stringer apologized to users of its PlayStation Network and other online services, breaking his silence on the biggest Internet security break-in ever.
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| TSMC to ramp new 12-inch fab |
5/6/2011 |
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TSMC has begun equipment move-in for the phase 1 facility of a new 12-inch fab with volume production of 28nm technology products slated for the fourth quarter of 2011.
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