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| A matter of copyright in the Digital World |
3/23/2011 |
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Google's company plan to digitize every book ever published and make them widely available was derailed on Tuesday when a federal judge in New York rejected a sweeping $125 million legal settlement the company had worked out with groups representing authors and publishers.
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| Verigy position to be acquired by Advantest |
3/22/2011 |
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Verigy said it has notified LTX-Credence that the Verigy board of directors intends to withdraw its recommendation in favor of the pending merger transaction between Verigy and LTX-Credence
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| Jobs to answer question on iTune anti-trust case |
3/22/2011 |
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Judge Lloyd said: "The court finds that Jobs has unique, non-repetitive, first hand knowledge about Apple's software updates in October 2004 that rendered the RealNetworks's digital music files once again inoperable with iPods".
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| Twitter turns Five |
3/22/2011 |
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“Just setting up my twttr,” was the first message it published on March 21, 2006, thanks to a message delivered by founder Jack Dorsey inviting co-workers to join.
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| Dual metal floating gate mixes DRAM with nonvolatile |
3/21/2011 |
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It could enable instant-on computers where the computer can switch quickly between active mode and hibernation on a row-by-row basis. When parts of the memory are not changing, rows, or even entire blocks can be transferred to non-volatile storage without any penalty in read performance. Doing this eliminates the need for refresh, a large percentage of the power consumption in DRAMs.
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| Adobe Flash finally available for Android |
3/21/2011 |
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Currently Adobe's Flash Player 10.2 is available for Android 2.2 and Android 2.3 users while the firm released a beta for Android 3.0. Adobe singled out its Android 3.0 Flash Player for particular attention, saying that the full production release will be out "in the coming weeks".
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| AT&T/T-Mobile deal left other carriers scrambling |
3/21/2011 |
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The surprising deal widens the gap between Sprint and its two larger rivals, and would place it last among the national wireless carriers. It also puts Sprint in an awkward position--it too was in talks to merge its operations with T-Mobile.
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| HP has a long way to go pushing cloud |
3/18/2011 |
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There is one area where HP could take the lead, however. If the cloud revolution goes to plan, pretty soon we're going to need cloud printers. Even the most cynical will agree that HP's pretty good at the whole paper-pushing thing.
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| Amkor Japan production affected |
3/18/2011 |
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The event will impact its sales. Amkor's Kitakami facility is currently closed due to power supply interruptions and plans are underway to restore production capabilities at the site when power, gas and water supplies, and transportation systems are stabilized.
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| Rumor: Bigger screen to iPhone 5 |
3/18/2011 |
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A source close to Foxconn has told them that the iPhone 5 will have a larger edge-to-edge screen and an aluminum back while otherwise sharing the form factor of the iPhone 4.
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| New 400 MTS Flash Standard Published |
3/17/2011 |
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The v3.0 standard specifies the use of the non-volatile DDR2 (NV-DDR2) interface and this enables NAND interface speed to increase from ONFI v2.1's 200MB/sec to 400. The new standard is backwards-compatible with previous ONFI standards.
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| Counterfeit parts on the rise |
3/17/2011 |
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“Reducing their proliferation and potentially harmful effects requires increased diligence and active control measures from both industry and government.”
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| SMIC looks forward to expansion |
3/17/2011 |
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"Based on our current five year business expansion plan to become a $5 billion foundry, SMIC would need to spend approximately $12 billion to increase its manufacturing capacity during the next several years.
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| Netflix to compete with Cable TV |
3/17/2011 |
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Netflix to offer it before the series debuts on cable television, would mark Netflix as an even bigger threat to pay-TV channels such as HBO and Starz. Some analysts believe that Netflix, with 20 million-plus subscribers, could be as big as HBO by the end of this year.
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| PCs won't die, but smartphones will rule |
3/16/2011 |
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IDC predicts more than 400 million smartphones will ship in 2011, surpassing about 380 million desktop and notebook PCs for the first time. It also forecasts as many as 1.3 million Apple iOS and Google Android apps will be available by the end of the year, compared to about 75,000 PC applications.
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| Apple skips Japan on iPad2 launch |
3/16/2011 |
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Apple had planned to release the tablet computer in Japan and 25 other countries on March 25. Apple did not set any new release date for Japan, but said that it will go ahead with the launch of iPad 2 in other countries.
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| TI's Miho Fab suffers damage |
3/15/2011 |
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TI said the Miho suffered would not return to full production until mid July at the earliest. The company said plans to restart production at the fab in stages, beginning with several lines in May.
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| Asian stock market shaken |
3/15/2011 |
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The Nikkei 225 Index ($JP:N225) fell 1,015 points, or 10.5%, to 8,605, its worst loss since Oct. 16, 2008, and its lowest close since April 2009. The benchmark Japanese index has fallen 16% in two days, its biggest 2-day decline since the October 1987 market crash.
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| AT&T DSL and U-Verse to charge for excessive download |
3/15/2011 |
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Traditional DSL users will be capped at 150 GB per month, while subscribers to the fiber-backed UVerse system have a 250-GB limit. Usage over that will be charged at $10/month for 50 GB, the company says.
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| Memory prices spiked |
3/15/2011 |
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While it appears by their statements that the memory markets are overreacting to the earthquake, analysts say that the price increases may highlight a graver issue for the global chip industry: damage to Japanese component and material suppliers vital to chip production.
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