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| Get in line for the Apple Black Friday Sale |
11/24/2010 |
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"Come back to the Apple Online Store the day after Thanksgiving for a special one-day-only holiday shopping event," the site said. "You'll find dozens of great iPad, iPod, and Mac gifts for everyone on your list."
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| Acer to ship Android tablet in February |
11/24/2010 |
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The 10.1-inch models will have front and rear cameras, and all three tablets will have Wi-Fi and 3G connectivity. A docking system with a full-size keyboard will be available with the Windows system, which is scheduled to ship in February.
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| AT&T claimed fastest Mobile infrastructure |
11/23/2010 |
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GWS compiles wireless performance across 950,000 road miles, covering 400 U.S. markets that represent 88 percent of the country's population. Across this standard, GWS found AT&T to be the fastest mobile broadband network, 20 percent faster than T-Mobile and 60 percent faster than Verizon.
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| Verizon to offer 150Mbs services |
11/23/2010 |
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"The new 150/35 Mbps FiOS Internet offer establishes a new benchmark for high-speed Internet in America, and paves the way for a flurry of emerging bandwidth-intensive applications to reach mainstream status,"
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| NetFlix stream only for 8 bugs |
11/23/2010 |
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"The gain Netflix gets from people who don't want a disc at all is offset by a number of people who will quit because of higher pricing," he told Reuters.
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| New iOS have many new features |
11/23/2010 |
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Threaded e-mail messages, third-party multitasking, fast-app switching, drag-and-drop app organization via folders, the addition of Faces/Places tagging in Photos, and wireless app distribution are all overdue additions.
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| ARM in talk with Google TV to bump Atom processor |
11/22/2010 |
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Google decided to use Intel processors in GoogleTV to get the product to market quickly, according to the report. "If Google is to meet the mainstream needs of the market, its televisions will need to be made with lower energy and lower cost processors,"
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| ISSCC to focus on Nand and PCM |
11/22/2010 |
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Multiple non-volatile memory technologies will be represented at next year's International Solid-State Circuits Conference, due to take place in San Francisco, California, Feb. 20 to 24, 2011.
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| Amazon has a new way to sell eBooks |
11/22/2010 |
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"We're making this functionality available in time for the holidays to offer an easy, stress-free holiday shopping option for anyone -- not just Kindle owners," Russ Grandinetti, VP of Amazon Kindle, said in a statement.
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| UMC terminates acquisition of China Fab |
11/19/2010 |
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This was seen as a blow for UMC, which counted on He Jian for access into the China market. Last year, foundry vendor UMC said it would pay $285 million to acquire the 85 percent of Chinese foundry He Jian.
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| Computer virus disturbed Iran nuclear centrifuges |
11/19/2010 |
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Those fluctuations, nuclear analysts said in response to the report, are a recipe for disaster among the thousands of centrifuges spinning in Iran to enrich uranium, which can fuel reactors or bombs. Rapid changes can cause them to blow apart.
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| Toshiba to outsource some fab work |
11/18/2010 |
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Kobayashi told Bloomberg that Toshiba would start outsourcing the production of some logic semiconductors next year to cut costs.
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| Another consolidation in ATE industry |
11/18/2010 |
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The combined company will be called Verigy. Verigy itself was formerly part of Agilent Technologies Inc. Agilent spun-out the ATE unit several years ago, thereby forming Verigy. Several years ago, LTX Corp. bought ATE rival Credence Systems Corp., forming LTX-Credence.
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| Politics plays into "net neutuality" |
11/18/2010 |
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"We will make sure that we get the rules right, we need to make sure that what we do maximizes innovation and investment across the ecosystem."
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| Honda announces EV for 2012 |
11/18/2010 |
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The electric version was unveiled at the Los Angeles Auto Show. It will have 100-mile range and recharge in less than 12 hours from a standard wall socket or in six hours in a 220-volt system. It will seat five like any other Fit.
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| Samsung rises above in DRAM market |
11/17/2010 |
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Samsung proved its market strength and managed to show double-digit DRAM revenue gains in Q3, despite the market's overall decline in the quarter. In doing so, segment leader Samsung became the only top five DRAM supplier to achieve revenue growth.
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| Forward Concept reports on $50B mobile components market |
11/17/2010 |
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The most expensive component in a cellphone is the LCD display which accounts for 31 percent of the $49.7 billion market. The digital baseband is next at 14 percent of the market followed by the image sensor worth 8 percent of the market.
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| Google Voice comes to iPhone, finally |
11/17/2010 |
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Users can switch calls to their computer when at their desk - reducing the number of cellular minutes they use. At the desk Google Voice uses VoIP and offers video too, but on the phone it still uses voice minutes.
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| Inphi is now traded at NY Exchange |
11/16/2010 |
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The IPO raised $81.6 million and valued the company at about $300 million of which approximately $73.9 million was expected to be retained by Inphi (Santa Clara, Calif.) after underwriting discounts and commissions and offering expenses.
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| UMN sue Intel on lithography patents |
11/16/2010 |
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"UNM hopes to add the world's biggest chip maker to its list of licenses as a result of Monday's complaint. "We would be thrilled to have Intel as a licensee," Kuuttila said.
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