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| APP to add Cherokee language to iPhone |
12/23/2010 |
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Nearly two centuries after a blacksmith named Sequoyah converted Cherokee into its own unique written form, the tribe has worked with Apple to develop Cherokee language software for the iPhone, iPod and — soon — the iPad.
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| Skype Outage |
12/23/2010 |
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Skype estimates that about two-thirds of its users are still unable to log in after an outage caused by problems with its underlying peer-to-peer interconnection system, it said in a blog post around midday European time Thursday.
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| Outlook up for Nand and down for DRAM |
12/22/2010 |
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''We enter 2011 with potentially good prospects in terms of NAND ASP stabilization and a significant O/S tablet launch in Google’s Honeycomb Android in roughly mid-1Q11,''
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| Net neutrality rules passed |
12/22/2010 |
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In broad terms it states wired Internet service providers cannot block any lawful content, services, devices or applications from running on their networks. They must disclose their network management practices on their Web sites and at the point of sale.
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| Amazon fixed Kindle bug |
12/22/2010 |
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The problem is with the "Kindle Leather Cover, Black" for the latest model of Amazon's keyboard-touting e-book reader. Buyers are reporting that the cover causes their Kindles to repeatedly reboot, crash and stop working with the only remedy being to take the device out of the case.
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| Window comes to ARMs |
12/22/2010 |
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Microsoft Corp., the world’s largest software maker, will announce a version of its Windows computer operating system that runs on ARM Holdings Plc technology for the first time,
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| Google extends offer for free North America phone calls |
12/21/2010 |
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When Google announced the ability to make phone calls from Gmail in August its plan was to offer free calls to the U.S. and Canada until the end of this year. But now users will be able to make free calls to those destinations for all of 2011.
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| SEC to probe any violation on Hurd's HP departure |
12/21/2010 |
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The securities regulator is looking into whether Hurd leaked information about HP’s planned acquisition of Electronic Data Systems Corp. to a contractor, the Wall Street Journal reported yesterday.
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| Sub-$100 Andriod phone will be available in China market |
12/20/2010 |
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China's handset makers will be able to build sub-$100 Android phones using a new reference design created by Via Telecom and Wind River. The effort targets one of the fastest growing segments of a smartphone business in which Android is expected to rocket past the RIM Blackberry and Apple iPhone in the next few years.
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| Hynix: memory chip prices are likely to fall |
12/20/2010 |
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"Chip prices remained strong until the first half of this year, but they dropped sharply, especially during the fourth quarter," the report quoted O.C. Kwon, Hynix CEO.
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| iPhone boosted online computer sales |
12/20/2010 |
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Online sales of computer hardware increased 25 percent year over year in the first 47 days of the 2010 holiday shopping season, thanks in part to the popularity of Apple's iPad.
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| Semi equipment Book-To-Bill falls |
12/17/2010 |
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The three-month average of worldwide bookings in November was $1.51 billion, down 5 percent from October and up 91 percent from November 2009, SEMI said.
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| LG announced first dual core phone |
12/17/2010 |
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LG announced today the first smartphone with a dual-core chip, the Optimus 2X. Dual-core phones, which pack more processing power than the current single-core models, are expected to be a major trend for cell phones in 2011.
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| See body details from Google |
12/17/2010 |
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¡°Body Browser is a detailed 3D model of the human body,¡± said Google in the introduction. ¡°You can peel back anatomical layers, zoom in, and navigate to parts that interest you. Click to identify anatomy, or search for muscles, organs, bones and more.¡±
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| EC fined LCD manufacturers for price fixing |
12/16/2010 |
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"The companies concerned knew they were breaking competition rules and took steps to conceal their illegal behavior. The only understanding we will show is for those that come forward to denounce a cartel and help prove its existence."
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| Tighten Energy Star certifications to start Jan. 2011 |
12/16/2010 |
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The new requirements are a response to an investigation earlier this year by the US Government Accountability Office (GAO), which found that the Energy Star self-certification program was vulnerable to fraud and abuse.
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| Nokia filed 13 more infringement against Apple |
12/16/2010 |
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"These actions add 13 further Nokia patents to the 24 already asserted against Apple in the U.S. International Trade Commission and the Delaware and Wisconsin Federal courts,"
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| Video interface will go digital HDMI |
12/15/2010 |
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Leading chipmakers said they expect that analog display outputs such as VGA (Video Graphics Array) and the LVDS (low voltage differential signaling technology) panel interface would no longer be supported in their product lines at that time.
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| Semi equipment sales up 96% for year |
12/15/2010 |
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Semiconductor manufacturing equipment vendors notched sales of $13.2 billion in the third quarter, up 16 percent from the previous quarter and up 96 percent compared to the third quarter of 2009.
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| Analyst modeled smartphone sales |
12/15/2010 |
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Piper Jaffray analyst Gene Munster expects Apple to sell just 2.5 million additional iPhones in the US by adding Verizon as a carrier early next year, bringing 2011's US iPhone sales to 20 million.
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