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| Rumors: 7 inch iPad is in development |
9/24/2010 |
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In August, the Chinese-language Economic Daily News claimed that Apple was pursuing an iPad with a smaller screen and lighter weight, because the current 9.7-inch device is too big and heavy for some users. That report alleged that the new model will cut its weight from 700 grams to 500 grams.
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| CDMA version iPhone is ready |
9/24/2010 |
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Electronista reports that Pegatron is set to produce "3-4 million units" of a CDMA iPhone 4 by next February, there's no doubt that someone other than AT&T is finally going to get their hands on the #1 selling phone in the US.
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| Sharp to acquire solar developer |
9/23/2010 |
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"We are excited to have reached a definitive agreement for Sharp to acquire Recurrent Energy, a leading solar project developer and generating company with a 2 GW pipeline. It is essential for Sharp to function as a developer in the photovoltaic field, in order to further expand its business in this area,"
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| Samsung announced 4G LTE |
9/23/2010 |
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Samsung Mobile has announced the launch of what it claims is the world's first 4G LTE-enabled, multi-mode, CDMA handset, the Samsung Craft SCH-r900.
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| Japanese start up offers platform for EV manufacturing |
9/23/2010 |
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Founded by Hiroshi Shimizu, a professor at Keio University, in August 2009, SIM-Drive has emerged as one of Japan’s more promising technology ventures. Shimizu has led development of electronic vehicles with in-wheel motor technologies over the last 30 years at Keio University and as SIM-Drive’s president.
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| iPad to reach reach mass market |
9/23/2010 |
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The Apple tablet will be “a secondary computing device for those who already have a primary computer, a primary device for those who could not previously afford a Mac, and the first Apple product that will be a success in the enterprise,”
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| Micheal shows new Dell Tablet |
9/23/2010 |
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Dell is only one of several computer makers lining up with tablets to challenge the iPad. Other vendors jumping into the market include Hewlett-Packard, Asus, Samsung and others.
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| Nvidia positions to compete in integrated CPU |
9/22/2010 |
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Nvidia is moving in the same direction by integrating its own GPUs with processing cores licensed from ARM Holdings plc (Cambridge, England) under the Tegra brand. The Tegra 2 uptake, you will see later in the year, is really quite phenomenal.
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| FCC to allocate excessive fiber bandwidth to schools |
9/22/2010 |
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FCC announced on Tuesday that schools and libraries will soon be able to use E-Rate funds to obtain access to unused fiber-optic connections around the country, sometimes known as "dark fiber" lines.
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| RIM joins the Tablet race with its own OS |
9/22/2010 |
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We previously noted that RIM's tablet could hit stores before year's end. According to the new WSJ report, the BlackPad is on schedule to see a Q4 release.
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| iPad, not a replacement for Netbook computers |
9/21/2010 |
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“In light of the sales facts it is, in my view, a mistaken and absolutely untenable position to claim that PC sales are under pressure because of the iPad when there are so many other factors that are contributing to the poor results.”
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| LED lighting to take off |
9/21/2010 |
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Although the LED industry has been around for a long time, volumes have never before reached today's levels, and expectations for the emerging solid-state lighting market are exponentially higher.
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| New material to boost PCM characteristics |
9/21/2010 |
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Researchers at the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the University of California-Berkeley claim that BEANs can be formed into high density arrays of nanowires or quantum dots whose state can be switched from amorphous to crystalline in nanoseconds.
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| Tablet computers to increase Nand usage |
9/21/2010 |
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Total NAND shipments for tablets is projected to grow 296 percent next year from 428 million gigabytes in 2010, according to iSuppli (El Segundo, Calif.). Shipment's will continue to climb steadily for the next few years, hitting 8.8 billion gigabytes by 2014.
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| Google App adds security |
9/20/2010 |
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Two-step verification is already offered as an option by many online banks. An online banking customer can have a verification code sent to his or her mobile phone when a login attempt is initiated. In order to complete the login process successfully, the customer must supply the code sent to the mobile device in addition to a user name and password.
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| Falling Flash prices not due to Apple |
9/17/2010 |
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Digitimes reports that their sources say that Apple's orders of Flash chips for their iOS devices is not driving up the price of NAND flash in the channel.
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| Intel show new Classmate PC |
9/17/2010 |
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The Intel Classmate PC 2010 in clamshell form-factor can survive a fall from 70cm, has the energy to keep working for 8+ hours, sustains liquid spills (up to 100cc) and even additional anti-microbial protection on keyboard.
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| Oracle earnings climbed |
9/17/2010 |
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Excluding acquisition costs and other expenses, earnings climbed to 42 cents a share last quarter, beating the 37-cent average of projections compiled by Bloomberg.
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| Microsoft release SDK Phone 7 to developers |
9/17/2010 |
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Microsoft has released the Windows Phone 7 SDK to developers. Applications developed with the new SDK will be submittable to the Windows Phone Marketplace when that opens for submissions next month.
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| Semi equipment industry to do good this year |
9/16/2010 |
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Following on the "worst year ever" for the semiconductor equipment industry, capital equipment spending is expected to skyrocket more than 122% this year with growth projected to continue through 2012, Gartner reports.
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