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| Microsoft overhauls MS Office |
5/10/2010 |
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Office 2010, which goes on sale to businesses this week, shows Microsoft for the first time putting serious sweat into making the suite work better on the Web and smartphones.
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| US Patent office to increase patent application fee |
5/7/2010 |
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The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office said they need to increase patent application fees to reduce its historic backlog, according to Congressional testimony by the office's newly appointed director, David Kappos.
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| A-Data April revenue up by 58% |
5/6/2010 |
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A-Data Technology has posted revenues of NT$3.71 billion (US$118 million) for April, down 23% sequentially but up 58% on year.
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| Inotera buys new equipments from ASML |
5/6/2010 |
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Inotera Memories has reported the purchase of NT$5.934 billion (US$188.8 million) worth of semiconductor equipment from lithography equipment vendor ASML
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| UMC to open Southern Taiwan 12-inch Fab |
5/6/2010 |
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UMC has revealed it will hold a ceremony to officially kick off operations of the phase-three and phase-four production facilities at its 12-inch Fab 12A at the Southern Taiwan Science Park
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| Apple sells 1 Million iPad |
5/4/2010 |
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Apple confirmed it sold its 1 millionth iPad late last week, meaning that it took 28 days from iPad's launch on April 3 to reach the milestone.
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| Samsung reports U$7.4 Billion sale up 2.5% |
4/30/2010 |
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Samsung Electronics' semiconductor division generated sales of 8.2 trillion won (US$7.4 billion) in the first quarter of 2010, up 2.5% sequentially and 57.4% from a year earlier.
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| ITC to investigate iPad patent suit |
4/29/2010 |
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The US International Trade Commission will investigate the patent claims made against Apple by Elan Microelectronics, which claims that the iPhone maker's products infringe on its touchscreen technology.
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| HP to buy Palm for $1.2 Billion |
4/29/2010 |
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HP will purchase Palm, a provider of smartphones powered by the Palm webOS mobile operating system, at a price of US$5.70 per share of Palm common stock in cash or an enterprise value of approximately US$1.2 billion.
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| Winbond returns to profit in 1st Quarter |
4/28/2010 |
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Winbond Electronics, which has turned its focus away from the commodity DRAM business, has reported net income of NT$384 million (US$12.3 million) for the first quarter of 2010
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| SMIC reports wide losses for 2009 |
4/27/2010 |
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Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation has reported net losses of US$963.54 million for the year ended December 31, 2009.
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