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| Smart utility meters to have multiple functions |
6/24/2008 |
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Some 50 million old meters in the United States are likely to be replaced by advanced meters by 2010 at a cost of about $18 billion, according to a recent analysis by Deutsche Bank. Worldwide, only 6% of electricity, 8% of gas, and 4% of water meters are even automated,
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| iSupply see explosive growth on solar semicoductors |
6/24/2008 |
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By 2010, iSuppli predicts that there will be as many as 400 global production lines that can produce at least 1 Megawatt (MW) of PV cells per year, which would be a four-fold increase from the approximate 90 to 100 production lines running in 2007.
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| MMI predicts IP network devices growth in homes |
6/24/2008 |
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The number of IP-enabled consumer devices in the home should grow from a current base of 64 million to 215 million in 2012, Multimedia Intelligence Inc. predicts in a new report and white paper.
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| Nokia acquires Symbian as a base for united OS |
6/24/2008 |
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Nokia will, together with Sony Ericsson, Motorola, NTT DOCOMO, AT&T, LG Electronics, Samsung Electronics, STMicroelectronics, Texas Instruments and Vodafone establish the Symbian Foundation to provide a royalty-free open platform uniting the Symbian OS, S60, UIQ and MOAP(S).
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| Computers in use exceeds 1 billion |
6/23/2008 |
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The number of personal computers in use around the world has surpassed 1 billion, with strong growth in emerging markets set to double the number of PCs by early 2014, research firm Gartner said on Monday.
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| Microsoft adds second Taiwan R&D Center |
6/20/2008 |
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Microsoft inaugurated its Microsoft Innovation Center in Taiwan, with R&D focusing on next-generation web applications and software engineering, according to Microsoft Taiwan.
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| Atmel offers Controller with FPGA interface |
6/19/2008 |
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Atmel announced the CAP7E, the industry's first MCU with a direct FPGA interface featuring a six-layer advanced high-speed bus , peripheral DMA controller and 160 Kbytes of on-chip SRAM.
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| Mozilla released FireFox 3 |
6/18/2008 |
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Mozilla on Tuesday released an improved version of its Firefox web browser that has gained popularity as an alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer
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| SanDisk and Toshiba offers 3D Memory chips |
6/18/2008 |
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SanDisk and Toshiba plan to collaborate on the development of certain types of rewriteable 3D memory, according to a filing with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission.
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| Cadence to acquire Mentor Graphics |
6/17/2008 |
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Cadence Design Systems has announced it has submitted a proposal to acquire Mentor Graphics for $16.00 per share in cash valued at $1.6 billion.
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| AMD to offer low cost Triple & Quad-Core CPU |
6/17/2008 |
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AMD plans to launch several low-power triple-core and quad-core CPUs during the second half of 2008 all featuring a TDP of 65W, according to sources at motherboard makers.
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| Intel to launch low cost Quad Core CPU |
6/16/2008 |
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Intel is planning to launch a Core 2 Quad Q8000 CPU series, offering entry-level prices to counter AMD's triple-core CPUs in the mainstream market, according to sources at motherboard makers.
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| Nand Flash Price Continues to Free Fall |
6/16/2008 |
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NAND flash chips prices has continued to free-fall, with the price of 8Gb NAND flash dropping to as low as US$2.35 amid weak demand as consumers worldwide tighten their spending in fear of inflation.
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