AGC will newly set up a chemical strengthening facility for Dragontrail™, specialty glass used as cover glass for smart phones and tablet PCs, at its Kansai Plant in Hyogo Prefecture, Japan. This new chemical strengthening facility ...
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Taiwan-based Csun Manufacturing has seen orders for LCD, PCB and semiconductor equipment rebound bringing the company's book-to-bill ratio to 1.5-1.8 recently, according to industry sources. In particular, orders for equipment used to ...
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Microsoft on Friday reopened online sales for the 128GB Surface Pro after nearly a week of stock outages, telling buyers that the tablets would ship in two to three weeks. According to Microsoft's e-store, a 128GB Surface Pro ordered on ...
Microsoft reported a drop in profit for the second quarter of its fiscal year, though revenue increased, thanks partly to a 24 percent jump in sales from its Windows division. Microsoft's revenue increased 2.7 percent to US$21.46 billion ...
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Nokia swung to a net profit during the fourth quarter, as it sold a growing number of Windows Phone-based smartphones. The company reported fourth-quarter sales of 8.04 billion euros ($10.71 billion), down 20% year-on-year, making a net ...
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Tablets and smartphones will give a much-needed boost this year to the worldwide microprocessor market, which is undergoing a fundamental change with a shift to low-power processors used in energy-efficient devices, research firm IC ...
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The worldwide microprocessor market will be given a boost by tablets and smartphones in 2012, amidst a fundamental shift to low-power processors used in energy-efficient devices, research firm IC Insights said this week. Worldwide ...
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THINGS are getting increasingly touchy in the computer world. Touchscreens, which most of us have on our smartphones or tablets, are spreading to the full-size personal computing arena. They're increasingly common on notebook PCs, ...
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Sharp has drastically cut-back production of 9.7-inch touchscreens for Apple's iPad, shifting its focus to the 7.85-inch screens that it makes for the iPad Mini at its Kameyama plant in Japan. The news caps a slowdown that began in ...
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An imprintable and bendable , according to the country's Yonhap News Agency. If the report is accurate, this would be a world-first for the technology industry, and could pave the way for flexible phones and tablets, effectively ...
Following on from this year’s Consumer Electronics Show (CES), Asus on Monday announced the Memo Pad ME172V, a seven-inch Android tablet that will be priced at US$149 (AED 547). This is the latest tablet to join a pack of recently ...
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PCs were upstaged by tablets, smartphones and TVs at this year's International CES show, with some companies maintaining a smaller presence or holding back product announcements for a later date. There were fewer product announcements ...
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The facelifted 2014 Jeep Grand Cherokee has been revealed ahead of its official unveiling at this week’s Detroit auto show. The updated Jeep Grand Cherokee benefits from fresh exterior styling, a revised cabin featuring new ...
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Today Wacom announces Bamboo Stylus feel, a new addition to the Bamboo Stylus family that features two digital pens with Wacom's patented EMR (Electro-Magnetic Resonance) technology for tablets that integrate Wacom feel IT into their ...
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IDG News Service - Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system failed to provide a spark to PC sales during last year's fourth quarter, with worldwide unit shipments falling by 6.4% compared to the same quarter in 2011, according to research by ...
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