Taipei,Oct.18,2012--In spite of fewer workdays in October,MediaTek Inc.,Taiwan's No.1 fabless IC company,is estimated to ship over 20 million smartphone chipsets in the month and at least 60 million sets in the fourth quarter ...
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Google surprised Wall Street today by prematurely releasing a lackluster earnings report hours ahead of schedule.The company's stock dove more than 9%before trading was suspended. In a filing with the U.S.Securities&Exchange ...
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The CIO of professional services firm PwC UK,Dominique Moreau,has hit back at remarks made by his Groupama Insurances counterpart Jem Eskenazi that the CIO role is set to disappear in the next 15 to 20 years,by declaring that"the CIO role ...
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Facebook is to open a"cold storage"facility at its datacentre in Prineville,Oregon,to provide a lower cost repository for its users'old and infrequently accessed photographs and videos. Further reading The shape of datacentres to ...
Apple has failed to overturn a UK High Court decision to reject the Californian company's claim that Samsung copied its iPad designs for its own tablets. Judge Colin Birss had ruled that Samsung's Galaxy Tab 10.1,8.9 and 7.7 did not ...
Flash-based solid-state devices(SSDs)are making headway in the datacentre,especially for read-intensive applications requiring high performance,but will continue to take second place for write-intensive applications,including many"big ...
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Unlike most movie sequels,the HP ProLiant DL380 gets better with each generation.The DL dynasty just hit generation 8,and true to form,the HP ProLiant DL380p Gen8 does a fine job of incorporating all the latest server hardware,features,and ...
Computerworld-Microsoft confirmed Wednesday that owners of Windows RT hardware,including the company's own Surface RT,must acquire a commercial license for Office 2013 to use those devices'bundled Office apps at and for work. The ...
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Autumn has traditionally been known as the season for fashion. The mild temperatures are perfect for accessories like scarves and hats while the panoply of colors serve as a beautiful backdrop for assorted kinds of outerwear. Of the ...
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3M ESPE, a provider of dental products and services, has launched a new digital impression system to provide dentists and dental labs with a multitude of choices. The new system, 3M True Definition Scanner, features a '3D-in-motion' video ...
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Computer chip maker Intel has reported falls in both sales and profits in the third quarter,saying the results"reflected a continuing,tough economic environment". The company reported a net profit of$2.97bn for the quarter ending 29 ...
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IBM has reported flat net profits of$3.8bn as demand for its software services and tight cost management offset the effect of a stronger dollar. IBM said that,excluding UK pension-related charges,profits rose 3%to$3.9bn in the third ...
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CHARLOTTE,N.C.,Oct.17,2012--/PRNewswire/--Nexxus Lighting,Inc.(NASDAQ Capital Market:NEXS)today announced that the Company has executed a distributor agreement with PolyBrite International.Under the agreement,Nexxus will begin offering all ...
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Amazon may be entering the semiconductor business.The company is in talks with TI about buying TI's wireless chip business. TI supplies the chip-sets for Amazon's Kindle Fire tablet.It is thought that TI's wireless chip business could be ...
17 October 2012 First Solar to construct 13MW solar power plant in Seih Al Dahal First Solar Inc of Tempe,AZ,USA,which manufactures thin-film photovoltaic(PV)modules based on cadmium telluride(CdTe)as well as providing ...
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