LCD panel makers in Taiwan, Japan and Korea have been suffering. Despite the growing demand for LCDs the high number of panel makers and new competition from China has resulted in tough price competition for panel makers, to the point that ...
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Total worldwide semiconductor revenue fell 2.6 per cent to $299.9bn in 2012, according to figures released today by analyst group Gartner. Intel remained the runaway market leader for the 21st year in a row with revenues of $49.09bn, but ...
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The Chinese media have accused Apple of treating the nation's consumers as second-class citizens over its policy for replacing or repairing damaged iPhones under warranty. While Apple insists that its policies are broadly equivalent ...
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BlackBerry plans to release a larger tablet and two phone-tablet combos, or phablets, over the next year, according to a leaked road map presentation slide. The three devices will run the BlackBerry 10 mobile operating system, which ...
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BlackBerry chief executive Thorsten Heins has revealed plans to expand the Canadian firm's smartphone portfolio, to incorporate lower-end devices, in a bid to keep up with the likes of Samsung and Apple. In an interview with The Canadian ...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook has personally apologised, on behalf of the company, to Chinese customers after last week's widespread accusations of "arrogance" concerning its warranty policies. Complaints included the length of an Apple warranty in ...
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Microsoft has relaxed a Windows 8 certification requirement to allow devices with lower resolutions, a move analysts said signaled Microsoft would soon join the accelerating shift to smaller, less expensive tablets. "The sub-eight-inch ...
The Samsung Galaxy S4 will be shipping in 155 countries by the end of next month, and its real-time voice translation to help people communicate across borders may be one of its most ambitious features. Translating voice conversations in ...
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APPLE is seeking a patent for an iPhone that has a display that wraps around the edges of the device, expanding the viewable area and eliminating all physical buttons. The patent application reveals that Apple has put some thought into ...
On Friday, the US Department of Commerce (DOC) announced the initiation of administrative reviews of antidumping (AD) and countervailing duty (CVD) orders with a February anniversary date. The DOC initiated the following administrative ...
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Leading power and automation technology group ABB, has landed a major oil and gas contract valued at $15 million in the Timor Sea off Western Australia. ? ABB has been appointed the main electrical contractor (MEC) for a new ...
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Not fazed by a takeover battle looming on the sidelines, members of Dell’s research division are putting together the pieces for prototype ARM supercomputers that could be deployed in the future. Dell has a good idea what an ARM ...
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Backed by 100 technology companies, the three largest memory makers announced the final specifications for three-dimensional DRAM, which is aimed at increasing performance for networking and high-performance computing markets. Micron, ...
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Quantum dots will cascade into the marketplace. They offer lower cost, longer life, and brighter lighting, according to WinterGreen Research’s new study Quantum Dot and Quantum Dot Display (QLED) Market Shares, Strategy, and ...
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Researchers in South Korea have developed a new gold-doping process for graphene transparent conducting layers (TCLs) that improves its adhesion and electrical contact with near-ultraviolet light-emitting diodes (NUV-LEDs) [Chu-Young Cho et ...
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