Vishay has introduced a series of moulded solid tantalum chip capacitors for space-constrained consumer electronics. The TL8 series devices come in case sizes down to 0805 and profiles from 0.8 to 1.0mm. For example, there is a 10V ...
Lenmar Enterprises Inc. introduces its new battery pack with the versatile, all-in-one PowerPort Gold. The PowerPort Gold is a sophisticated external battery bank, car charger and wall charger all in one sleek, compact unit. You will ...
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Nearly 196 million smartphones and 451 million handsets were shipped during fourth-quarter 2012, according to the latest estimates from marketing anakyst firm ABI Research. This brings 2012 annual totals to 653 million smartphone and 1.6 ...
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Brewer Science Inc of Rolla, MO, USA, which provides specialty materials, integrated processes, and laboratory-scale wafer processing equipment, plans to build a high-volume manufacturing facility in Vichy, MO, to produce materials for ...
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Belkin, a maker of smartphone cases and computing accessories, says it is buying the home networking business unit of Cisco, including the Linksys router brand. Privately held Belkin, based in Playa Vista, California, did not disclose the ...
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It's no longer just about those 140-character tweets. Now Twitter is helping people discover their inner filmmaker. Twitter announced Thursday the launch of Vine, a service that lets mobile users capture and share short, looping videos. ...
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AT&T reported a slight increase in revenue and a smaller net loss for the fourth quarter, helped along largely by smartphone and broadband sales The telecom giant on Thursday reported $32.6 billion in revenue for the three months ended ...
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Together they consumed $45.3bn of semiconductors during the year Samsung has overtaken Apple by becoming the top global semiconductor consumer in 2012, according to a new report from Gartner. Gartner's design total available market ...
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The U.S. International Trade Commission has decided to review an earlier decision that found Samsung Electronics' products infringed four patents owned by Apple. The four patents relate to the ornamental design of a device, commands ...
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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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Acer is trying to adapt to the slowdown in the PC market by shutting down its eMachines unit and refocusing Gateway and Packard Bell to offer new products that are "beyond the PC." Earlier this week, Acer took charges to the tune of ...
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Intel's decision to leave the desktop motherboard business is a smart move in a troubled market, analysts said Wednesday. Intel confirmed to Computerworld on Wednesday that it will slowly back off the desktop motherboard business over the ...
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Verizon Wireless today debuted two shared data plans for business customers -- the first of their kind in the industry. The two new shared data plans include one for small businesses, with up to 25 lines of shared data, and one aimed at ...
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Strong demand for Android tablets helped boost Carphone Warehouse's sales in the final quarter of 2012, the firm announced in its Q3 financial statement. Like-for-like revenue in the UK was up 16 per cent as the retailer's tablet sales ...
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Samsung posted a record net profit of $6.6bn (£4.2bn) in the final quarter of 2012, the firm announced in its Q4 earnings release, but warned of more difficult times to come. It comes one day after rival smartphone producer Apple ...
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