Parts of New York City received mandatory evacuation notices from the mayor's office as Hurricane Sandy moved toward shore Monday. Along with other businesses in the city's financial district, the New York Stock Exchange voluntarily shut ...
Tags: NYC, Hurricane Sandy, Lower Manhattan, financial district
Microsoft likes to talk about Windows 8 as being Windows "reimagined," and in many ways it is quite a departure from its predecessors. To allow the operating system's use across a range of touchscreen devices, Microsoft radically redesigned ...
Tags: Microsoft, Windows 8, Windows, predecessors
Apple has announced the launch of its new iPhone 5 at a special event in San Francisco, confirming what many had expected due to a large volume of leaks over recent weeks. The new phone is lighter and thinner than previous models, ...
Qualcomm has agreed to invest up to $120 million in struggling Japanese firm Sharp, with the two companies to work together to develop low-power displays for mobile devices. Qualcomm will invest half of that amount by Dec. 27, with the ...
Tags: Qualcomm, mobile devices, Sharp, low power displays
Mobile network operator Orange will install Lookout's Mobile Security application on some of the Android-based tablets and smartphones it distributes starting in 2013, aiming to protect millions of subscribers in the first year alone. ...
Tags: Orange, Lookout, Mobile Security app, Android, tablets, smartphones
AppHome, an emerging mobile solutions and productivity applications developer, is excited today to announce the recent launch of SYSTEM UTILDashboard onto the App Store. Compatible with all iPhone and iPad models, this uniquely intuitive ...
Tags: AppHome, mobile solutions, SYSTEM UTILDashboard, App Store
Reports of the drastic decline of e-readers amidst an explosion in multi-use tablets re-ignited a passionate debate in technology: Is a single-purpose device better and worth the cost, compared to a multi-function device? "I love my ...
Tags: drastic decline, e readers, tablets, debate
RF and mixed-signal semiconductor maker Anadigics Inc of Warren, NJ, USA is shipping production volumes of its AWT6621 -generation High-Efficiency-at-Low-Power (HELP4) power amplifiers (PAs) to China's Huawei Technologies Co Ltd for the ...
Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures high-reliability analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has started volume production of several RF solutions supporting Broadcom 5G WiFi (IEEE 802.11ac) chips, including ...
Osram Opto Semiconductors GmbH of Regensburg, Germany has launched the Ostar Projection Cube grren LED for embedded projection applications in smartphones and cameras. Osram Opto says that the next development for smart phones and ...
Tags: Osram, LEDs, embedded projection
Sanyo and Sony are jointly planning to invest about NT$12bn ($ 410m) to build lithium-battery factories in Taiwan. The two companies are said to be looking for local partners and Taiwanese government is also helping to find partners for ...
Tags: Sanyo, Sony, lithium battery factories, Taiwan
Google's new Samsung Chromebook sells for $249. Google today announced a new low-priced clamshell-style Samsung Chromebook computer for $249 that runs the Chrome OS. With an 11.6-in. display, a full-sized Chrome keyboard, overall weight ...
Tags: Google, Samsung, Chromebook computer, Chrome OS
GEORGE TOWN,Grand Cayman,May 15,2012(GlobeNewswire via COMTEX)--O2Micro(R)International Limited was issued 20 claims under United States patent number 8,120,280 for its Circuits and Methods for LED control. This invention controls the ...
Tags: Lighting, LED, e-commerce components
Verizon Wireless, like AT&T, will start shipping the Samsung Galaxy Note II in November, but its subscribers will have to wait a bit longer than users on competing networks. The device will start shipping from Verizon on Nov. 27, while ...
Tags: Verizon Wireless, Samsung, Galaxy Note II, November
Dye-sensitized photoelectric film manufactured by UK company G24 Innovations eliminates need for batteries or chargers. New light-powered wireless keyboards for Apple tablets from the consumer electronics giant Logitech represent ...
Tags: Graetzel, G24, solar keyboard, iPad, Logitech