Shoppers who tried to buy a Windows RT tablet at Dell's website Friday morning would have seen one listed for US$299. By the end of the day the cheapest tablet came bundled with a keyboard for $479. Dell made several changes to the?RT ...
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Chinese smartphone maker ZTE has revealed that it will sell the Mozilla Firefox OS-powered ZTE Open on auction site eBay, retailing at a price of £59.99 [$79.99]. The device, first revealed at Mobile World Congress earlier this ...
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Later this month, IC Insights’ August Update to the 2013 McClean Report will show a ranking of the top 25 semiconductor suppliers in 1H13. A preview of the top 20 companies is listed in Figure 1. The top 20 worldwide semiconductor ...
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Sales of tablets, including Apple’s iPad, slowed during the second quarter, according to a Monday report by IDC. But the real news may be the rise of “no-name” tablets, which are now the largest segment of the tablet ...
According to persons familiar with the matter, Sharp Corp. Plans to raise capital of about 100 billion yen ($ 1 billion) through issuing shares in public and private ways in September. These insiders said that Sharp Corp., the largest ...
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A US International Trade Commission ruling from June 2013 banning sales of older Apple iPad and iPhone models has been overturned by the Obama administration. The decision - which related to 3G wireless technology - has been vetoed ...
Motorola Mobility announced the 4.7-in. Moto X smartphone on Thursday after weeks of build-up that touted the device as the first made from scratch under Google ownership. Still, analysts said that build-up didn't exactly crowd out this ...
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IC Insights’ new 250-page Mid-Year Update to the 2013 McClean Report, which is slated to be released by the end of July, describes why a very clear distinction should be made between the IC market (i.e., consumption) in China and IC ...
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Alcatel-Lucent and Qualcomm Technologies Inc. plan to develop small cell base stations that enhance 3G, 4G and Wi-Fi networks to improve wireless connectivity in residential and enterprise environments. These next-gen small cells would ...
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Google has announced the company is in the process of migrating its SSL [Secure Sockets Layer] certificates from 1024-bit to 2048-bit levels of encryption. Google Identity Team's Tim Bray describes the decision as "part of our continuous ...
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Upcoming Atom chips from Intel will appear in tablets priced as low as $150, the company's CEO said Wednesday, vowing that Intel will not get caught flat footed again by "the next big thing." Intel's low-power Atom chips are vital to its ...
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Several smartphone launches are imminent, including next Tuesday's Verizon Wireless event in New York City to unveil what the carrier's calling "the next generation of one of their most popular family of devices." Other smartphones ...
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The second-generation 7-in. Nexus 7 tablet, which Google may unveil next week, includes two cameras and is expected to run Android 4.3 (Jelly Bean), according to leaked photos and video. AndroidCentral showed the new Nexus 7 device with a ...
T-Mobile will begin in-store sales of both the Xperia Z from Sony and the Nokia Lumia 925 starting tomorrow. Both smartphones fall under T-Mobile's no annual service contract concept. The Xperia Z will cost $99.99 down with 24 monthly ...
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Computerworld - Even as the market for Surface RT and other Windows RT tablets grows more dire by the day, chip supplier Nvidia said it remains bullish to the platform and is committed for the long term. Nvidia's commitment to Surface RT ...
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