Two major Taiwanese chip makers are set to merge after China's anti-trust regulator approved the deal with only minor provisions. The thumbs-up from China's Ministry of Commerce (Mofcom) will enable MediaTek's $4bn purchase of MStar ...
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MailPile, an open-source email client that will offer "user-friendly encryption", has smashed its $100,000 target for funding on Indiegogo with two weeks left to run on its campaign. The company will be established in Iceland, which ...
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Governments requested information about 38,000 Facebook users in the first six months of this year the social network has revealed. Facebook's Global Government Requests Report comes after the social network revealed it received 10,000 ...
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Microsoft, Nokia, AT&T and Avanade have teamed up to create a mobile tool for Delta Air Lines' flight attendants, which the airline hopes will improve its customers' experience. More than 19,000 of Delta's flight attendants will receive a ...
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The New York Times website was unavailable to its readers yesterday afternoon in the US, after a cyber attack on the organisation's web host, Melbourne IT. Twitter, which uses Melbourne IT as a domain name registrar, was also affected by ...
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The PGA European Tour has selected Xirrus' Wi-Fi to provide spectators with access to golfers' location, stream video content, and enable the PGA to understand more about its fans. Graham Gifford, ICT director at PGA European Tour, told ...
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ASUS has announced Z87-Deluxe/Quad, the first motherboard in the world with Thunderbolt 2 technology certified by Intel. Based on the new Intel Z87 chipset and ready for the latest fourth- generation Intel Core processors, the ASUS ...
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Kobian has reportedly announced the launch of its first Dual-Core 7in Tablet - mTAB Star. Powered with the latest MediaTek chipset and Cortex A9 Dual-Core processor, mTAB Star performs at topnotch level. Enjoy lighting fast uploads and ...
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Fast-growing semiconductor designer ARM has snapped up Sensinode, a Finnish start-up specialising in software technology behind the "internet of things". Like ARM, Sensinode makes money by licensing, but of software to semiconductor ...
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The Industry Data Exchange Association (IDEA) has announced the new 2013 criteria for the IDW Bands of Excellence and the new banded manufacturers, saying the 2013 bands have been tightened from the original ranges defined in 2012 to more ...
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Microsoft has today released Windows 8.1 and Windows 8.1 RT to hardware partners, with the company declaring the patch "a significant update" that provides an "intuitive and fluid computing experience". Fresh from Friday's sudden ...
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A recent series of cloud briefings sought to address the technology, legal and change management aspects of cloud. They prompted some thought-provoking discussions around the longevity and value of cloud computing. With so much noise ...
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A Bitcoin trade group met with representatives of several U.S government agencies Monday as regulators debate whether the?on-line?currency should comply with currency rules. Bitcoin critics have raised questions about the ability to ...
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Yahoo has redesigned its Sports, Movies, Music, TV, omg, Games and Weather sites with a more consistent look and some personalized tools, the company said Tuesday. Yahoo is positioning the sites' redesign, described in a?blog post, as a ...
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Uber, the transportation app that has?run afoul of taxi regulators?in the States, has set its sights on global domination. Next stop: the United Arab Emirates.? The company on Tuesday announced its first Middle East outpost with?rides in ...
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