Security vendor Symantec has discovered a Linux worm called Linux.Darlloz that has been engineered to exploit a known bug in PHP (php-cgi Information Disclosure Vulnerability) that was patched last year. Vulnerable devices include unpatched ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
Cisco Systems stunned Wall Street on Wednesday with a gloomy financial forecast it blamed on falling demand in developing countries and transitions in some of its product lines. The networking giant expects its revenue this quarter to ...
Ericsson has completed the acquisition of Microsoft's Mediaroom business and TV solution. Together with Ericsson's existing capability, the acquisition places the firm as the world's largest, by market share, and the most experienced ...
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For its fiscal second-quarter 2014 (ended 28 September 2013), RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has reported record revenue of $310.7m, up 6% on $293m last quarter and 48.2% on $209.7m a year ago. The growth is attributed ...
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Fabless semiconductor firm RFaxis Inc of Irvine, CA, USA, which designs RF semiconductors and embedded antenna solutions for wireless connectivity and cellular mobility, is demonstrating and showcasing its pure CMOS 802.11ac RF front-end IC ...
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Intel, whose chips have long gone into PCs, servers and mobile devices, has begun chasing the market for the so-called “Internet of things” with new low-power chips and software for connected devices and data-gathering ...
White-box vendors account for more than 80% of total sales of OTT (over the top) STBs (set-top boxes) in the China market, according to industry sources in Taiwan. So far in 2013, monthly OTT STB sales in China average one million units, ...
Tags: OTT STBs, China Market, White-box vendors
The analysts forecast the Global Cover Glass market to grow at a CAGR of 21.8 percent over the period 2012-2016. One of the key factors contributing to this market growth is the increasing adoption of mobile phones. The Global Cover Glass ...
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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has used what will likely be his last meeting with Wall Street analysts to defend his tenure at the helm of the software giant. Ballmer, who recently announced he'll be stepping down in the next year, openly ...
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Valve, the company behind Steam, the popular PC games platform, will unveil more details about its proposed Linux-based "Steam box" console next week. The news was revealed by founder Gabe Newell at LinuxCon 2013 this week in a keynote ...
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Advanced Micro Devices will start shipping its first ARM server chips to manufacturers for testing in the first quarter of 2014, a company executive said on Tuesday. "When our ARM chips start sampling, [the servers] will be [among] the ...
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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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For its fiscal first-quarter 2014 (ended 29 June 2013), RF Micro Devices Inc of Greensboro, NC, USA has reported record revenue of $293m, up 4.4% on $280.6m on last quarter and up 44.5% on $202.7m a-year ago. Fiscal Q1/2013 Q2/2013 ...
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Ubitus Inc., the worldwide technology leader in cloud gaming solutions, today announced it has empowered Google TV Set-top Boxes (STBs) of LG U+ for use with C-games cloud gaming, adding the latest product lineup to allow LG U+ subscribers ...
“It’s now essential for businesses to tap into the vast potential of data if they want to compete,” says Kevin Dallas, general manager for Windows Embedded at Microsoft. “With Windows Embedded powering industry ...
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