Weakness in the global economy, component shortages, sluggish demand for Windows 8 and the popularity of tablets all contributed to another double-digit percentage decline for the global PC market in the second quarter. PC shipments in ...
Tags: PC Shipments, Computer, Lenovo, HP
At the SEMICON West trade show in San Francisco (9-11 July), Soitec of Bernin, France, which makes engineered substrates - including silicon-on-insulator (SOI) wafers and III-V epiwafers - as well as concentrating photovoltaic (CPV) solar ...
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Battered by the nonstop onslaught of media tablets, the mobile PC market in 2013 delivered the worst second-quarter performance in 11 years, according to preliminary data provided by a PC Dynamics Market Brief from information and analytics ...
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Within five years, higher manufacturing exports due to a widening cost advantage over China and other major economies could add $20 billion to $60 billion in output to Mexico's economy annually. And due to the North America Free Trade ...
Tags: economy, Manufacturing
Have you ever wondered how those beautiful plastic goods you see in shops and homes are made? Chances are you have, but never cared to find it out. Plastic is a general term used to refer to materials that can be shaped by raising their ...
Tags: Plastic Molding, Molds
With gas prices on the rise many commuters are now working from their home offices permanently or just a few days a week.?If you are new to the home office scenario, then starting with a good design will be imperative for creating a good ...
Almost 5000 new-generation Mitsubishi Outlander SUVs have been recalled to correct a number of defects with the vehicles' steering and safety systems. The issues relate to the internal programming of the computers controlling the ...
Tags: Transportation, auto, car
The Department for Education's (DfE) new English National Curriculum framework is "too focused on the development side of computing", Joanna Poplawska of The Corporate IT Forum's Education and Skills Commission has told Computing. While ...
Tags: Computer Products, software
According to the survey on the market share of major goods and services in 2012 worldwide, South Korea's Samsung Electronics Group occupies the top of global market share in seven categories among the 50 categories covered in this survey. ...
Tags: LED, Digital Product, Consumer Electronics, Electronics
Cyber criminals could face tougher penalties across the European Union under new rules adopted by the European Parliament, which include the creation of a specific offence of using botnets. The draft directive adopted by the parliament on ...
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Prison sentences for hacking and cyber crime are set to rise across Europe if a new draft directive becomes law, as the EU looks to combat cyber espionage and cyber attacks against critical national infrastructure. A draft directive set ...
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OPEL Technologies Inc of Toronto, Ontario, Canada – which develops III-V semiconductor devices and processes through US affiliate OPEL Defense Integrated Systems (ODIS Inc) of Storrs, CT, USA – says that at its Annual General & ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, solar operations
IDG News Service - A simple piece of malicious software is circulating that steals Litecoins, a virtual currency based on the Bitcoin system. Security vendor ESET wrote the malware infects Windows computers. The program tries to steal ...
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GigOptix Inc of San Jose, CA, USA (a fabless supplier of analog semiconductor and optical communications components enabling high-speed end-to-end information streaming over optical fiber and wireless networks) says that it is leveraging ...
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In a refined kernel-carving shop at China Artwork City in Guangfu, Xu Zhongying is busy receiving customers from home and abroad. Some of them would like to pay hundreds of thousands dollars for her work, but few of them know Xu almost gave ...
Tags: Carvers, Kernels of Art