Nearly 40 tons of pork derived from infected and dead pigs has been sold in Fujian province, China, over a period of three months, in a latest food safety incident to hit the country. Two people have been detained for selling pork which ...
Tags: Diseased Pork, illegal trade
Acer has placed its bet in the tablet wars on low pricing, introducing a $169 Android tablet with a 7.9-inch screen. The Iconia A1 is full-featured, has an "accessible" price and will raise the stakes in the tablet wars, said Jim Wong, ...
Tags: Android Tablet, Computer Products
A Qualcomm executive Friday defended Windows RT tablets despite poor initial sales, saying the mobile device chip maker is "very optimistic with the future of Win RT." Qualcomm currently supplies ARM-based Snapdragon processors for ...
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Hewlett-Packard on Monday kicked off a series of upcoming PC announcements with new ProBook 400 series laptops, including a 15.6-inch model with a touchscreen. The new laptops are 36 percent thinner and 18 percent lighter than their ...
Tags: HP, Probooks, Touchscreen Model
Intel is expected to announce its fourth-generation Core processors code-named Haswell for laptops and desktops in June, but the company is already releasing teasers that talk about their performance. The Haswell laptop chip will deliver ...
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Armed with a contract to build chips for Sony's PlayStation 4 gaming console, Advanced Micro Devices has now officially established a custom-chip business unit in an effort to break away from its heavy reliance on the slumping PC market. ...
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After a vetting process that lasted a little more than six months, Intel has named Brian Krzanich as its next CEO, succeeding Paul Otellini, who will officially hand over the reins of the chip giant at the company's annual stockholders' ...
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Windows RT tablets grabbed just 0.4% of the tablet market in the first quarter, a dismal result that led some tech experts to urge Microsoft to scrap the platform that's in its six-month infancy. "I wouldn't be surprised if they do ...
Tags: Windows, RT Tablets
NASA has launched three smartphones into space in what scientists hope will be the lowest-cost satellites ever tested. The smartphones, Google-HTC Nexus Ones running the Android operating system, launched aboard the maiden flight of ...
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Taiwan-based technology firms will jointly fight against rising challenges from South Korean electronics giant Samsung Electronics Co. (SEC). People in the circle disclosed that SEC grew fast in the fields of smartphones, DRAM chips, and ...
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Chinese handset maker Huawei plans to introduce a new smartphone in the middle of this year, packed with the "best hardware and design," and is preparing to open a slew of new stores in its home market. The upcoming handset was ...
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Microsoft's failure thus far to significantly spark PC and tablet sales with Windows 8 has put high expectations on an expected 2013 refresh of the OS, dubbed "Blue." But changes to the operating system's feature set, tweaks to its user ...
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In 2012, MCU unit shipments surged 16%, but total revenues declined 3% and ASPs plunged 17%, says IC Insights. While uncertainty about the global economy played a factor in lowering MCU revenues, the market was significantly ...
US-based Montague Farms has entered into an agreement with Tokyo-based Sun-Tommy International to supply food-grade soybeans. Sun-Tommy will distribute the specialty soybeans to food processors in Japan. The soybeans will be used to ...
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XMOS has added an ADC to its multicore processors for industrial applications, such as sensors, actuators and motor controllers. The Bristol-based company will release 6, 8, 10, 12 and 16-core microcontrollers with ADCs, calling this the ...
Tags: Electrical, Electronics, sensors