The Japanese semiconductor industry is on a downward spiral as rival companies in Taiwan, South Korea and the U.S. made gains in chip, memory and integrated circuit sales, research firm IC Insights said in a study. The sales of ...
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IDG News Service-Sony said Friday that its current round of job cuts will include workers in its struggling TV business and at its headquarters in Tokyo,and it will close a mobile phone and lens factory in central Japan. The job cuts,part ...
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Your kids are asking for them,and you've relented.Here are some tips that will help you make gadget gifts a hit for the children—and for you.Some of these tips can help for those grown-up kids you're buying gifts for,too. 1.Check ...
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Sony will launch a flat-panel television globally later this year that has more than four times the number of pixels than today's high-definition TVs. The television is based on a format called "4K," which represents the horizontal ...
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Sony Mobile today announced three new smartphones and a 9.4-in. Android 4.0 tablet at the IFA show in Berlin. The devices were described by Sony CEO Kazuo Hirai as helping accelerate Sony's turnaround. "Sony is an extraordinary company ...
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IDG News Service - A federal jury in Delaware has found Apple's iPhone infringes on three patents held by MobileMedia Ideas, a patent-holding company formed by Sony, Nokia and MPEG LA. The jury's verdict in the U.S. District Court for the ...
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Apple and Samsung have emerged as the global kings of smartphones, tablets and PCs even though the two vendors have very different product and pricing strategies, IDC said yesterday. On price, Apple’s average selling price (ASP) for ...
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The music streaming application Grooveshark is available again for Android devices 16 months after it was removed by Google from its application market. Grooveshark, which is run by Escape Media Group based in Gainsville, Florida, has had ...
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This week, consumer electronics vendors are once again congregating in Berlin for the IFA trade show, where products based on Microsoft's upcoming Windows 8 and RT are expected to set the trend. The next couple of months will be an ...
An undetermined number of users of Microsoft's Xbox Live gaming service are having difficulties accessing the online gaming service, and the company said on Friday that it is working to resolve the issue. According to the Xbox Live status ...
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At $199, Google's Nexus 7 may seem like a tempting tablet, but some potential buyers and analysts say that it lacks hardware features and is a feeble attempt to energize the Android OS in a market dominated by Apple. Google on Wednesday ...
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Nakisa Inc. announced today that it has signed a global partner agreement with NorthgateArinso (NGA) Nakisa Inc., a developer of Org and Talent Management software for SAP ERP HCM, announced today that it has signed a global partner ...
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While Samsung and Apple thrive in the overall smartphone market, the situation is uncertain, perhaps dire, for several cell-phone vendors, including Research In Motion, Nokia and Motorola. Gartner on Tuesday reported that smartphone sales ...
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“Licensing provides a route for retailers to both differentiate themselves from their competition and to reinvigorate product categories,” says Jessica Blue, event director of Brand Licensing Europe. “Licensing is becoming ...
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Computer technology accounted for more patent applications in recent years than any other industry sector tracked by the World Intellectual Property Organization, although the number of digital communication patent applications grew faster. ...
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