IDG News Service - Acer on Tuesday assigned a starting price of $499 for its new Iconia W510 tablets, which will have Windows 8 and Intel's Atom chip code-named Clover Trail. The tablet will have a 10.1-inch Gorilla Glass screen, weigh ...
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An international research team has been exploring the role of gate oxide border traps in devices being developed for future electronics.The researchers presented their results at the 2012 International Electron Devices Meeting[D.Lin et ...
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Japanese electronics giant Fujitsu on Monday showed a new smartphone for the elderly, with a simplified Android user interface and a new touch screen designed for senior users. The F-12D phone is the latest in Fujitsu's popular "RakuRaku" ...
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With an eye for better serving big data projects, Oracle and partner Fujitsu have commenced building the next generation of Sparc64 processors, in a project called Athena. The new design will feature a number of new features, including a ...
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Japanese electronics heavyweights Fujitsu and NEC, together with the country's largest mobile operator NTT DoCoMo, said Wednesday they will form a new joint venture to build and sell wireless chips for smartphones. The venture, Access ...
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Windows 8 must work effectively on its core desktop platform despite Microsoft’s recent move into the tablet space, Fujitsu’s chief technology officer has warned. “The whole industry is excited about tablets, but serious ...
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Outsourcing services giant Accenture has launched an apprenticeship programme in Newcastle, offering 40 places on the three-year programme over the next 12 months. The first 20 apprentices will start in February 2013, with another 20 ...
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Cumbria County Council has turned down bids from BT and Fujitsu to complete its superfast broadband roll-out across the region. The two technology giants were the final competitors for the 40m contract, funded by central government, to ...
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The top three foundries are in the world top ten semiconductor companies ranked by first half sales, says IC Insights. TSMC's capacity utilization rate in 2Q12 was 102% (exceeding 100% because of the way the company defines its ...
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Five shared services arrangements have amassed £30m in savings through a variety of measures such as the integration of IT systems, a report from the Local Government Association (LGA) has found. The report, entitled Services ...
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Rambus on Thursday announced it signed a six-year patent licensing agreement with Fujitsu Semiconductors, which will use Rambus technology in chips and integrated circuits. Rambus holds patents related to memory architecture and logic, ...
Fujitsu has unveiled its Fujitsu Personal Cloud concept, which it says is designed to make “substantial savings” in comparison to other managed workplace systems. Fujitsu is using its Global Cloud Platform to enable an ...
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Fujitsu is readying a new pedometer for canines that stores and tracks their health data online. The device, which clips on to a dog’s collar, uses a motion sensor to track how much distance an animal has covered, then can upload ...
The Cabinet Office today announced the 29 companies that will offer services over the government’s public sector network (PSN). The framework, which is set to cost between 500m and 3bn over the next two years, aims to provide a ...
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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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