The author of a successful White House petition calling on government officials to legalize the unlocking of mobile phones has turned his attention to broader reform of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Sina Khanifar, the ...
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A U.S. senator has proposed a bill that will allow consumers to unlock cellphones for use in other networks, after the administration of President Barack Obama backed over 114,000 petitioners who asked the government to legalize the ...
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Japan's Sharp has secured a $110 million lifeline investment from Samsung Electronics, and agreed to become a major supplier of screens for the South Korean company's growing electronics empire. The deal gives Samsung a steady supply of ...
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The European Union has fined Microsoft 561 million euros ($712m) for breaking a pledge to offer personal computer users a choice of internet browsers when they install the company's flagship Windows operating system. The penalty imposed ...
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Despite a clear market slowdown in Europe, Georg Fischer generated a turnover of CHF 3.6 billion in 2012, 3 percent above the 2011 figure. On a like-for-like basis, sales reached the same level as in 2011. All three divisions both ...
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Middle East IT spending is projected to total $192.9 billion in 2013, a 5.5 percent increase from 2012, according to the latest forecast by Gartner. The findings were revealed by Peter Sondergaard, Senior VP and Global Head of Research, ...
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U.S. President Barack Obama's administration has sided with more than 100,000 petition signers who asked the government to legalize the unlocking of smartphones. The White House on Monday agreed with petitioners who asked the Library of ...
The White House says it agrees with a US citizen petition arguing that "jailbreaking" of mobile phones to allow users to switch carriers should be legal. In a statement released on the White House petitions web page, presidential aide R. ...
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Skyworks Solutions Inc of Woburn, MA, USA (which manufactures high-reliability analog and mixed-signal semiconductors) has introduced highly integrated front-end modules enabling 802.11ac connectivity in smartphones and tablets. IEEE ...
According to Kyodo News, the trade statistics released by the Japanese Ministry of Finance on the 27th (in clearance date) data showed, in early February (Feb.1-Feb.10), Japan’s trade balance deficit was 395.1 billion yen (about 27 ...
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Huawei and LG’s Firefox OS mobile phones have appeared On the MWC 2013 exhibition. Both Huawei and LG’s Firefox OS phones are black, with relatively founder shape and tough line. In addition, LG Firefox OS phone is equipped ...
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Sony announced on Monday that it will be release a Firefox OS phone in 2014. Previously, LG and Huawei announced that they will launch a smartphone using the Firefox OS operating platform. Sony said, Telefonica will provide Sony Xperia Z ...
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Xi Guohua, chairman of China Mobile said that the purchase of China Mobile TD-LTE terminal was more than 1 million this year, and TD-LTE mobile phones would also be introduced, there are 3 types has started shipping in February, which ...
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Mobile operators are hoping to make it easier for developers to integrate network-based features with their applications using a new platform called OneAPI Exchange. Mobile operators are working on several fronts to become a more integral ...
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Analysts today were skeptical that Mozilla's push into mobile with Firefox OS would meaningfully change the game. "The chances of Mozilla Firefox OS making good in mobile phones are about as good as WebOS making a comeback in ...
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