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App stores unfazed by proprietary threat
News Arrival of proprietary mobile app stores such as Windows Marketplace won't topple third-party stores that can still differentiate, say MobiHand and Handango.
Tags: Mobile applications, Windows Mobile, MobiHand, Phone, App, Microsoft Corp., mobile, Mobile applications, Spokesperson, Developer
Universal phone charger offers vast opportunities
News Manufacturers pledge support for new standard in mobile phone charger, which GSM Association says will give rise to product and retail innovation in mobile market.
Tags: Development/design, Nokia Corp., RIM BlackBerry, Phone Charger, Phone, cell phone, mobile, Smart Phone, Spokesperson, Mobile Device
Samsung mass producing 256GB SSDs
News The manufacturer claims its 2.5-inch, quarter-terabyte solid-state drives offer the "highest overall performance" of any SSDs being used in the PC industry today.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, Storage, Notebook, Computer, performance, hard drive, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., marketing, industry, disk
Don't let profit-making weaken e-waste efforts
Blogs I was at a local IT retail store last weekend, looking to buy a set of new ink cartridges for a multifunction printer (M...
EC 'criticized' over handling of Intel antitrust case
News Eurporean Union ombudsman has written report criticizing European Commission over its handling of Intel antitrust case.
Tags: Processors, Business Strategies & Functions, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., PC Company, European Union, Spokesperson, antitrust, Wall Street Journal, Dell Computer Corp.
EC reveals details of Intel antitrust breaches
News The European Commission has published its full decision against Intel, releasing evidence of how the chipmaker engaged in anti-competitive practices.
Tags: Components, Processors, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., PC Company, CPU, payment, antitrust, Dell Computer Corp., agreement
South Korea hits Qualcomm with antitrust fine
News Chipset manufacturer gets record US$209 million fine by South Korea's Fair Trade Commission, for giving discounts and rebates to handset makers that avoid competitors' products.
Tags: Components, Qualcomm Inc., Wireless, South Korea, antitrust, Fair Trade Commission, handset company, chipset, manufacturer, Components
The day tech saved me
Blogs A few months ago, I accepted an invitation from my car manufacturer to attend a driver orientation program. During that ...
A melamine look at sticking with strict liability
Blogs Amid the tainted melamine milk product scandal in China, fingers are pointing in all directions and soon the knives will...
Acer to sell Android netbooks, phones this year
News After the launch of a model running on Android later this year, the majority of Acer's netbooks will offer the open source OS as an alternative to Windows.
Tags: Linux, Open source, Notebooks and tablets, Acer Inc., Smart Phone, Android, operating system, phone, subnotebook, Microsoft Windows
EU slams Intel with US$1.45B antitrust fine
News Intel is fined US$1.45 billion for engaging in illegal practices to exclude competitors from the market for computer chips called x86 CPUs.
Tags: Antitrust, Components, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., CPU, European Union, computer, computer company, commission, manufacturer
Sony posts first annual profit loss in 14 years
News The electronics giant suffers its first yearly loss in more than a decade, as it struggles with the economic downturn, PlayStation losses, and more.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Hitachi Ltd., Acer Inc., TV, Electronics, Europe, Japan, manufacturer, tax, camera
Toshiba, Fujitsu in talks over disk businesses
News The two hard-drive makers admit they are in joint discussions about their disk-making activities but say no decision has yet been made about future operations.
Tags: Acquisitions, Hitachi Ltd., Seagate Technology LLC, Storage, hard drive, Fujitsu Ltd., disk, merger, manufacturer, Toshiba Corp.
Intel starts shipping 160GB solid-state drives
News The 2.5-inch laptop drives are currently shipping, with the 1.8-inch version set to ship in January.
Tags: Memory, Storage, Intel Corp., hard drive, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., Laptop Computer, laptop company, manufacturer, Toshiba Corp., Storage
Panasonic to shed 15,000 jobs
News Half the redundancies are in Japan, with the rest of the cuts being made globally. The company also plans to close 27 factories worldwide
Tags: Layoffs, Hitachi Ltd., Electronics, Sales, Japan, Panasonic, financial, job, U.K., R&D
