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UPDATE: Ultrabook Partners Griping About Intel CPU Pricing
APPLE, HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
DigiTimes is reporting that Intel partners Scott Lin (President, Acer Taiwan) and Ray Chen (President, Compal Electronics) both have asked Intel to drop the Ultrabook price to below $1,000 by reducing their CPU pricing.
On 9/20/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more
Intel Shows 22nm Ivy Bridge Ultrabooks
HARDWARE NEWS
Intel's ODM partners including Pegatron and Inventec showed their first builds of Ivy Bridge microarchitecture (22nm) Ultrabooks at IDF-San Francisco.
On 9/19/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

Intel’s Blue Men at IDF
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT NEWS
The advertising industry says any publicity is better than no publicity. They also love to dust off old themes and do them again - especially if they are a novel approach.
On 9/14/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more
Is Intel Shutting Down Promised Updates For 22nm?
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS, RUMORS
Irish rumors are that Intel will hold off for a year on their promised updates to Fab14. The subcontractors, who were hired to do the refurbishing, are now saying they will not see any Euros from that project for a long while.
On 9/12/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

Pixel QI Announces Investment by 3M
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
3M, through its 3M New Ventures organization, announced today it has invested in Pixel Qi Corp. Three-year-old Pixel Qi, which is based in San Bruno, California and in Taipei, Taiwan.
On 9/12/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more
Semiconductor Rumors: 14nm Node and 450mm Wafers by 2015
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS, RUMORS
According to DigiTimes, quoting TSMC’s R&D boss Shang-yi Chiang, TSMC will begin volume production on 14nm in 2015. GlobalFoundries has similar plans, but you have to read between the lines.
On 9/11/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

Motorola Under SEC Investigation for Bribes
BUSINESS NEWS
Saturday, the Austrian weekly Profil revealed U.S. SEC (Securities and Exchange Commission) regulators are investigating an Austrian lobbyist and US telecom maker Motorola over alleged bribes.
On 9/5/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more
US DOJ Moves to Block AT&T Merger
BUSINESS NEWS
Bloomberg is reporting the US government sued to block AT&T's proposed $39 billion acquisition of T-Mobile USA.
On 9/1/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

Happy Birthday: MS-DOS is 30 Years Old
SOFTWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
On July 27 1981, Microsoft bought the rights for QDOS (Quick and Dirty Operating System) from Seattle Computer Products for $25,000. QDOS was originally thrown together in just two months for a 0.1 release in 1980.
On 7/28/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more
Rumors: GlobalFoundries Building Second Fab in New York
HARDWARE, BUSINESS RUMORS
Thursday, the Times Union, a Mohawk Valley New York newspaper, started the rumor that GlobalFoundries is building an additional fab. They claim a local labor union official has the inside scoop.
On 6/24/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

RIM Under Fire: Loses Money, Fires People, Poor Sales
HARDWARE, BUSINESS ANALYSIS
RIM has released its first Quarter Fiscal 2012 results, showing a lower than expected drop in revenue. For the first quarter of fiscal 2012 was $4.9 billion, down 12 percent from $5.6 billion in the previous quarter. 
On 6/17/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more
Taking the Samsung Chromebook Apart, Dollar by Dollar
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
A Chromebook is a mobile device running Google Chrome OS. The devices comprise a distinct class of personal computer falling between a pure cloud client and traditional laptop.
On 6/15/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

UPDATED: How to Protect Your Android Device: Download Symantec Security App
SECURITY, SOFTWARE ANALYSIS
Some folks say there is no worry about malware on your mobile devices. Given the headlines of the past two weeks about security failures, the modern cyber-criminal can steal more often than the average bank robber.
On 6/13/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more
It's Coming. HP TouchPad to Arrive July 1
HARDWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
On Thursday, HP announced that its HP TouchPad tablet will become available on July 1st. The TouchPad, which was first unveiled at a media event in February, is the first webOS-powered tablet offering from HP.
On 6/9/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

HP Will License WebOS to Other Companies
SOFTWARE, BUSINESS NEWS
At Wall Street Journal's AllThingsD conference, HP CEO Leo Apotheker said, "I happen to believe that WebOS is a uniquely outstanding operating system. It's not correct to believe that it should only be on HP devices."
On 6/2/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more
HP Touchpad, webOS 3.0 Powered Tablet Seen At Computex 2011
HARDWARE NEWS
HP is scheduled to have their Discover 2011 event next week. Rumor is that the event will be the official introduction of the Touchpad. Gadgets Magazine took the wind out of that one with a HP Touchpad video.
On 6/1/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

Pandora Media Ready for IPO
DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT, BUSINESS NEWS
Pandora Media, the popular American internet radio service, filed a new prospectus with US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) regulators saying they received $30 million from underwriters.
On 5/29/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more
INTERVIEW: The Future of VIA Revealed with Richard Brown
HARDWARE, BUSINESS INTERVIEWS
BSN* met with Richard Brown, CPU Platform Sales and Marketing, VP of Marketing, at VIA Technologies, to discuss their newly announced multi-core processors.
On 5/16/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

Cypherbridge Demonstrates Secure Wireless Developers Kit for POS Kiosks
HARDWARE, SECURITY NEWS
Security of our credit cards, ATM cards, and pre-loaded ISO-7816 smart cards is a vital component of every POS (point of sale) system. This is especially true when they are communicating by wireless.
On 5/11/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more
Steve "Woz" Wozniak Says Engineers Need to Help Schools
APPLE, BUSINESS NEWS
ESC 2011 Steve Wozniak, co-founder of Apple and now Chief Scientist for Fusion-io turned a "fireside chat" at the Embedded Systems Conference into a vaguely structured conversation about what was on his mind.
On 5/4/2011 by John Oram... Comments (0) Read more

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