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Intel Outlines Plans for New Category of Smarter, Purpose-Built 'System on Chip' DesignsAs Internet access continues to be added to all kinds of computers and devices, Intel executives outlined a plan to use its chip design expertise, factory capacity, advanced manufacturing techniques and the economics of Moore's ... |
 Hubble Instruments Slated for On-Orbit 'Surgery'When astronauts visit the Hubble Space Telescope in October 2008 for its final servicing mission, they will be facing a task that has no precedence – performing on-orbit ‘surgery’ on two ailing science instruments ... |
Amazon shares leap on strong quarterly reportJul 24, 2008 | pda version
(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. shares leaped 13 percent Thursday after the Internet retailer showed that it doesn't seem to be bothered by the sputtering U.S. economy. |
Taiwan's AU Optronics posts lower-than-expected profitJul 24, 2008 | pda version
Taiwan's AU Optronics Corp., the world's third-largest flat-panel maker by revenue, said Thursday its second-quarter net profit fell 24.4 percent from the previous quarter due to weak global demand. |
South Korea's Hynix to close US chip plant(AP) -- Hynix Semiconductor Inc., the world's second-largest memory chip manufacturer, said Thursday it will close its only U.S. factory amid changes in production standards and steep price declines buffeting the industry. |
Sony opens up e-book Reader to other booksellers(AP) -- With the market for electronic books still relatively sleepy, Sony Corp. is trying a new tack: untethering the latest model of its e-book reading device from its own online bookstore. |
 Amazon shrugs off high gas prices, weak economyJul 23, 2008 | pda version
(AP) -- Amazon.com Inc. doesn't seem to be bothered by high gas prices or the sputtering U.S. economy. On Wednesday, the Internet retailer reported second-quarter earnings that more than doubled and easily ... |
 'Nanonet' circuits closer to making flexible electronics realityResearchers have overcome a major obstacle in producing transistors from networks of carbon nanotubes, a technology that could make it possible to print circuits on plastic sheets for applications including ... |
 Review: TextBuyIt fun, easy to use, but limitedJul 23, 2008 | pda version
(AP) -- TextBuyIt, a recently launched shop-by-cell phone service from Amazon.com Inc., seemed like the ultimate comparison shopping tool - perfect for an unabashed bargain hunter like myself. |
Electronics giants to create wireless HD standard(AP) -- Sony, Samsung and other consumer-electronics heavyweights are uniting to support a technology that could send high-definition video signals wirelessly from a single set-top box to screens around the home. |
 Portuguese team makes first paper based transistor(PhysOrg.com) -- Elvira Fortunato and colleagues from the Centro de Investigação de Materiais (Cenimat/I3N), at Faculdade de Ciências e Tecnologia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, made the first Field Effect ... |
Analysis finds TV buyers steered to costlier LCDs(AP) -- LCD or plasma? If you've been shopping for a flat-panel TV, that's the big question. According to a mystery-shopper survey, electronics salespeople don't know much about the differences, but still have a ready answer: ... |
 iPhones hot even in places Apple has yet to reach(AP) -- In the Soviet days, Russians asked their American friends to bring blue jeans, rock records and other Western goods into the country. Today Russians can buy almost anything they want here - but they ... |
Europeans expand antitrust case against IntelJul 18, 2008 | pda version
(AP) -- European Union regulators have expanded their antitrust case against Intel Corp., claiming that the world's largest semiconductor maker has deliberately squeezed rival AMD out of the chip market. |
Consortium Established to Develop 'TransferJet' Wireless TechnologySeveral major telecom giants today announced an agreement to form a consortium to develop specifications for "TransferJet" - a new interoperable wireless transfer technology that enables rapid transfer of high resolution ... |
