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Qualcomm Spurs Cheaper, Faster Smartphone Production With New Chips

Staff Writers December 13, 2011 No Comments

The new Snapdragon chips that house 1GHz dual-core CPUs are set to be backwards compatible with the software and hardware of older Qualcomm chipsets used on high volume phones, giving…

Western Digital Comeback

Staff Writers December 6, 2011 No Comments

The facility was badly affected by the recent Thai floods. Some operations remain under about two feet of water but are expected to be pumped dry within 10 days. The…

Noah’s Flood: HDD Prices Expected To Crash

Staff Writers November 18, 2011 No Comments

It says a channel retailers have piled up HDD inventory in recent weeks due to concerns over potential shortages – concerns, incidentally, fanned by DigiTimes reports suggesting a shortage and…

Chipmakers Swing Motion Gesture Controls Onto Smartphones

Staff Writers November 1, 2011 No Comments

The US company that creates OMAP system-on-chip processors that are found in many of today’s smartphones, like the upcoming Nexus Galaxy, is building gesture recognition compatibility into the latest versions…

Western Digital Deliver Cloud Computing To TVs

Staff Writers October 19, 2011 No Comments

Click to enlarge WD’s TV Live and MyBook Live WD TV Live streaming media player can be connected via WiFi (802.11n) or through an Ethernet connection to play the multimedia…

iPhone Trouble: Apple Sued By Taiwanese Companies HTC & Via

Staff Writers September 26, 2011 No Comments

According to Via, the infringed patents concern the device’s fundamental operations, involving the use, transfer and manipulation of data. Via’s complaint has been filed with the American District court and…

SanDisk Revamps Memory Solutions, With SSD, 64GB MicroSD And More

Staff Writers September 21, 2011 No Comments

SanDisk’s new memory vault will store images without compromising their quality for up to 100 years. It comes in limited 8GB and 16GB variants, at $49.99 and $89.99 respectively. Above…

CHIP WAR: Intel Goes After Phones & Tablets As Qualcomm Goes After PCs

Staff Writers September 14, 2011 No Comments

As tablet makers get set to launch new Windows 8 platform devices, Intel is looking to get some traction in the Android mobile market that is currently dominated by Qualcom and ARM processor makers. Overnight it…

Intel Reveal Info On Eight Core Chipset

Staff Writers August 23, 2011 No Comments

According to tech site electronista, Intel has released some info on its upcoming itanium CPUs, which don the code name “Poulson”. A keynote speaker at the Hot Chips conference said…

AMD Steals Intel Market Share On The Back Of Fusion Processors

Staff Writers August 3, 2011 No Comments

Research firm IDC found that while Intel’s market share dropped 1.5 per cent, AMD picked up the slack with an equal 1.5 per cent growth. The volume shift came as…