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Panel Prices Tumble Down In July, But Makers Expect A Turnaround In September
July 8, 2008
on Display Panels and Monitors
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DigiTimes
The sharp drop in large-size panel quotes for July have signaled a slow start for the LCD panel high season, but that has not prevented suppliers from believing that prices will begin to stabilize in August and go up in September when demand picks up, according to industry sources. Read more
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Low Price Atom Standard Platform To Have Limited Impact On IPC Makers
July 8, 2008
on Business & Law
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DigiTimes
Recent market reports that Intel's Atom standard platform has dropped below $100 have prompted speculation that the new platform could have a possible impact on IPC (industrial PC) makers' profits. Read more
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Obama Has Huge Internet Lead Over McCain
July 8, 2008
on Business & Law
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Wolfgang Gruener
Expected democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama apparently reaches a far greater Internet audience than the Republican nominee, John McCain. Read more
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Yahoo To Microsoft: Make A Proposal Immediately
July 8, 2008
on Business & Law
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Wolfgang Gruener
Yahoo has published a response to news that investor Carl Icahn and Microsoft are apparently planning to oust Yahoo's current board of directors and replace co-founder Jerry Yang in his role as CEO. Read more
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Segway CTO Joins Apple
July 8, 2008
on Business & Law
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Humphrey Cheung
Cupertino (CA) - Segway's Chief Technology Officer, Doug Field, will be heading over to Apple as the company's new Vice President of product design. Read more
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Parents Who Listed Baby On eBay Reunited With Child
July 7, 2008
on Business & Law
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Jane McEntegart
Baby — collection only. Offering my nearly new baby for sale, as it has gotten too loud. It is a male baby, nearly 28in (70cm) long and can be used either in a baby carrier or a stroller. Read more
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Pioneer Obtains OEM Orders For BD Combo Drives From HP, Say Taiwan Makers
July 7, 2008
on HDTV
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DigiTimes
Pioneer has landed OEM orders for Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo drives from Hewlett-Packard (HP) with shipments to begin in July 2008, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Read more
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Gartner Updates Q1 Server Market Growth Down To 2.5%
July 7, 2008
on Business & Law
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DigiTimes
Worldwide server revenues in the first quarter of 2008 increased 2. Read more
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IPC Industry Feels No Pressure From Atom Shortages
July 7, 2008
on Components
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DigiTimes
Although Intel's Atom processor shortage has had a large impact toward notebook vendors' low-cost notebook (netbook) shipments, IPC (industrial PC) makers, who also have their eyes on Atom platforms, say they are not feeling as much pressure. Read more
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Microsoft Still Interested In Buying Yahoo - If Board And Yang Are Replaced
July 7, 2008
on Business & Law
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Wolfgang Gruener
New York (NY) - Carl Icahn may have a shot at selling Yahoo to Microsoft: The software maker today confirmed that it has been in discussions with Icahn over a possible acquisition of Yahoo's search engine or the entire company, but denied that it would reenter negotiations with the current board of directors. Read more
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Google Forced To Give Viacom Video Logs, But Can Keep Search Source Code
July 4, 2008
on Networking
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Humphrey Cheung
Mountain View (CA) - Viacom won a significant victory in their $1 billion copyright infringement case against Google/YouTube. Read more
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Analyst Firms Maintain BUY Recommendations On Nvidia Stock
July 3, 2008
on Notebooks and Laptops
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Theo Valich
Despite Nvidia's admission of faulty notebook chips and the subsequent stock plunge , several semiconductor analysts are maintaining 'BUY' ratings on the stock. Read more
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Networking Device Makers See Healthy Revenue Growth In Q3
July 3, 2008
on Networking
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DigiTimes
Despite growing concerns of an economic slowdown worldwide, most Taiwan network-equipment makers, including Accton Technology, Alpha Networks, D-Link and Gemtek Technology, expect revenues to continue to post healthy growth in the third quarter of this year, according to sources at the makers. Read more
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Blockbuster Pulls Out of Circuit City Acquisition
July 2, 2008
on Business & Law
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Marcus Yam
Blockbuster announced late Tuesday that it has decided to withdraw its proposal to acquire Circuit City. Read more
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RIAA Urges Judge To Leave $222,000 Sentence Against Thomas Intact
July 2, 2008
on Business & Law
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Wolfgang Gruener
You may remember the $222,000 fine imposed on Jammie Thomas for illegally sharing music files - and you may not be surprised to hear that the proceedings are still not done. Read more