Acer Looks Forward to Better 2012, But Challenges Remain

From DailyTech: Acer continues to look forward to a better 2012 after having a stormy 2011 and recent problems with management. Acer is currently ranked as the fourth largest computer shipper in the world and the company says that Q2 2012 looks relatively normal compared to the first...

UMC Progressing Smoothly with 28nm Process Technology Roll-Out

From X-bit Labs: As its bigger rival struggles to deliver sufficient amount of chips produced using 28nm process technology, United Microelectronics Corp. claims that it is progressing smoothly with the roll-out of the technology. The firm has already delivered samples of 28nm chips...

Motorola snubbed? Samsung reportedly making next Nexus

From CNET News.com: Sometimes I wonder if the view from Mountain View, Calif., is a little obscured by giant piles of cash -- Google buys a big smartphone maker in Motorola and then spends the next year further cozying up to its biggest competitor to make its signature Nexus phones...

Google Unleashes Cloud Service Google Drive

From DailyTech: Google Drive will be an online storage service where users can keep photos, documents and other types of content stashed away safely in the cloud. The user can then access their content later from a variety of Internet-enabled devices like smartphones, tablets and...

HTC Predicts Massive Turnaround

From DailyTech: First, there was a bold prediction from struggling Taiwanese phonemaker HTC Corp. (TPE:2498). The company is currently reeling from an abysmal quarter which saw its profit cut in half from a year before, sending a meteoric rise to the top of the smartphone market to a...

Toshiba to Build New Semiconductor Facility in Thailand

From X-bit Labs: Toshiba Corp. on Tuesday said that it will rebuild its semiconductor manufacturing operations in Thailand by relocating Toshiba Semiconductor Thailand to a new manufacturing facility. The move will position the company to meet future growth in demand and replace the...

AMD Starts to Ship Next-Generation Mobile Radeon HD 7000M Chips

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices on Tuesday formally introduced its latest family of graphics processing units (GPUs) for notebooks. The new ATI Radeon HD 7000M-series chips code-named Wimbledon, Heathrow and Chelsea are made using 28nm process technology, are based on...

Dell Brings 40-Gigabit Ethernet Into Its PowerEdge Blade System

From PC World: Dell will flesh out its new virtual networking strategy at Interop next month when it shows off a 40-Gigabit Ethernet switch for its PowerEdge M1000e blade system announced Tuesday, extends its management software and shows its equipment working with the OpenFlow...

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