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From DailyTech: Hulu's co-owners have taken the "for sale" sign off of the video streaming service and decided to pour more money into it instead. NBCUniversal, 21st Century Fox and The Walt Disney Company -- which co-own Hulu -- have decided not to sell Hulu afterall. Instead... |
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From DailyTech: Sprint Nextel Corp. (S) has completed its acquisition by Japan's Softbank Corp. (TYO:9984), just days after Sprint completed its acquisition of Clearwire Corp. (CLWR). The deal -- which gives shareholders $16.6B USD in cash ($7.65 USD per share) and gives Sprint $5B... |
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From X-bit Labs: Samsung Semiconductor, the world’s third largest contract maker of chips, has kicked off construction of its new facility in San Jose, California. The new fab will be used for manufacturing of leading-edge chips as well as for research and development of new... |
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From X-bit Labs: Without any doubts, leading makers of hard disk drives are late to solid-state drive market. But it looks like the situation is getting better for them thanks to recent take-overs and partnerships. In less than one month Western Digital, the world’s largest... |
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In the car world, there are words or letters manufacturers append to standard model names to indicate something better. Honda has Type-R, Mercedes-Benz has AMG, BMW has M, Dodge has SRT, Chevrolet has SS; the list goes on. Actually, many marques share the similar trim designations as well; such as option packages named Touring or Technology. In the elementary school world, if you want to make something better, you would add terms... |
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From CNET News.com: Mozilla is at an awkward stage with Firefox OS: it wants its brand-new mobile operating system to attract developers, but there are very few phones available in the real world. To bridge the gap, the organization offers a phone simulator, and on Thursday, it... |
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From DailyTech: Motorola Mobility is looking to spend a healthy chunk of change on advertising for its upcoming Moto X flagship smartphone -- with the help of Google's deep pockets, of course. According to The Wall Street Journal, Google's Motorola Mobility unit will spend as much... |
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From DailyTech: PC shipments have taken a hard hit since the advent of mobile electronics like tablets and smartphones, and while second quarter PC shipments show no different, some are managing to see some good in a bad situation -- like Lenovo, which managed to surpass Hewlett... |
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From X-bit Labs: Zotac, a well-known maker of computer components, has introduced its own Intel NUC-like systems powered by Intel Core i-series “Ivy Bridge” microprocessors. The new Zbox nano will feature various dual-core chips. In addition, Zotac decided to incorporate its own... |
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From X-bit Labs: After Microsoft Corp. itself started to bundle free touch cover or type cover with its Surface RT 32GB media tablets, it was only a matter of time before partners of the company slash the price on the gadget. As it appears, a major U.S. retailer has decided to cut... |
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