Posted by: ADMIN on: July 31, 2008
Sony has posted a 47% fall in quarterly profit, hurt by its struggling mobile phone joint venture with Ericsson.
Net profit at Sony fell to $326 million in the period April to June, causing Sony to lower its forecast for the financial year by 17%, citing the slump at Sony Ericsson and fierce competition as [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: July 31, 2008
Facebook has pulled Scrabulous from its US and Canadian sites, following legal action from Hasbro. The social networking site took the action in response to a lawsuit filed against Scrabulous creators Rajat Agarwalla and Jayant Agarwalla.
In the suit Hasbro claims the game is “a clear and blatant” infringement on its copyright and demands it be [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: July 31, 2008
The IEEE has approved IEEE 1394, “Standard for High Performance Serial Bus.” The revised specification combines and incorporates all previous IEEE 1394 standards developed since 1994.
Commercially known under the brand names of FireWire and i.LINK, the IEEE 1394 standard provides specifications for a high-speed serial bus which supports both asynchronous and isochronous communication and [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: July 31, 2008
Dell is planning to return to the MP3 player market.
The new Dell MP3 player will sport a small-screen, small-control music player that would use Wi-Fi to reach online music services. The device would cost less than $100 even with wireless in place.
Posted by: ADMIN on: July 31, 2008
Cisco Systems has announced that they are now acquiring Pure Networks. The deal is worth around USD 120 million.
Pure Networks specializes in developing home networking-management software and tools.
Cisco said that they expect this deal to be complete by their first quarter of fiscal year 2009.
Posted by: ADMIN on: July 30, 2008
ASUS Philippines launches its new generation EEE PC – the EEE PC 1000H and a space saving, power efficient computing solution – the EEE Box.
The EEE PC 1000H consumes less power, allows the device to boot quickly, produces less heat and is less susceptible to shock damage.
Merely 1L in size, the Eee Box is [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: July 30, 2008
LG Electronics has launched its Scarlet TV set. The LG Scarlet is just 45mm thick, making it LG’s thinnest LCD TV. The Scarlet series has a striking appearance, utilizing a bright red design which will appeal to viewers who want a TV that is attractive to look at as well as to watch. The unique [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: July 30, 2008
HP, Intel Corporation and Yahoo! Inc. announced the creation of a global, multi-data center, open source test bed for the advancement of cloud computing research and education. The goal of the initiative is to promote open collaboration among industry, academia and governments by removing the financial and logistical barriers to research in data-intensive, Internet-scale computing. [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: July 30, 2008
Adobe Systems Incorporated announced the availability of Adobe Photoshop Lightroom 2 software, the photographer’s essential toolbox for managing, adjusting and presenting large volumes of digital photographs.
With new enhancements such as dual-monitor support, radical advances in non-destructive localized image correction, and streamlined search capabilities, Lightroom 2 is a compelling upgrade that simplifies photography from shoot [...]
Posted by: ADMIN on: July 30, 2008
Dell introduced a desktop that is ultra small and super sleek called the Studio Hybrid. The company says that the new desktop they have introduced is 80% smaller than the usual tower desktops..
The Studio Hybrid was designed to enhance personal expression and creative living. Dell’s smallest desktop PC, about the size of a collegiate dictionary, [...]
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