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Wednesday, June 19, 2013
Researchers at MIT's Media Lab reported a new approach to generating holograms that could lead to color holographic-video displays that are much cheaper to manufacture than today?s experimental, monochromatic displays.
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Once again, LG's representatives are eager to promote the company's plans to release flexible display for smartphones next year, as their mass production is expected to kick off in the fourth quarter of this year.
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Nokia today effectively confirmed that the it will announce the 41 MP PureView Lumia Smartphone in its July 11 press event.
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Intel has joined the Alliance for Wireless Power (A4WP) with a board of directors seat.
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HBO GO and WatchESPN are now available directly on Apple TV joining the lineup of programming offered to Apple's customers.
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Seagate has been hinting about the coming of a Seagate enterprise solid state hybrid drive (SSHD) for the past year. That time has arrived in the form of a storage upgrade in IBM System x servers.
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Elitegroup Computer Systems topday revealed its latest Mini-ITX motherboard family KBN-I featuring the AMD "Kabini" Quad Core SoC (system-on-a-chip) processor based on the "Jaguar" 28 nanometer architecture.
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Eastman Kodak today announced that, subject to Court approval, key creditors have agreed to backstop a $406 million rights offering for common stock in the company upon its emergence from Chapter 11.
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Sony has pulled the v.4.45 firmware upgrade for its its PlayStation 3 after it caused some users' machines to stop working.
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Today, Wi-Fi Alliance launched its Wi-Fi CERTIFIED ac (802.11ac Wi-Fi - 5G Wi-Fi) certification program. Wi-Fi CERTIFIED ac products deliver whole-home coverage at two or even three times the speed of older Wi-Fi products as well as higher bandwidth.
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China Telecom and HTC are bringing the HTC Butterfly s and the HTC Desire 600 Android smartphones in China.
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Sony is launching the MBH10, a Mono Bluetooth Headset designed for those who are juggling two smartphones at once.
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Dish Network Corp decided not to make a new offer for Sprint, paving the way for SoftBank Corp to proceed with its latest offer for the U.S. wireless provider.
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Apple is expected to refresh its iPad mini in the second half of the year, followed by another model with a Retina display in 2014.
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The Special Committee of the Board of Dell rejected a new proposal from key shareholder Carl C. Icahn, saying that it would continue to support the proposal by founder Michael Dell and private-equity firm Silver Lake Partners to take the company private.
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Toshiba today announced the Canvio Slim II Portable Hard Drive. With a capacity of up to 1 TB and measuring only 12.5 mm thick, the Canvio Slim II remains one of the thinnest and smallest portable hard drives available on the market - now with the ability to access and share data straight from the device.
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Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Intel recently learned of an unsolicited "mini-tender offer" made by TRC Capital Corp. to Intel stockholders to purchase up to 4 million shares of Intel common stock at $23.75 per share. Intel says that TRC Capital's offer price is approximately 4.96 percent below the closing share price of Intel common stock on June 13, 2013 ($24.99), the day before the offer commenced, and the offer is for less than 1 percent of Intel's outstanding shares.
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In a strategy shift, Nvidia plans to expand its business model by licensing its current and future GPU and modem technology to other silicon vendors. This includes the current Kepler GPU product family, as well as the modem technology acquired from Icera.
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LG said Tuesday that it has sold more than 1 million Optimus G Pro smartphones in S. Korea since the device launched four months ago, making it the fastest-ever selling LG smartphone.
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TCL launches the Idol X (S950) quad-core Smartphone that boasts a 5-inch 1080p display with extremely thin bezels.
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SanDisk today announced a significant upgrade to its enterprise software portfolio with a new version of its FlashSoft software for Windows Server and Linux operating systems.
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Chinese telecoms giant Huawei today launched the Ascend P6, a new smartphone designed to compete with high-end rivals like Apple and Samsung overseas.
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Details on the HTC Desire 200 smartphone have appeared on HTC's web site, showing a
3.5-inch Android smartphone aimed at low-budget consumers.
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AT&T is launching the Samsung Galaxy Note 8.0 for $399.99 with a two-year agreement on June 21.
AT&T's customers can also bundle the tablet and plan with a Samsung Galaxy S 4, Samsung Galaxy S 4 Active, or Samsung Galaxy Note II smartphone and receive the Galaxy Note 8.0 for just $199.99.
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Japan's public television broadcaster, NHK, has developed an array of video cameras that are synchronized to provide dynamic images of objects at different positions and in motion.
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Yahoo said U.S. law enforcement agencies made between 12,000 and 13,000 requests for data in the last six months, the latest in a series of disclosures by technology companies.
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Renesas has developed a design technology achieving improved signal transmission speeds and also achieving three times the signal wiring density of earlier Renesas products by combining multiple types of distributed impedance matching circuits in three dimensions in an ordinary ball grid array (BGA) type package substrate.
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Fujitsu has developed a high-speed thin client gateway technology that allows existing web applications for PCs to be quickly displayed in the same way on smartphones, tablets and other smart devices.
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China fabless semiconductor company Rockchip has released new mobile processors based on GLOBALFOUNDRIES? 28nm High-K Metal Gate (HKMG) process technology.
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Later this month Pioneer will release in Japan the BDR-XS05J, a portable BDXL burner with a USB 3.0 port, which removes any bandwidth bottleneck in the connection of the drive with your computer for fast and relaible BD recordings.
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Rambus has signed a license agreement with STMicroelectronics, which expands the ST relationship with CRI, furthering its adoption of DPA countermeasures into multimedia chipsets and accelerating its support for CryptoFirewall core technology.
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Sprint has filed a complaint in the Delaware Court of Chancery against DISH Network Corporation and Clearwire Corporation asking the Court to prevent the consummation of the DISH tender offer for Clearwire.
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AMD today disclosed its strategy and roadmap to recapture market share in enterprise and data center servers by unveiling its first ARM server processors, saying that they will be faster and more powerful than its existing low-power x86 server processors.
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Monday, June 17, 2013
Chromebooks will now be carried in over 3 times more stores than before, or more than 6,600 stores around the world, Google announced today.
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A recent report claims that photo sharing network Instagram will be getting a Vine-style video feed by June 20.
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Intel expands the portfolio of current generation coprocessors with new Intel Xeon Phi 3100 and 7100 product families, providing a variety of cost and performance options. Intel also today disclosed the next generation of 14nm Intel Xeon Phi technology, codenamed "Knights Landing."
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Microsoft's Bing team claims that voice search and voice-to-text - two Bing-powered phone features - are now up to twice as fast and 15 percent more accurate, a feat accomplished by exploiting some recent biology-inspired artificial intelligence breakthroughs by Microsoft Research scientists.
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Nero is offering owners of Nook tablets the power of photo streaming and social photo sharing with their new NeroKwik app.
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Tianhe-2, a supercomputer developed by China's National University of Defense Technology, is the world?s new No. 1 system with a performance of 33.86 petaflop/s on the Linpack benchmark, according to the 41st edition of the twice-yearly TOP500 list of the world?s most powerful supercomputers.
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Netflix and DreamWorks on Monday announced a multi-year deal making the Internet TV network the premiere home of new original series from the creators of box-office hits including the Shrek, Madagascar, Kung Fu Panda and How to Train Your Dragon franchises.
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Samsung Electronics will sell a faster version of its flagship Galaxy S4 smartphone that will support the LTE Advanced (LTE-A), the next generation of superfast mobile data, although is is not sure mobile carriers will be able to support it.
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Patriot and Meteor Entertainment, a publisher of online games, today launched a Supersonic RAGE XT promotion bundle with Meteor's online mech action game, HAWKEN. This bundle pairs the 64GB USB 3.0 Supersonic RAGE XT flash drive with a 7-day HAWKEN Double XP Boost for the popular multiplayer mech combat video game.
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With the acquisition of SeaMicro, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has a chance to take share in the mainstream server-computer market, in which Intel sells about 96% of the chips, according to IDC.
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Apple received as many as 5,000 requests for customer information from U.S. law enforcement authorities amid widening revelations of government data collection.
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Samsung has begun mass producing the first PCI-Express (PCIe) solid state drive (SSD) for next-generation ultra-slim notebook PCs.
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Saturday, June 15, 2013
It seems that we will eventually see Intel coming up with the first 8-core processor for desktops in 2H 2014. The enthusiast-grade Haswell-E 'Hallo' platform will reportedly offer DDR4 memory support, will be unlocked and quad channel memory with up to 16 threads.
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Sony is pushing to to make a full-scale foray in the U.S. market with the distribution of 4K-resolution movies online exclusively for its U.S. customers of its next-generation televisions. The company is also trying to expnd its footnote in the smartphone market with new deals with U.S. telecommunications carriers.
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Facebook and Microsoft have agreed with the U.S. government to release information about the number of surveillance requests they receive, as they are trying to fallout from disclosures about a U.S. government data-collection program.
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Google is experimenting with balloons that beam the Internet from the sky. As part of the 'Project Loon,' the search giant is releaseing helium-filled balloons that will float in the stratosphere and offer internet connectivity in areas that have been difficult to access the web
due to terrestrial challenges and economical problems.
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Friday, June 14, 2013
LG announced earlier this week that it has started to ship its 55-inch curved OLED TV in Japan for 15 million won (US$13,285).
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Facebook will come up with a new product announcement on June 20, according to invitations sent out to media.
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Microsoft Office Mobile for iPhone is now available for download in Apple's iOS App Store. The app is only available for the iPhone and is exxpected to be also available for iPAd and Android devices.
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Google seems to be avoiding getting involved in a price war with Amazon.com, Acer and Asus in the tablet market, as the latest reports indicate that The Nexus 7 tablet will be priced at $299.
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At this week's VLSI circuits Symposium in Kyoto, imec and Renesas Electronics unveiled the first multi-standard radio frequency (RF) receiver in 28nm CMOS technology, and a 28nm analog-to-digital converter (ADC) targeting wide-bandwidth standards such as LTE-advanced and next-generation WiFi.
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German chipmaker Infineon Technologies AG has settled its patent infringement claim against Atmel, and both companies have agreed to seek dismissal of all pending patent infringement claims.
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At the E3 2013 Xbox Media Briefing, Microsoft announced a redesigned version of the Xbox 360 styled after the much anticipated Xbox One. Besides the new look, let's see how the Xbox 360 E differs from the currently available Xbox 360 S, in terms of internal components.
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Google is retiring the Chrome Frame plug-in as usage of legacy browsers is declining.
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Toshiba has expanded its package line-up of interface-converter bridge LSIs for high resolution LCD display that are used in tablet PC, Ultrabooks and other applications.
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Sharp has achieved the world's highest solar cell conversion efficiency of 44.4%, using a concentrator triple-junction compound solar cell. These solar cells are used in a lens-based concentrator system that focuses sunlight on the cells to generate electricity.>
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Thursday, June 13, 2013
Google today added more than 1,000 locations around the world to Google Maps, including highlights from Asia, Europe, Latin America, the U.S. and Canada.
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Nokia will make an official announcement on July 11, according to a press invitation sent out on Thursday, where the company is expected to launch a new flagship camera phone.
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Microsoft and Best Buy are partnering to to create the Windows Store only at Best Buy. The store-within-a-store will be in 500 Best Buy locations across the United States and in more than 100 Best Buy and Future Shop locations in Canada.
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Foundry chip company United Microelectronics Corp. will work with IBM as part of the IBM Technology Development Alliances group on the development of 10-nm CMOS FinFET process technology.
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Sony's Open SmartWatch Project will make it possible for developers to create and flash alternative firmware to Sony SmartWatch, by sharing technical details and instructions.
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Adesto Technologies will demonstrate ultra-low power operation of its proprietary CBRAM memory in a paper to be presented at the 2013 Symposia on VLSI Technology and Circuits in Kyoto, Japan, June 11-14, 2013.
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Yahoo on Wednesday announced it has bought a GhostBird Software, a startup that makes picture-taking applications for iPhones, in an effort to enhance its Flickr photo service.
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Apple is reportedly considering launching iPhones with bigger screens, as well as cheaper models in a range of colors, as rival Samsung Electronics is already offering a wide variety of smartphones and phablets based on its flagship models.
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Toshiba has developed the first MROM cell to offer improved cell current characteristics without any increase in cell size. This advance was achieved by adopting a multi-level-cell structure,
which also secures high speed operation.
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Earlier this week, struggling electronics maker Sharp outlined its plans to expand its presence in new business areas, including medical services, robotics, smart home, safety of food and education.
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Wednesday, June 12, 2013
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Facebook is introducing hashtags, the number signs used on Twitter, Instagram and other services to identify topics being discussed and allow users to search for them.
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Accelerating the implementation of big data solutions, Intel announced the Intel Enterprise Edition for Lustre software to make performance-based storage solutions easier to deploy and manage.
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During last week's Computex Taipei trade show, Noctua gave an update on its cooperation with Active Noise Cancellation (ANC) specialists RotoSub, exhibiting a prototype of the first CPU cooler with integrated ANC as well as an early prototype of an ANC fan for watercooling radiators.
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Imation today launched its next generation object store, the Nexsan Assureon secure automated archive solution.
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Super Talent Technology today announced its Super Hybrid drives for enterprise and desktop consumers.
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Broadcom Corp. leveraged its NetLogic acquisition to release a high-performance communications processor. The XLP980 leapfrogs archrival Cavium Networks to become the first to handle a trillion network operations/second.
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Samsung Electronics and LG Electronics are participating to InfoComm 2013, an event for the professional audio visual, and information communication industries, where they will be
exhibiting their latest display technlogies.
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Orange will make available in France the STYLISTIC S01, a smartphone designed mainly for seniors. The smartphone will be available at an initial price of €89.90 when purchased together with the Orange-recommended Origami Zen 500 MB package (with a 24-month commitment).
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The cost of AMOLED panels will remain very high compared to TFT LCD display panels, limiting adoption by consumers and keeping their prices high.
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Sony will release next month in Japan the BDP-S5100 and the BDP-S1100 Blu-ray disc players, both offering a polyhedron, stylish design, fast start-ups and support a wide variety of audio and video formats.
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Alienware introduced its latest and most powerful gaming laptops with the unveiling of the Alienware 14, Alienware 17 and Alienware 18 at E3 in Los Angeles. The systems feature a bold new design and high performance.
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Club3D, a subsidiary of Tul Corporation, announced on Monday that it will focus on delivering AMD products only (graphics cards), dropping support for NVIDIA.
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Samsung today officially announced the launch of the Samsung GALAXY S4 zoom, a new device which combines the style of the latest GALAXY S4 smartphone with advanced photographic capabilities.
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Tuesday, June 11, 2013
HP today announced the first phase of HP SMB IT in a Box, an expanded big data portfolio, new and enhanced HP ProLiant servers along with a new flash strorage torage portfolio.
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Rambus and SK Hynix have signed a five-year patent license agreement for the use of Rambus memory-related patented technologies in SK Hynix semiconductor products and have also settled all outstanding claims.
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Google , Microsoft, Facebook and Microsoft are among the companies and organizations that call on the U.S. government to provide greater transparency on national security requests.
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Following numerous reports circulating online during the last weeks, Google today confirmed the acquisition of online mapping company Waze for $1.3 billion.
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Nintendo today unleashed a list of games that will be available for Wii U this year, and provided first looks at key titles coming in 2014. These include Mario and Donkey Kong to Luigi, Pikmin and Pok?mon to The Legend of Zelda, Mario Kart and Super Smash Bros.
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Intel today announced the Intel Solid-State Drive DC S3500 Series, its latest solid-state drive (SSD) for data centers and cloud computing.
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Sharp is bringing its portfolio of products to InfoComm 2013, which includes
a 90-inch class monitor, an ultra high definition IGZO display as well as a Sharp AQUOS BOARD Interactive Display System that can communicate wirelessly with iOS and Android tablets.
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Seagate is adding pressure to rival WD with the release of a NAS HDD lineup. Just like the recently released WD Red series of HDDs, Seagate's HDDs are targeted towards 1- to 5-bay NAS units.
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AMD today confirmed previous information with the release of an ultra-fast member of its AMD FX family of CPUs, the AMD FX-9590 processor clocked at 5 GHz.
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Photography enthusiasts can now shoot wider than ever before with the launch of the new Samsung 10mm F3.5 Fisheye Lens.
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Electronic Arts (EA) outlined its rich game lineup for 2013 at the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3) in Los Angeles, California, which includes Titanfall, Mirror Edge, FIFA 14, Command & Conquer, Battlefield 4, Madden NFL 25 and more.
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FUJIFILM and Panasonic have developed organic CMOS image sensor technology that uses an organic photoelectric conversion layer with a photoelectric conversion property at the light receiving section of an image sensor to achieve performance beyond that of conventional image sensors.
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LG Electronics and Ubitus today announced at E3 that GameNow cloud gaming service will be available in the latest lineup of LG Smart TVs.
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Sony's PlayStation 4 will go on sale the U.S. and Europe in time for the
year-end holiday season and cost US$399 - $100 less thn Microsoft's Xbox One - the company announced Monday at its E3 press briefing in Los Angeles.
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Monday, June 10, 2013
Netflix does not infringe on Rovi patents for interactive television program guides, an International Trade Commission judge said in a preliminary decision.
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Apple has been busy today annoucing its updated iOS7 amd Mac OS X Mavericks operating systems, the upcoming MacPro, new Haswell-based MacBook Air models as well as the highly rumored iTunes Radio service.
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