As global semiconductor revenue hit $306.8 billion in 2011, Intel grabbed its biggest bite of the chip market to date. …
Apple iPhone 4S demand still high and rising: survey
A survey has revealed that the iPhone 4S is still in popular demand, despite Apple’s smartphone being over six months old. There …
Sony says it lost $6.4 billion last fiscal year
Sony expects its net loss for the fiscal year ending March 31 will be more than double what it forecast …
The snowball effect
Despec Mera has been working hard on strategic expansion plans and has successfully signed one of the first agreements with …
Sony to cut 10,000 jobs: report
Sony will cut 10,000 jobs globally, or about 6% of its workforce, this year as part of a restructuring plan …
HTC Q1 profit sinks by 70 percent
High Tech Computer reported a 70 percent year-on-year fall in net profit for the first quarter on Friday, as the …
Android ‘Ice Cream Sandwich’ still suffering low adoption
Although it’s been over half a year since Google unveiled Android 4.0 (“Ice Cream Sandwich”), the platform has been adopted by just …
Windows 8 update: Back up Windows Server 8 to the cloud
Microsoft is offering free tests of online backup for Windows Server 8 via its Azure cloud storage service, which could be a convenient way …
Next iPhone to have 4.6in screen, reports claim
The next-generation iPhone will launch in the second quarter of 2012 and have a 4.6in Retina display, according to claims made …
LTE phone shipments to increase tenfold in 2012, analysts say
LTE phone shipments will grow tenfold to reach 67 million units in 2012, making it a breakout year for the …
Apple battles Nokia, RIM and Motorola over nano-SIM standard
Next week, two proposals for a new, smaller SIM card, dubbed nano-SIM – one backed by Apple and the other …
Motorola notches up victories in Apple patent battles
Motorola has seen two significant decisions go in its favour in its ongoing patent disputes with Apple. Last week, a …
Yusen Logistics supports blue chip clients with improved document management
Yusen Logistics is improving its document management processes with a system from Kodak. Yusen is a provider of supply chain …
Apple will launch new MacBook Air, Pro in Q2 and iTV in Q4, analyst says
Jefferies analyst Peter Misek believes that Apple will update both the MacBook Air and MacBook Pro lines in the second …
Apple iPad: How it stacks up to the Android tablets
Scores of new tablets have appeared in the past few months, and now that we know what the third-generation Apple iPad will …
Smartphone sales grew 47% in Q4 2011
Worldwide smartphone sales to end users soared to 149 million units in the fourth quarter of 2011, a 47.3% increase …
Motorola to target business users with VMware hypervisor
Motorola Mobility has joined LG and Samsung among the companies building VMware’s hypervisor into their phones. The move is part …
Price versus brand takes focus in the battle for smartphone supremacy
Established vendors such as HTC, Sony and LG Electronics want to set their smartphones apart from less expensive devices from …
Microsoft unveils Windows 8 “Consumer Preview,” downloads start
Microsoft yesterday released its “Consumer Preview” of Windows 8, and before Windows president Steve Sinofsky finished his presentation to reporters …
Thai floods catapult Seagate into hard drive market lead
The flooding in Thailand last year helped Seagate Technology recapture the worldwide lead in hard disk drive shipments in the …