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A week after Sony chief executive Kazuo Hirai uncloaked the company's massive 4Kx2K 3D TV, Sony has uncloaked its price, too: US$25,000.
CNET
Amazon announced a barrage of new tablets and e-readers on Setember 6 that makes its challenge to Apple's iPad a little more serious.
New York Times
Nokia has apologised after it emerged that an advert featuring video footage which appeared to have been filmed with its new flagship smartphone had in fact been created using different equipment.
BBC News
As part of its reorganization process, Centrotherm has sold centrotherm SiTec GmbH's subsidiary, Michael Glatt Maschinenbau GmbH to Germany's B羹echl Handels- und Beteiligungs-KG.
PV Magazine
The New York Times
The European Commission launched an investigation on Thursday into suspected dumping of solar panels by China-based producers, drawing a warning from China that restrictions on its exports would hurt the global clean energy sector.
Reuters
The European Commission said Thursday it will investigate whether Chinese makers of solar equipment are illegally pushing their products into Europe, a move that could escalate growing trade tensions between the European Union and China.
Wall Street Journal
AP (via Google)
Cadence Design Systems has announced that the first products in the Cadence DDR4 SDRAM PHY and memory controller design IP family have been proven in silicon on TSMC's 28HPM and 28HP process technologies.
Company release
Elpida Memory said it opposes moves by a group of bondholders to block its sale to Micron Technology because it would interfere with an "entirely fair" reorganization.
Bloomberg
The invite says only "It's almost here," with a shadowed "5" underneath the September 12 date.
CNET
FormFactor will acquire MicroProbe, a provider of advanced SOC wafer test solutions, for US$100 million in cash and US$16.8 million in stock, subject to customary adjustments. The merger is expected to close in the first half of FormFactor's fiscal quarter ending December 29, 2012.
Company release
Intel's R&D expenditures accounted for 32% of the top-10 spending and about 17% of total R&D expenses at all semiconductor companies worldwide-counting IDMs, fabless suppliers and foundries.
IC Insights
Tech Week Europe
Chinese government officials have used economic cooperation talks, between Germany and China, to raise the topic that a bilateral solution could be reached between the two countries to avoid a potential photovoltaic trade war.
PV Magazine
LG first unveiled its 55in OLED TV at last year's CES, but we've finally been given confirmation that the gorgeous high definition set will be making its way to Europe. It might not scale to the same heights as the 84in models on show from the likes of Toshiba and Sony, but the carbon fibre chassis and 4mm thickness still make it a unique object of AV desire.
Expert Reviews
In the lead up to a September 6 press conference, details of Amazon's refreshed Kindle line-up have started to leak. Most notably, there will be a variety of Kindle Fire 2 models with different screen sizes, and a new backlit e-ink Kindle.
ExtremeTech
Big-screen smartphones may be the fashion, but how about two sizable screens on your next handset with negligible battery impact. SlashGear caught up with E Ink at IFA today to check out the company's latest prototypes, intended to spur some imagination among potential hardware partners.
SlashGear
Samsung Electronics said on Monday it would inspect 250 Chinese companies which make products for the South Korean firm to ensure no labour laws are broken.
Reuters
Samsung has accused Apple of resorting to litigation in an effort to limit consumer choice after the iPhone maker said it was seeking to stop the sale of Galaxy S3 smartphones in the US.
Yahoo!News
Warren East, chief executive of ARM, said the chipmaker was holding back on some of its recruitment plans in 2012 amid fears of a slowdown in sales in the second half of the year.
The Financial Times
Miao Liansheng, chairman of the board of Yingli Green Energy, said if the anti-dumping case is verified, China-based solar companies will be forced to transfer their industry to other countries, which will cause a loss to the real economy in China, and this newly leading industry will also lose its development opportunities.
PVMate.com
The objective of the agreement is for Fujitsu Semiconductor and J-Devices to build a long-term, mutually beneficial strategic partnership in the semiconductor manufacturing business.
Company release
Manufacturing output across the 17-country eurozone shrank again in August, according to a widely-watched survey.
BBC News
We hope a proposed deal by Hon Hai Group, the world's largest contract electronics maker, to acquire a stake of Japan-based Sharp, can be clinched so that it will become a trailblazer in the cooperation of the Taiwan and Japanese industries.
Focus Taiwan news channel
LG's monster 55-inch OLED television attracted a crowd of photographers when it was unveiled Thursday at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin, but that doesn't necessarily mean it will attract a crowd of buyers when it hits stores.
PC World
The Internationale Funkausstellung Berlin (IFA) 2012 electronics show in Berlin has seen numerous Windows 8 tablets, but those are not the only mobile devices on the show floor. Samsung is at the event with its lineup of Series 9 Ultrabooks, for example.
PC Perspective
This year at the IFA consumer electronics show in Berlin vendors introduced and demonstrated a plethora of ultra-high resolution TVs, hybrid tablets based on Microsoft's upcoming operating systems, as well as the first device based on Windows Phone 8.
PC World
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