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New York Times
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It looks as though Amazon is looking to join the likes of GameTap and Steam by offering digital downloads for games.
Ars Technica
Compal Electronics has resolved to speed up the pace of relocating production from mainland China to Vietnam.
CENS
Intel has reached an agreement with the Knesset Finance Subcommittee on Intel, the Israel Tax Authority, and the Investment Promotion Center to close the company's outdated Fab 8 in the city and replace it with a new fab that will employ advanced technology and employ hundreds of people.
Globes
Motorola announced it has successfully completed its acquisition of Soundbuzz, a pan-Asian music provider, allowing Motorola to extend its Greater China music platform, MotoMusic, to India and Southeast Asia.
Company release
An HTC spokesperson has revealed the company is working to deliver video acceleration drivers for some of its latest Windows Mobile devices. Some owners of HTC handsets, such as the TyTN II, have been vocal in their disappointment that the performance of these devices doesn't live it to that expected based on the hardware inside. These users have banded together to raise awareness of the issue and even proposed the filing of a class action suit in attempts to pressure the company into providing better driver support.
Fudzilla
Panasonic has designed a plasma TV which it reckons will withstand the force of a fiercely flung Wii Remote.
Reg Hardware
The Korea Times
LEDs Magazine
Daily Yomiuri On-Line
"...In September last year, Hynix stopped providing DRAM chips to the spot market after its second-quarter profits dropped 35 percent due to the supply glut in the chip industry...Hynix had previously sold about 16% of its total DRAM production on the spot market..."
The Korea Times
Business Wire
15 Feb 2008
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