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The Inquirer
About 600 Wal-Mart locations will soon begin selling a US$199 Linux-powered "Green gPC" made by Everex of Taiwan.
Electronista
"...We will be trying to forge alliances with the major players in this sector (CMOS image sensor)...Kim said an DRAM oversupply of will last until the end of this year...Demand has been on the rise for a quite long period of time but supply has exceeded demand..."
Bloomberg
Best Buy recently announced the launch of Best Buy Video Sharing, an online-based solution for customers to safely store and share home movies and videos via the Web.
Company release
Business Week
Dell filed its past due periodic reports with the US Securities and Exchange Commission. Those reports contain restated financial information for fiscal 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006, and the first quarter of Fiscal 2007.
Business Wire
"...We haven't seen this level of spending cuts since the dotcom bust...One aspect may be down to the very slow adoption of 65nm...Another is the underlining wafer price that has seen ASPs decline in 2007, while tool depreciation costs have risen and utilization rates were low (1H07)..."
Fabtech
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"...The jumbo ingot is the result of Trina Solar's contract with GT Solar, which supplies Trina Solar with furnaces that grow multi-crystalline ingots up to 450 kg. This is Trina Solar's third order from GT Solar, representing approximately 300 MW of ingot growing capacity... "
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"...We have come through a very challenging time for the Company with the restatement and the consequences of the stock options backdating investigation..."
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Google is setting up a distribution network for social networking applications, adding a new twist in the Internet search leader's brewing rivalry with rapidly maturing startup Facebook.
AP (via Google)
Samsung claims DVD burner the world's fastest with 16X dual layer recording and LightScribe (Oct 29)
Samsung Electronics announced what it claims is the world's fastest DVD burner with 16X dual layer recording and LightScribe technology, the Super-WriteMaster SH-S203N.
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Business Week
The Inquirer
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IDG News Service (via Computerworld)
MIT Technology Review
Google is in talks with Verizon Communications, the second-largest US telephone company, to work together on mobile-phone software and services, a person with knowledge of the discussions said.
Bloomberg
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News Corp and NBC Universal on Monday debuted their joint-venture online video service Hulu.com with a private beta, adding a new rival to Apple's iTunes and Google's YouTube services.
Computerworld
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