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"...Samsung said it decides to expand investment in the semiconductor business by 25% for the rest of the year, although he expected the oversupply problem to continue...Hynix has announced plans to re-enter the non-memory business to find another income source while trying to accelerate its move to lower the portion of DRAM..."
The Korea Times
TVpredictions.com
AT&T is partnering with Napster to offer more than five million songs to its subscribers for downloading. Music through the service will be protected by digital rights management technology. AT&T will announce which devices it will be available on when it launches next month, but the iPhone will not be among them.
TechNewsWorld
"...The results were stronger than expected and came in spite of a slowdown in the rate of growth in sales of the iPod..."
The Financial Times
The Inquirer
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Qualcomm said on Friday that a judge had recommended ending a US International Trade Commission investigation of a complaint Nokia had brought against Qualcomm.
Reuters
Overall, the Glofiish X800 is a very capable phone. It is stuffed with features, has HSDPA, GPS and several genuinely useful interface tweaks. Battery life is excellent and the VGA screen is simply gorgeous.
TrustedReviews
Recent theoretical studies suggest that a coaxial nanowire would have a higher efficiency than a single bulk crystal as a solar cell for generating electricity. In addition to the higher efficiency, such a material has the added benefit of being able to be used as a wire in a device. Wires of this type could lead to nanoscale devices that can operate in the absence of an external power source.
Ars Technica
Just recently the hotly anticipated ASUS Eee PC has gone on sale here in Taiwan and we were one of the first to snap up one of the new low cost notebook devices.
TweakTown
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Top cell phone maker Nokia is introducing an upgraded version of a wireless multimedia device without a phone as it takes aim at Apple's iPod Touch.
Reuters
engadget
The Register
Best Buy announced Thursday morning it will no longer carry analog TVs in its stores.
HDTV UK
Computerworld
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