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24 Apr 200723 Apr 2007
O2, in an eco-friendly move, will be offering customers credit back as an incentive to keep their existing phones.
Pocket-lint
The Inquirer
A more detailed report will be loaed on Tuesday night (Taiwan time).
Company release
"...In addition to investment in Rexchip, Elpida will spend 130 billion yen for process migration to 70nm at E300 Fab.... PC DRAM prices are expected to remain at low levels in 1H07. In response , Elpida plans to accelerate the shift in process technology from 90nm to 70nm...."
Company release
The Inquirer
Acer tempts us with a cheap 26-inch monitor, but we can resist.
TrustedReviews
"...PH150XP probe cards have already been shipped to leading memory manufacturers for evaluation...PH150XP is a more costeffective solution for testing smaller-sized, smaller density DRAM devices (512MB and below) where tester resources mandate four or more touchdowns per wafer..."
Business Wire
Trident Microsystems recently announced that six leading Chinese TV OEMs -- Changhong, Haier, HiSense, Konka, Skyworth, and Xoceco -- have begun production of new models with Trident's SVP WX ten-bit video processor.
PRNewswire
Reuters (via Scientific American)
Business Week
Of the high-definition discs bought by consumers in the first quarter, 70% were in the Blu-ray Disc format and 30% were HD DVD, according to sales figures provided by trade publication Home Media Magazine.
Reuters
The Inquirer
The Inquirer
Napster announced that the company will soon launch the first deployment of its over-the-air (OTA) music subscription service through Napster Japan, a joint venture between the company and Tower Records Japan, with NTT DoCoMo, Japan's largest wireless carrier.
PRNewswire
Korea Times (via Advanced Imaging Pro)
I won money and invest (USE iWon)
Circuit City recently announced that the company has partnered with Napster to offer its own subscription music service.
20 Apr 2007
The Inquirer
What operating system do the heads of Fortune 500 companies run on their personal laptops? In the case of Michael S Dell, president and CEO of Dell, it's Ubuntu 7.04 Feisty Fawn.
Desktop Linux
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