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Apple to offer $999 entry laptop, better graphics (AP)

Nicolae — Tue, 14 Oct 2008 20:34:36 +0000

AP - Apple Inc. touched up its line of laptop computers Tuesday with a minimal nod to the economic turmoil that might push consumers to be more frugal this holiday shopping season.

Analog’s twilight: Slowly, digital trumps physical (AP)

Nicolae — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 19:56:09 +0000

AP - Sometimes, in the decades after he came home from World War II, it seemed as if the movie camera was surgically attached to Christoffel Teeuwissen’s hand.

Kenya’s elephants send text messages to rangers (AP)

Nicolae — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 23:10:40 +0000

AP - The text message from the elephant flashed across Richard Lesowapir’s screen: Kimani was heading for neighboring farms.

Flexible OLEDs could be part of lighting’s future (AP)

Nicolae — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 04:39:01 +0000

AP - On a bank of the Mohawk River, a windowless industrial building of corrugated steel hides something that could make floor lamps, bedside lamps, wall sconces and nearly every other household lamp obsolete.

Despite IBM profits, a tech gloom still looms (AP)

Nicolae — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 21:32:19 +0000

AP - Even after IBM Corp. surprised Wall Street with a healthy profit in the third quarter and a reaffirmation of its earnings outlook for the rest of the year, the broader technology sector dived again Thursday. There’s just not enough of what lifted IBM to go around.

Microsoft tries for slice of Japan game market (AP)

Nicolae — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 08:43:19 +0000

AP - Microsoft Corp. will be releasing games developed by top Japanese designers for its Xbox 360 console, a senior executive said Thursday, the latest effort by the U.S. software maker to make inroads in a market where it has long struggled.

BlackBerry Storm has touch screen you can feel (AP)

Nicolae — Wed, 08 Oct 2008 13:22:21 +0000

AP - Research in Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry, is taking on Apple Inc. with a touch-screen phone that puts a new twist on the technology.

AMD to spin off factories in bid to save money (AP)

Nicolae — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 13:27:35 +0000

AP - In a move to dramatically cut costs and better compete with Intel Corp., chip maker Advanced Micro Devices Inc. said Tuesday it will spin off its factories into a new joint venture with investors in the Persian Gulf state of Abu Dhabi.

SAP says business turmoil hurting its revenue (AP)

Nicolae — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 18:20:01 +0000

AP - Shares of SAP AG plunged Monday after the business software maker said it saw a sudden drop in business at the end of September as global financial turmoil escalated.

Fraud plagues prepaid calling card market (AP)

Nicolae — Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:54:14 +0000

AP - Rosalba Posada can tick off a list of problems she has encountered trying to use prepaid calling cards to stay in touch with family back in Colombia.