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Lenovo rumored readying layoffs
Amid current pessimism over the global economy, more reports of layoffs have surfaced online. PC manufacturer Lenovo is reportedly laying off 200 staff in its Beijing-based headquarters, of which 10 or so are senior management, China Tech News reported Monday. The report quoted an inside source as saying official cuts are still going through govern...
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Samsung to Launch Thin Blu-ray Disc Player at CES
It's not just televisions that are slimming down for this week's International Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Samsung, which has already said it plans to unveil a 7-millimeter thick TV at the show, will also be taking the wraps off a new Blu-ray Disc player that's 39mm thick.
Few details of the player, including perhaps most importantly...
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Samsung to demonstrate 7mm thick TV at CES
Samsung wants to wow people at CES this year, and intends to do such by proving just how ridiculously thin they can make their products. They intend to demonstrate a TV that is less than 7mm in thickness. The incredibly thin display relies on an LED backlight, as opposed to a fluorescent bulb that most LCD screens use today. Obvious power benefits ...
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Windows 7 build 7000 outperforms Vista and XP
Normally, I would frown upon testing beta software against final code that has been updated frequently, but the results this time around are very interesting. Instead of using benchmarking programs, Adrian Kingsley-Hughes from ZDNet put together 23 real-world scenarios to see which operating system would be the quickest to complete all of the tasks...
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How the Lowly Text Message May Save Languages That Could Otherwise Fade
Can a language stay relevant if it isn't used to send text messages on a cellphone? Language advocates worry that the answer is no, and they are pushing to make more written languages available on cellphones. Texting is the cheapest and most popular mode of cellphone communication in most of the world, and last year text messages topped voice calls...
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Chip Sales Declined 10% in November
Global semiconductor sales fell almost 10 percent in November, as the economic slowdown shook the chip sector, an industry trade group said Friday. Semiconductor sales dropped to $20.8 billion in November, from $23.1 billion a year earlier, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported. Sales through the first 11 months of the year rose 0.2 perce...
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Pictures: Sony Ericsson C510 ( Kate )
Here are some high quality pictures on the Sony Ericsson C510 aka Kate, the successor of the Sony Ericsson K770. The phone will be shipped in feb 2009.
Specifications:
◦3.2 MP AF camera and LED
◦Face detection
◦Smile shutter
◦Auto rotation when viewing
◦Cyber-shot™ UI 2.0
◦3.2 MP AF camera
◦Acti...
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$6.2 Million: Wikipedia Reaches Fundraising Goal for 2008
The Wikimedia Foundation, the non-profit organization behind the immensely popular Wikipedia online encyclopedia, just announced that it has reached its fundraising goal for 2008, which will allow the foundation to cover its operating expenses for the current fiscal year, ending June 30, 2009. Overall, a total of 125,000 donors gave over $6.2 milli...
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Facebook Is No Friend of Power.com
Power.com is a start-up based in Brazil that aims to be the portal through which people access all of their favorite social networking sites. Facebook would prefer that its members access it directly, thank you very much. On Wednesday, Facebook filed a complaint against Power.com in United States District Court in San Jose, Calif., for copyright an...
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The Windows 7 build 7000 leak and Microsoft's reaction
This past weekend, Windows 7 build 7000 leaked to torrent sites. It's not the first build of Windows 7 to leak, but it definitely is the most important one so far. You see, the first 7xxx build marks the entrance of Windows 7 into beta phase (6xxx builds were pre-beta builds). Microsoft planned to release this build to a select number of beta teste...
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