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Worker suspended over loss of data on all English prisoners

Friday, August 22nd, 2008

An employee at Home Office contractor PA Consulting has been suspended after the loss of a memory stick holding the unencrypted details of every prisoner in England and Wales. A staff member at PA Consulting Group has been suspended after the contractor lost details on all prisoners in England…
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Intel unveils Nehalem ‘turbo mode’

Wednesday, August 20th, 2008

At IDF, the chipmaker announced a power-control feature in its new micro architecture, claiming it is ‘pretty compelling’ for enterprises. Intel unveiled on Tuesday a new aspect of its upcoming microprocessor architecture, which promises better power management and efficiency. Speaking in the afternoon keynote on day…
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AMD on road to recovery, says research firm

Monday, July 21st, 2008

Technology Business Research says Opteron and Puma are boosting AMD’s chip business, but the company could be hurt by the economic downturn. While AMD’s processor business is showing strength, the company is still in a worse position than Intel to face a dip in demand for the rest of…
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EU files new charges against Intel

Thursday, July 17th, 2008

European Union antitrust regulators say Intel paid retailers to not sell PCs using chips made by rival Advanced Micro Devices. BRUSSELS–European Union antitrust regulators made new accusations against chipmaker Intel on Thursday, saying it paid retailers to not sell PCs using chips made by rival Advanced Micro Devices. …
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RIM’s Lazaridis on why Qwerty’s still working

Friday, May 16th, 2008

RIM’s co-CEO tells Silicon.com why he believes smartphones are the future, why Qwerty is so exciting, and why the Bold has nothing to do with the iPhone. BlackBerry maker RIM has been very busy this week hosting the Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, Fla. One of the announcements…
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Intel unveils Atom chips

Wednesday, April 2nd, 2008

Atom chips are Core 2 Duo-compatible with a tenth of the power requirements that CEO Paul Otellini says are as important to Intel as the Pentium chips in the mid-1990s. Intel has launched its Atom range of processors at the Intel Developer Forum in Shanghai today. …
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Kodak says sensor boosts camera power in phones

Monday, February 4th, 2008

Reworked architecture of traditional sensor pixels said to yield better images and reduce chip manufacturing costs. Photography company Eastman Kodak on Monday introduced chips that can boost the picture-taking power in mobile phones and help manufacturers cut development costs. Kodak says its KAC-05020 Image Sensor is the…
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Sharp profit up 5.5 percent on LCD panel demand

Friday, February 1st, 2008

Rise in quarterly profit more than offset steep TV price falls for the third-largest flat-screen television maker. Japanese tech conglomerate Sharp Electronics reported a 5.5 percent rise in quarterly operating profit to a record high, as rivals delayed opening new plants, slowing price declines for the big LCD…
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Matsushita profit up 22 percent, outlook unchanged

Thursday, January 31st, 2008

Japanese electronics maker reports healthy demand for Panasonic TVs and cameras, sticks by annual forecast lower than analysts’. Panasonic maker Matsushita Electric Industrial reported a 22 percent gain in quarterly operating profit on brisk demand for its digital cameras and flat televisions, and it stood by its annual…
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Via makes way for 64-bit chips

Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008

Chipmaker’s Isaiah processor architecture is expected to double performance but consume same amount of energy.Images: Isaiah architecture up close Via Technologies is making processors based on a new architecture this year that may help the tiny company inch up the chipmaking pecking order. The chips, which utilize…
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U.S. panel to investigate Samsung-Sharp dispute

Tuesday, January 22nd, 2008

Samsung had accused Sharp of infringing four patents on LCDs, which are often used in computer monitors. A U.S. trade panel that often hears patent disputes said on Tuesday it agreed to Samsung Electronics’ request to investigate Sharp for allegedly infringing liquid crystal display patents. Samsung…
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