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Lenovo Group recorded a third quarter net profit of $253 million, down 5% year on year from $265 million in Q3 of last year, while turnover for the quarter was 31% higher at $14.1 billion from $10.7 billion a year earlier. Lenovo’s net profit for the year to date was 11% higher at $729 million, … Read more
JVC Kenwood Corporation narrowed its net loss in the first nine months of the year to ¥652 million ($5.5 million) from ¥5.7 billion ($48.5 million) a year earlier. Turnover for the period was ¥206.9 billion ($1.7 billion), down from ¥230.3 billion ($1.9 billion).
High resolution, a high refresh rate and low response time are all part of what makes BenQ’s XL2730Z monitor suitable for desktop PC gaming. As well as its own specifications, the 27″ unit boasts several features to enhance its use. Motion Blur Reduction ensures that fast-moving content is rendered quickly, reducing smearing and ghosting. The … Read more
To date, Nvidia’s G-Sync technology (Display Monitor Vol 20 No 41) has only been used on desktop monitors, enabled through a proprietary module that replaces the scaler. That looks to be set to change, though, as PC Perspective has investigated a leaked internal Nvidia driver (346.87) that enables G-Sync on a laptop (Asus’ G751) using embedded … Read more
NanoTech Entertainment has completed its acquisition of a controlling interest in High Velocity Enterprises (HVEL), as part of an overall corporate reorganisation. NanoTech will place its gaming labs division into HVEL which will include the division’s IP portfolio and full gaming operations. High Velocity will also change its name to NanoTech Gaming and Alan Stone has been … Read more
Avnet Technology Solutions has been appointed by Dell to distribute its Wyse thin computing offer in Belgium, Luxembourg and the Netherlands.
JCDecaux has won the tender for a 10-year contract to install and operate advertising screens at the Rio De Janeiro Galeão International Airport – Tom Jobim International Airport, in Rio de Janeiro. The company has not yet announced how many displays or of what type will be installed. JCDecaux will take over the advertising concessions on 1st … Read more
Plastic Logic, the UK based developer of organic electronics including organic TFT backplanes for flexible displays, is splitting the existing company into two entities. According to reports, the split will become effective this month. The UK activities will work under the name of FlexEnable and focus on the development of organic TFT backplanes for flexible … Read more
Leaked photos from Gizmodo China appear to show an upcoming Lenovo smartphone, said to be the Vibe Z3 Pro. Like other Vibe models, it is characterised by straight edges and a metallic bumper. Rumoured specs include a 5.5″ display (2560 x 1440), 4GB of RAM, 64GB of storage and Qualcomm’s Snapdragon 810 CPU. The phone … Read more
Polariser prices have dropped by about 3% per quarter for ‘the last few quarters’, sources have said, with the trend expected to continue in Q1’15. The decline will slow by Q2. Orders are expected to remain healthy in Q1, but could fall slightly in February during Asia’s Lunar New Year holiday.
The DirecTV group will end 2015 with a higher number of pay-TV subscribers in Latin American than in the USA for the first time, according to research from Dataxis. As of Q3’14, US customers represented 51.7% of DirecTV’s 39.1 million global subscribers; the remaining 48.3% were divided between the Caribbean and LATAM. Market share has … Read more
Touch panel makers in China plan to lower in-cell pricing by 15% – 20% this year, to increase their competitiveness and retain a leading market share, say supply chain sources. More handset vendors in the country are expected to use in-cell touch in mid-range and high-end units this year and will seek competitively-priced solutions. Huawei … Read more
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