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LG Will Leave Plasma in 2014 – But a Market Still Exists

by Super User

LG has told Pocket Lint that it will end plasma TV production this year – but still believes that there is a market for the technology. According to Pocket Lint, LG said that the …

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OLED Breakthroughs

by Super User

Unusually, we lead this week with a technical story. However, the breakthrough in blue lifetime could be significant indeed. It was 2003 when we reported two talks by David Fyfe of CDT, one of …

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Samsung Supports Students at UEL

by Super User

4,000 first-year students at the University of East London have been supplied with Samsung’s Galaxy Note 8.0 tablet. The tablets, which have eBooks pre-installed and run customised software, were supplied to aid student learning.

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Unowhy Cooks Up Third-Gen With Tegra 4

by Super User

The third generation of the Qooq tablet (Display Monitor Vol 19 No 6), by French company Unowhy, is powered by Nvidia’s Tegra 4 processor (1.9GHz, quad-core). The Qooq v3 is designed for use in …

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WallDecaux Begins Underground Rollout

by Super User

WallDecaux – the joint portfolio of Wall AG and JCDecaux, in Germany – has begun the installation of a new nationwide digital underground network. ‘Digital Underground Berlin’ consists of 75 LCD displays at 25 …

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Retina iMacs Are on The Way, Claim Sources

by Super User

According to 9to5Mac, Apple will launch a line of iMac AIO computers with high-resolution ‘retina’ displays later this year. While the slim profile of the new iMacs will be the same as the 2012 …

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Jabil Result 01/10/2014

by Super User

Jabil Circuit Inc. has announced its preliminary fourth quarter and full year results. The company recorded a net loss in the final quarter of $26.2 million on turnover of $4 billion, which compares with …

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Apple Adds French Distributor

by Super User

Extenso Telecom in France has been authorised to distribute Apple’s iPhone.

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Apple Will Check Bent iPhones Before Replacement

by Super User

Apple has recently come under fire for releasing a phone that is so thin that it can be bent in a user’s pocket (Display Monitor Vol 21 No 38). A company representative has told …

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Intel Pays $1.5 Billion for Stake in Chinese Chip Maker

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Intel has acquired a 20% stake in China’s Tsinghua Unigroup, a state-owned company that owns China’s second and third largest chip designers, Spreadtrum Communications and RDA Microelectronics. Intel spent $1.5 billion to acquire the …

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Sony Awards Green Partner Status to Valens

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HDBaseT technology developer Valens has been awarded Sony’s Green Partner Certificate. The Certificate recognises Valens as a supplier that co-operates in the production of environmentally-sensitive products.

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