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AMD Ryzen APUs Aimed at Ultrabooks

by Bob Raikes

AMD has released new APUs in its Ryzen series that integrate Zen microprocessors and the latest Vega GPUs and expects them to be used in high end ultrabooks. The company claims that its 15W …

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Optoma Launches Laser Version of 4K UHD65 Projector

by Bob Raikes

Optoma, which claims to be the most successful brand of projector in Europe, based on data from PMA Research, has formally released the UHZ65 which we reported on from Infocomm and IFA (IFA 2017 …

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Samsung Electronics Names New Management Team

by Andrew Fenn

Kinam Kim.Samsung Electronics has announced its new management line-up, following the announcement that CEO and Vice Chairman Oh-Hyun Kwon is stepping down. Presidents Kinam Kim, Hyunsuk Kim and Dongjin Koh will take over from …

Ray Tracing May be Accelerated by 150X

by Bob Raikes

A hat tip to Jon Peddie’s TechWatch for reporting on new AR/VR-oriented ray tracing. Ray tracing is capable of creating scenes and objects that are genuinely photo-realistic, but takes a huge amount of processor …

First Impression of iPhone X Champions AMOLED Screen

by Andrew Fenn

The first impressions of the iPhone X are starting to roll in—this one is courtesy of Steven Levy at Wired. Levy’s review of Apple’s next-generation smartphone was posted after he’d used the device for …

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YouTube TV Coming to Android TV, Apple TV, Smart TVs and Xbox

by Andrew Fenn

YouTube TV is coming to Android TV devices, Apple TV, Xbox and select Smart TVs. YouTube’s live television service originally launched in April 2017 and is now available across two-thirds of the United States. …

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Samsung Sees Increased Sales

by Yvette Raikes

Samsung Electronics announced Q3 operating profit of KRW14.53 trillion ($13.0 billion), up from KRW5.2 trillion ($4.7 billion) a year ago, on sales which increased to KRW62.05 trillion ($55.6 billion) from KRW47.82 trillion ($42.8 billion). …

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NYVR Expo and Conference

by Norbert Hildebrand

The NYVR Expo is a new conference taking place together with the NY PhotoPlus Exhibition and conference. As can be expected, the NYVR was just a side show for the NY PhotoPlus event. While …

Canon Reports Good Quarter

by Yvette Raikes

Canon Inc. reported Q3 net profits of ¥63.1 billion ($556 million), a leap of 159% from ¥24.4 billion ($215 million) a year earlier, on turnover of ¥994.5 billion ($8.8 billion), up 28% from ¥778.8 …

Sharp Outperforms Forecasts

by Yvette Raikes

Sharp Corporation saw net profits for the first half of the year of ¥34.7 billion ($306 million), compared with losses last year of ¥45.4 billion ($400 million), on revenue of ¥1.1 trillion ($9.8 billion), …

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iPhone X Sell-out Pushes AMOLED Screens

by Steve Sechrist

In case you missed it (…and anyone on-line at 12:15 AM PST last Friday did) the pre-order party for Apple’s newest iPhone X with 5.85-inch full edge-to-edge AMOLED screen sold out in the first …

Alphabet Has Strong Quarter

by Yvette Raikes

Alphabet Inc., the holding company of Google, posted Q3 net profits of $6.7 billion, up from $5.1 billion, on turnover which rose 24% to $27.8 billion from $22.5 billion. For the nine months there …

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