Apple to build iPhone processors with ARM, Imagination and Samsung technologies?
Background The inner workings of the first and second generation
iPhones are largely based on off-the-shelf parts from third-party
suppliers, but we are feeling the wind of change. Several puzzle pieces
have fallen into place and begin to reveal the bigger picture behind
Apple’s $278 million acquisition of P.A. Semi. Apple is believed to be
in a deal with Imagination, ARM and Samsung to enable the design of a
custom chip for future mobile devices. Everything is shaping up to a
scenario in which Apple…
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Very few DTV coupons redeemed study
United States television broadcasts will become all
digital early next year, but most consumers arent taking advantage of
free government money to upgrade their old analog television sets.
According to a study released by DisplaySearch/NPD, only 6% of
consumers have redeemed their DTV coupons from the federal government.
That means there will be an estimated 25 million television sets that
will essentially be left in the dark after the digital switchover on
February 17, 2009.
Blu-ray on the cheap: Memorex has a $269 player
Ok, lets not go overboard here: $269 for a family room movie player
isnt exactly cheap. But the new Memorex MVBD-2510 follows the trend of
decreasing Blu-ray player prices, despite recent remarks of the Blu-ray
Disc Association that Blu-ray isnt going to be cheap anytime soon. In
fact, there are at least five different Blu-ray player models in the
U.S. market sell for less than $300.
Proxy server trail leads FBI to Palin email hacker
FBI agents are using proxy server logs to track
down the hacker who broke into Sarah Palins Yahoo email account. The
hacker gained access to the Republican Vice Presidential candidates
account by resetting the password. He then posted details of his
adventures up on a popular online forum, but that information is now
leading reporters and federal investigators to the suspect a
Tennessee university college student and son of state democratic
representative Mike Kernell.
Nvidia to slash hundreds of jobs
Nvidia has announced that it will cut 360 jobs or
approximately 6.5% of its global workforce. The affected workers will
be getting their pink slips almost imminently because the company
reports that it will complete the cuts by October 26th 2008. The
workers will receive counseling, job placement and severance packages.
Firefox mobile web browser scheduled for 2010
Mitchell Baker, chairperson of the Mozilla Foundation, recently outlined
the goals for Mozilla for the next two years. This list includes a
somewhat surprising but long overdue product: Firefox for mobile
devices code-named Fennec.