TigerDirect to Absorb Circuit City, CompUSA Brands in North America

From DailyTech: CircuitCity.com and CompUSA.com will now be absorbed by computer/electronics retailer TigerDirect in an effort to combine brands for an easier business model.

Systemax, a multi-channel retailer of consumer electronics that heads TigerDirect, CompUSA and Circuit City...

Samsung Sells Three Million Galaxy Note II Smartphones in One Month

From X-bit Labs: Samsung Electronics said Friday that in little more than a month it managed to sell three million Galaxy Note II smartphones. The milestone not only illustrates rising popularity of expensive Samsung smartphones, but also growing adoption of handsets with ultra-large...

Globalfoundries Delays Abu Dhabi Fab to Concentrate on Profitability

From X-bit Labs: Globalfoundries, the world’s second largest contract maker of semiconductors, has recently adjusted its expansion plans with the aim to become profitable by the year 2015. The company decided to postpone building of its semiconductor fab in Abu Dhabi by several years...

AT&T, T-Mobile team up to curb smartphone theft

From CNET News.com: AT&T and T-Mobile, the two GSM carriers in the U.S., have turned on a database designed to cut back on smartphone theft.

The database went live yesterday and allows either AT&T or T-Mobile to block a device from being used on either network. In order to do that...

ARM Goes 64-bit: Cortex-A50 Surfaces

From DailyTech: Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. (AMD) announced on Monday that it would be releasing new 64-bit Opterons in 2014 leveraging a radically different architecture to its current complex instruction set computer (CISC) x86 architecture -- ARM Holdings plc's (LON:ARM) reduced...

Sales of Nexus 7 Tablet Near 1 Million Units per Month

From DailyTech: Typically, ASUS and Google keep sales figures very hush hush. ASUS makes the Nexus 7 tablet for Google and recently an executive told the Wall Street Journal some of the most detailed information on sales statistics for the Nexus 7 tablet so far.

ASUS CFO David Chang...

OCZ Technology Shrinks Product Lines, Cuts Workforce

From X-bit Labs: OCZ Technology Group on Wednesday said that it had begun the process of restructuring, under which it shrinks its product lines and reduces its workforce. The company calls its actions initial steps to make its business more efficient and profitable.

"We are...

Wii U deluxe promotion aims to boost game downloads

From CNET News.com: If you're willing to invest in new games for your long-awaited Wii U home console, a Nintendo promotion will grant you an extra $5 for every $50 you spend.

The Wii U, due to go on sale starting November 18, will come in two bundles: a $299 basic set and a $349...

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