Kindle Fire already headed for No. 2 in the tablet biz

From CNET News.com: Well, it certainly didn't take long for Amazon's Kindle Fire to bring on the heat.

After only two weeks in the market, the Kindle Fire has skyrocketed ahead of many of its tablet competitors, according to IHS iSuppli. The market researcher is so confident in the...

RIM to Miss Financial Targets Again, Weak PlayBook Sales to Blame

From DailyTech: BlackBerry manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) today announced that it would not hit its projected third-quarter revenue estimate of $5.3-$5.6 billion that the Canadian company forecasted at the end of Q2.

The company, headquartered in Waterloo, Ont., pointed to...

Nokia Dumps WiMAX Business, NewNet Scoops It Up

From DailyTech: Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN) -- a joint venture between Finland's Nokia Oyj. (HEL:NOK1V) and Germany's Siemens AG (ETR:SIE) -- is a giant in the telecom industry, behind only Ericsson AB (STO:ERIC B) and China's privately owned Huawei Technologies Comp., Ltd. in gear...

IBM and Micron to Produce the First Hybrid Memory Cube

From X-bit Labs: IBM and Micron Technology announced this week that Micron will begin production of hybrid memory cube (HMC) memory device built using the first commercial CMOS manufacturing technology to employ through-silicon vias (TSVs) at IBM's manufacturing capacities. The...

AMD: We Are at Inflection Point

From X-bit Labs: Advanced Micro Devices claims that the traditional view on the market of microprocessors as onto competition between Intel Corp. and AMD is now outdated. There are strategic inflection points both for the market in general and AMD in particular. But while addressing...

Sharp Introduces Super-thin Camera Module for Smartphones

From PC World: Sharp on Thursday announced a camera module for smartphones that shoots 12.1 megapixels and is just 5.47-mm (0.22 inches) thick, which it says is the thinnest in the industry.

The Osaka-based electronics manufacturer made the announcement, as competition heats up in...

Micron: Thailand causing demand pick-up for SSDs

From CNET News.com: Micron Technology said today that demand is increasing for solid-state drives in the wake of the flooding in Thailand.

Since late summer, the prices of traditional spinning hard disk drives have been steadily rising because of shortages due to flooding in...

OCZ Speeds Up Enterprise-Class Talos 2 Solid-State Drives

From X-bit Labs: OCZ Technology Group this week introduced Talos 2 solid-state drives (SSDs) that use dual-port SAS 6Gb/s interface, support OCZ Virtualized Controller Architecture (VCA) 2.0 technology and increase performance over Talos SSD launched earlier this year. The Talos 2...

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