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Entries for April, 2011

Sprint has banner quarter, still posts net loss

Moments ago, Sprint released its earnings report card for the first quarter of 2011, and things are definitely improving. The company saw its largest increase in wireless customers in the last five years, adding 1.1 million subscribers across all Sprint brands — prepaid net additions totaled 846,000 lines and postpaid adds totaled 310,000 lines. The [...]

Monteverde One-Touch Stylus Ballpoint Pen

The Monteverde One-Touch Stylus Ballpoint Pen has the features you expect from a refillable ballpoint – one-hand click to open, and it can accept standard ink, gel ink, or liquid ink ballpoint refills.  What you don’t expect is that you can also use this ballpoint to write on capacitive touch screens.  The clicker has a [...]

HTC DROID Incredible 2, Casio Gz’One Commando available today; DROID Charge delayed?

Not a bad day to be an Android-loving Verizon Wireless customer. The nation’s largest wireless carrier has made two new handsets available: the sleek HTC DROID Incredible 2 and the ruggedized Casio Gz’One Commando. Both handsets run Android 2.2 (Froyo) and will retail for $199.99 with a signed 2-year contract. A third handset, the Samsung [...]

HTC DROID Incredible 2, Casio G’zOne Commando available today; DROID Charge delayed?

Not a bad day to be an Android-loving Verizon Wireless customer. The nation’s largest wireless carrier has made two new handsets available: the sleek HTC DROID Incredible 2 and the ruggedized Casio G’zOne Commando. Both handsets run Android 2.2 (Froyo) and will retail for $199.99 with a signed 2-year contract. A third handset, the Samsung [...]

Panasonic to axe thousands of jobs, close dozens of plants

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic Corp said it would cut another 17,000 jobs and close up to 70 factories around the world over the next two years in a bid to pare costs and keep up with Asian rivals. Original post by samzenpus

Sony faces global legal action over data theft; shares fall

TOKYO/WILMINGTON, Delaware (Reuters) – Sony Corp could face legal action across the globe after it delayed disclosing a security breach of its popular PlayStation Network, infuriating gamers and sending the firm’s shares down nearly 5 percent in Tokyo Thursday. Original post by samzenpus

Gartner: Operating systems a $30.4B business in 2010

Operating systems are big business. But just how big you ask? According to research firm Gartner, sales of server and desktop operating systems totalled nearly $30.4 billion in 2010 alone. “As the global economy recovered, worldwide operating system (OS) revenue totaled $30.4 billion in 2010, a 7.8 percent increase from 2009,” explains Gartner. “Among client [...]

Panasonic to axe another 17,000 jobs in cost-cutting drive

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese consumer electronics giant Panasonic Corp said it would cut another 17,000 jobs, equal to 5 percent of its workforce, over the next two years in a bid to pare costs and keep up with Asian rivals. Original post by CmdrTaco

SEWHA P&C To Present Functional LCD Protection Film In 3 Models For iPad 2

SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — SEWHA P&C (representative Ja-Beom Gu, www.shehwa.co.kr) recently introduced functional LCD protection films for iPad 2 in 3 models – Anti Bacterial, Anti Fingerprint and Privacy Filter – to Korean market. These three models for iPad 2, to be unveiled in Korean market for the first time, are must-have items in daily [...]

Motorola ‘XOOM’ To Put On Sale – Its Rival Is Not ‘iPad 2′

SEOUL, Korea (AVING) — Guess what is a product adopting Android 3.0(Honeycomb), the Google’s first tablet platform? It’s Motorola ‘XOOM’! (Picture: a tablet, ‘XOOM’, displayed by Motorola dragged great interest from local visitors at MWC 2011 held in Barcelona, Spain) The first tablet both for Google and Motorola finally starts selling in Korean market. In [...]