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Entries for July, 2011

KLA-Tencor to Unveil Surfscan SP3

According to Digitimes, KLA-Tencor has announced a new generation in the Surfscan family of wafer defect and surface quality inspection systems: the Surfscan SP3. As the first unpatterned wafer inspection platform to incorporate deep-ultraviolet (DUV) illumination, the Surfscan SP3 systems feature advances in sensitivity and throughput over their predecessor, the Surfscan SP2XP. The Surfscan SP3 [...]

[KOPLAS 2011] Applied Plasma Inc. to Introduce ‘Super Series’ in ‘KOPLAS 2011′

Applied Plasma Inc. (representative Jae-Bum Park, www.apinc.co.kr), Atmospheric plasma surface treatment equipment suppliers, is going to introduce New concept equipment for surface treatment “Super Series” during the ‘KOPLAS 2011′, which will be held in KINTEX, Goyang, on September 28(Wed) ~ October 1(Sat.). Applied Plasma’s “Super Series” is Super Ion, Super Flame, Super Arc, and Super [...]

Japan’s tech companies retain full-year profit targets

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japan’s biggest consumer electronic conglomerates signaled a swift recovery from their quake-hit operations, with most of them retaining their profit forecasts for the full year. Original post by samzenpus

KOSTAL to Present its PV-Inverter ‘PIKO 10.1′ with Communication Board II

KOSTAL (www.kostal-solar-electric.com) presents its PV-inverter ‘PIKO 10.1′ with communication board II. Features Three-phase feed-in to avoid voltage asymmetries Transformerless topology Possible parallel connection of two MPP trackers to extend the input current range Datalogging and diverse interfaces as standard: Ethernet, RS485, S0 input and output Integrated electronic DC circuit breaker Lead-free production according to EU Directive [...]

Pandigital’s SuperNova Android Tablet Gets its FCC on, Leaves Little to the Imagination

Typically, when a new gadget makes its way through the FCC, we have to do a fair amount of digging to get to the juicy details, put Pandigital’s latest 8-inch tablet / e-reader, the SuperNova, isn’t holding anything back. This Android 2.3-powered slate follows in the footsteps of its 9-inch predecessor, the Novel, acting more as a glorified [...]

OOP Tetris Cartridge Begs You to Buy it Now for $1 million

It may shock you to know that you’re a simple lottery win away from picking up a Like New copy of Tetris for the Sega Mega Drive (that’s the Genesis to us Yanks). That’s right, for the low price of $1 million American, you can pick up an original Japanese Mega Drive cartridge signed by the [...]

Google Maps 5.8 Update for Android Adds Photo Uploads, My Places, and More

According to SlashGear, Google released an update to version 5.8 for its Google Maps Android app on July 27. The update brings several new enhancements to the Places and Latitude components by adding the ability to easily upload photos for a Place as well as making it simple to add and check into a new [...]

NASA Releases iPad App for Exploring Earth

NASA has been all about exploring space, but now with their space shuttle program winding down and the imminent decommissioning of the International Space Station, it’s time to focus on exploring Earth. Well, at least that’s what the freshly launched NASA Visualization Explorer app will help you do on your iPad. The app packs in real-satellite data [...]

Hackers attack South Korean sites; up to 35 mln users affected

SEOUL (Reuters) – South Korea’ communications regulator said Thursday hackers from China had attacked an Internet portal and blogging site operated by SK Comms, accessing the personal information of up to 35 million users in what could be the country’s biggest cyber attack so far. Original post by samzenpus

Sony sticks with profit outlook despite TV squeeze

TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp stuck with its full-year profit forecast after slashing its outlook for TV sales, confident that other units will perform better than earlier anticipated to offset additional losses in the unit. Original post by samzenpus