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Entries for September, 2011

LG to Embrace IPS Panel Technology for a New Standard in Monitor Performance

With Expert-Tuned Color Accuracy And Wide Viewing Angle, LG’s IPS5 Monitors  Let Users Experience and Share Images As They Were Intended To Be Seen LG Electronics (LG) has introduced a new monitor series based on in-plane switching (IPS) technology, the IPS5. The IPS5 series is the latest version of the Technical Image Press Association (TIPA) [...]

Suntech Selected by Cupertino Electric for 35MW of Solar Projects

Suntech Power announced that it has supplied solar panels for two solar power plants in central California. Built and engineered by Cupertino Electric, Inc.’s (CEI) Energy Alternatives Division, the 20MW (AC) and 15MW (AC) projects, located in Helm and Five Points, Calif., respectively, feature more than 150,000 of Suntech’s multicrystalline solar panels for utility-scale electricity [...]

Steve Jobs tried to end Apple’s patent war with Samsung in 2010

Steve Jobs made contact with Samsung in an effort to resolve a patent argument last year, Bloomberg reported on Thursday. However, Jobs did not participate in the discussions that eventually took place and deteriorated, Apple’s patent attorney Richard Lutton explained during a hearing in an Australian court. “Samsung is an important supplier with whom we [...]

Apotheker’s HP payout dwarfs new CEO’s salary

(Reuters) – Hewlett Packard Co will pay fired CEO Leo Apotheker nearly $10 million in severance and bonuses, a handsome payout for a much-criticized leader that dwarfs new chief Meg Whitman’s $1-a-year base salary. Original post by timothy

Foxconn’s $12 billion Brazil iPad plant ‘in doubt’

Foxconn’s plans to build a $12 billion factory in Brazil dedicated to producing iPads is “in doubt,” government officials in Brazil told Reuters. Reportedly, negotiations have stalled because both sides have yet to reach an agreement on tax breaks for Foxconn. Additionally, Brazil may not be able to populate the factory with enough skilled laborers. [...]

Apotheker’s exit payout dwarfs HP’s new CEO

(Reuters) – Hewlett Packard Co will pay ousted CEO Leo Apotheker nearly $10 million in severance and bonuses and let him keep 156,000 restricted shares, a hefty payout for an 11-month term that saw HP’s share price dive 45 percent. Original post by timothy

Kik Messenger returns to BlackBerry despite lawsuit

TORONTO (Reuters) – Kik Interactive, an instant messaging service startup against which Research In Motion launched a lawsuit last year, is testing a new version of software that can be used on RIM’s BlackBerry smartphones, Kik’s founder said on Thursday. Original post by timothy

Microsoft to make $444 million annually from Android royalties, Goldman estimates

Microsoft mobile revenue continues to grow, though for the time being it seems as though the bulk of it is coming from Android. Goldman Sachs analysts on Thursday estimated that the software company will pull in approximately $444 million in fiscal 2012 from licensing deals made with various Android vendors such as HTC and Samsung, [...]

Oracle-Autonomy battle rages with HP in the wings

LONDON (Reuters) – Oracle and Autonomy escalated their war of words on Thursday, sparring publicly over whether the British software firm had ever been shopped to the U.S. technology giant. Original post by timothy

Stephen King writes a sequel to The Shining



You look up prolific in the dictionary, they may as well have King’s picture next to the definition, and now he’s back with two works, Doctor Sleep, his sequel to The Shining, and 11/22/63, which Jonathan Demme (Silence of the Lambs) is slated to turn into a movie. read more Original post by David Konow