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Entries for October, 2011

Sony mulling pulling out of LCD JV with Samsung: sources

TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp, struggling with a loss-making television business, is considering dissolving its LCD joint venture with South Korea’s Samsung Electronics in a bid to cut costs, sources familiar with the matter said on Sunday. Original post by timothy

Sony to pull out of LCD JV with Samsung: report

TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp, struggling with a loss-making television business, is in negotiations to pull out of its LCD joint venture with South Korea’s Samsung Electronics in a bid to cut costs, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday. Original post by timothy

Panasonic to post $3.9 billion net loss in FY 2011/12: Nikkei

TOKYO (Reuters) – Japanese electronics maker Panasonic Corp is set to post a group net loss of 300 billion yen ($3.95 billion) in the year to March 2012, hurt by a global slowdown and the yen’s strength, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday. Original post by timothy

Sony to pull out of LCD JV with Samsung: Nikkei

TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp, struggling with a loss-making television business, is in negotiations to pull out of its LCD joint venture with South Korea’s Samsung Electronics in a bid to cut costs, the Nikkei business daily reported on Sunday. Original post by timothy

China arrests 12,000 in online drug sale sweep

BEIJING (Reuters) – Chinese police have arrested 12,125 people during a crackdown on the sale of narcotics online and have confiscated more than 300 kg of illegal drugs, state news agency Xinhua reported on Sunday. Original post by timothy

Samsung president sees DRAM market worsen due to Thai flood

SEOUL (Reuters) – Samsung Electronics’ president expected Thailand floods to further hit the computer memory chip market by hurting PC production until the first quarter of next year. Original post by timothy

The Radius for Yeti Review

Blue Microphone recently released the Radius shockmount for their Yeti and Yeti Pro microphones (both microphones have the same mount and form-factor). A shockmount is used to isolate your microphone from vibration while recording. The mount is specifically designed to work with the Yeti and Yeti Pro, but could be used with almost any microphone with [...]

Great Repair Site for Dell Laptop Owners

Parts-People.com is a family owned business that was started back in 2002. They have a shop in Austin, TX and a web site that specializes in Dell laptop repair and parts replacement supplies. You can send them your laptop for repair, or if you are a DIY kinda of person, you can purchase the parts [...]

Play The Devil Went Down to Georgia on your Fiddle with the Bluetooth K-Bow

The K-Bow from Keith McMillen is a Bluetooth enabled bow for the violin, viola, cello and bass, which is constructed of Kevlar and graphite. While the K-Bow may look similar to a normal bow, it’s actually a real-time controller that will allow you to manipulate the sounds coming out of the stringed instrument for which [...]

Are you a vampire?

Have you been feeling a little off lately? Like maybe something’s not quite right? It’s possible you could have been turned into a vampire. In fact, if you score above a 15 in this quiz, you might want to avoid holy water and garlicky foods for quite some time, or, you know, an eternity. Original [...]