hardware

Sony CEO says the company will make a new type of TV set

Published on: 16th March, 2012

Sir Howard Stringer, Sony CEO, during an event said that his company may have a replica to the Apple TV announcement. He told the Wall Street Journal that Sony too was working on a new kind of TV set. He did not offer any details about its nature, but said that he was sure Steve [...]

HP’s home notebook production to be moved from China to Japan

Published on: 12th November, 2011

Japanese business daily publication The Nikkei claims that Hewlett Packard will move its consumer-oriented notebook production destined to the Japanese market from the current Chinese location to its plant situated near Tokyo. According to the company, the goal of this change would be to reduce delivery time and simplify logistics, but also to use a [...]

Hewlett Packard committed to keep PC group

Published on: 9th November, 2011

Hewlett Packard recently changed its decision to cast off its PC division. Following a study determining that the Personal Systems Group was right for customers and shareholders and also for the staff, the company decided to continue to keep it. The conclusion was based on the level of integration across the company, which includes the [...]

Apple to work on curved-glass iOS mobile devices for next year

Published on: 29th September, 2011

Recent rumors claim that Apple would develop mobile devices equipped with curved glass. According to Digitimes, the company is supposed to have given help to part suppliers by acquiring glass polishing hardware. Lens Technology and Fuji Crystal concentrating on iPhones as well as G-Tech focusing on iPads are the three companies identified as supplying cover [...]

AMD will officially offer USB 3.0 support in chipsets

Published on: 18th April, 2011

AMD has recently confirmed its plans to offer various of its chipsets with USB 3.0 integration. This move is expected to offer momentum to USB 3.0 adoption among PC manufacturers, as chipset integration eliminates the need for separate components to handle this newer standard. However, Intel, the market leader, hasn’t yet added these capabilities to [...]

Japanese factory closed affects iPod battery supply

Published on: 1st April, 2011

According to information from the Wall Street Journal, Apple has been facing problems with lithium ion batteries. It is said that a representative of the company has recently contacted the offices of Kureha in the United States. Kureha is a Japanese company that controls seventy percent of the PVDF marketshare. The PVDF (polyvinylidene fluoride) is [...]

Apple to pay more for parts to guarantee supply

Published on: 24th March, 2011

As part suppliers in Taiwan recently said, Apple would be willing to pay more to have supplies guaranteed for the iPhone and iPad. It would agree to do so if deliveries were smoothed out and stock was guaranteed. Apple is still believed to ship forty million iPads this year, says Digitimes, and therefore would use [...]

Microsoft could target new Xbox hardware for 2015

Published on: 24th March, 2011

According to recent discoveries, Microsoft may not launch any genuine Xbox hardware for the next four years. A profile for designer Ben Peterson mentions some work for the company’s Interactive Entertainment Business which would investigate future user experiences and hardware for the year 2015. A teaser shot illustrates a brief glimpse of what is apparently [...]

4TB drives possible – Samsung offers 1TB per disk platter

Published on: 10th March, 2011

Samsung has recently found a method to build 1TB platters for hard drives; these will allow the company to manufacture 4TB hard drives for computers. The news, indicating a new record, came from the German newspaper Heise (news from CeBIT). Currently, companies are only able to make 3TB 3.5-inch hard drives, each platter being produced [...]

Android IQon infotainment system for Saab cars

Published on: 3rd March, 2011

Saab has recently presented the IQon, its future infotainment system, which will be based on Google’s Android operating system. Users will have the possibility to access multimedia content, navigation utilities, web-based services, as well as plenty of other features. The interface uses an eight-inch touchscreen. The IQon also benefits from an integrated modem which automatically [...]

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