Today's Reuters Technology News Headlines - Yahoo! News:
|
|
Toshiba to build new NAND chip plant: media
Tue,3 Apr 2012 04:54 PM PDT
Reuters - TOKYO (Reuters) - Toshiba Corp plans to build a new NAND flash memory plant in Japan as early as this summer as demand for mobile devices continues to expand, the Nikkan Kogyo newspaper reported on Wednesday. The plant is the second part of a fifth NAND factory whose construction timetable had not been clear due to market conditions, the paper said. It will start operating in 2013, it said, but did not provide details about the size of the investment or annual capacity. Toshiba officials were not immediately available for comment. (Reporting by Nobuhiro Kubo; Editing by Edwina Gibbs) Full Story | Top |
SanDisk sees weak demand, pricing hurting rev, margins
Tue,3 Apr 2012 03:38 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - Flash-memory maker SanDisk Corp warned that weak demand from mobile phone manufacturers and a glut in supply that has led to lower prices are hurting its revenue and margins, sending its shares down 7 percent in after-market trading. The maker of NAND chips -- used as storage memory in smartphones and tablets -- has recently seen demand taper with some of its key customers scaling back orders. Smartphones and tablets have caused a boom in NAND production, but SanDisk's customers have not all done equally well from the explosion in mobile gadgets. ...
Full Story | Top |
Apple-mania spreads, Piper Jaffray sees $1,000 stock
Tue,3 Apr 2012 01:37 PM PDT
Reuters -  SAN FRANCISCO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc shares set a record high on Tuesday after Piper Jaffray supported Topeka Capital Market's assertion that the stock should breach $1,000 in a year or two, propelled by emerging markets growth and new products that could include a revolutionary TV set. Piper Jaffray senior research analyst Gene Munster, a longstanding bull on the world's most valuable company, joined Topeka analyst Brian White in predicting a run to $1,000 - but by 2014, versus White's timeframe of around 2013. That would make Apple the world's first trillion-dollar company. ...
Full Story | Top |
Facebook launches patent counterattack against Yahoo
Tue,3 Apr 2012 12:40 PM PDT
Reuters -  SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook fired back on Tuesday in its legal battle with Yahoo by accusing the Web pioneer of infringing 10 of Facebook's patents, according to a court filing. The counterclaim from Facebook, filed in a San Francisco federal court, comes after Yahoo a sued Facebook for patent infringement last month. The dueling claims mark an expanding web of patent litigation that has already caught up the smartphone and tablet sectors and high-tech stalwarts such as Apple Inc, Microsoft Corp and Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. ...
Full Story | Top |
BlackBerry maker RIM sued by NXP over patents
Tue,3 Apr 2012 12:31 PM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - A Dutch semiconductor company said on Tuesday it had filed a patent infringement suit against Research In Motion Ltd, adding to the BlackBerry maker's troubles and sending its shares tumbling. An affiliate of NXP Semiconductors NV alleges that versions of RIM's BlackBerry phone and PlayBook tablet infringed on patents issued to it between 1997 and 2008. The patents in question relate to design, data transmission and other features of the devices. ...
Full Story | Top |
Analysis: GameStop sees solid future despite video game shift to digital
Tue,3 Apr 2012 11:30 AM PDT
Reuters -  (Reuters) - GameStop executives are tired of hearing about investors who bet against the stock of the video game retailer that they have given them a nickname: shallow divers. The knock against shareholders with a negative short-term view of the stock is meant to prove a point: take a more thorough view of GameStop to understand it will not end with the same fate as movie rental chain Blockbuster, which filed for bankruptcy protection in 2010. "Are we paralyzed in fear that our business model isn't working? Not at all ... ...
Full Story | Top |
RIM launches software to accommodate Apple users
Tue,3 Apr 2012 09:21 AM PDT
Reuters -  TORONTO (Reuters) - Research In Motion on Tuesday launched software that enables its large "enterprise" customers to manage Apple and other rival devices through the same servers as they use for the BlackBerry smartphone and Playbook tablet. The new Mobile Fusion software, first announced in November, is a recognition by RIM of a growing preference by many users inside big corporations and government to access professional communications over their personal devices, often the Apple iPhone or iPad, or devices running Google's Android. ...
Full Story | Top |
ARM, Gemalto and G&D tie up on mobile security
Tue,3 Apr 2012 05:11 AM PDT
Reuters - LONDON (Reuters) - British chip designer ARM Holdings said on Tuesday it was linking with smart card maker Gemalto and German technology firm Giesecke & Devrient to increase security for services running on smartphones and tablets. The companies said the joint venture would drive adoption of a common security standard in mobile devices, such as smartphones using Google's Android operating system. ARM's Chief Executive Warren East said up to now the integration of the hardware, software and services necessary for system-wide security had been too slow. ... Full Story | Top |
EU probes Motorola after Microsoft, Apple complaints
Tue,3 Apr 2012 04:34 AM PDT
Reuters -  BRUSSELS (Reuters) - EU regulators are investigating whether phone maker Motorola Mobility breached antitrust rules by allegedly over-charging Microsoft and Apple for use of its patents in their products, the European Commission said on Tuesday. The European Commission, the EU antitrust regulator in the 27-country European Union, said it had opened two investigations into Motorola Mobility based on Microsoft's and Apple's grievances. ...
Full Story | Top |
Banking, shopping and job hunting online
Tue,3 Apr 2012 03:07 AM PDT
Reuters -  NEW YORK (Reuters) - Banking and keeping track of finances, shopping and searching for jobs are the main tasks of Internet users around the globe, according to a new international survey. Nearly 60 percent of people in 24 countries used the web to check their bank account and other financial assets in the past 90 days, making it the most popular use of the Internet. Shopping was not far behind at 48 percent, the Ipsos poll for Reuters showed, and 41 percent went online in search of a job. "It is easy. ...
Full Story | Top |
Web privacy rules turn poachers into gamekeepers
Tue,3 Apr 2012 02:14 AM PDT
Reuters - BRUSSELS (Reuters) - When you 'like' something on Facebook or read an online newspaper, perhaps a dozen or more companies are squirreling away data on your tastes, your habits, whether you're male or female, old or young, gay or straight. They mean no harm. They just want to give you, the customer, exactly what you want - it's the grandfather of all business slogans. Their dilemma, now regulators' noses are twitching, is how to serve you, and serve themselves, when what you want is to be left alone. ... Full Story | Top |
Australian court rules Google liable for misleading ads
Tue,3 Apr 2012 01:02 AM PDT
Reuters -  CANBERRA (Reuters) - Search giant Google Inc engaged in "misleading and deceptive" conduct by allowing misleading paid advertisements to be shown with Internet search results, an Australian court ruled on Tuesday. The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) said the ruling meant that not only Google, but other Internet search engines, would now be held responsible for "deceptive paid search results". Google had earlier won a court ruling on the subject, but a full bench of Australia's Federal Court on Tuesday overturned that decision on appeal by the ACCC. ...
Full Story | Top |
Olympus may try to tough out scandal without help
Tue,3 Apr 2012 12:57 AM PDT
Reuters -  TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Olympus Corp may be able to recover from a huge accounting scandal without having to bring in new investors, even as it looks to beef up its capital by around $3 billion over the longer term, its likely new president said on Tuesday. The maker of medical equipment and cameras has been badly weakened by the $1.7 billion fraud, one of Japan's worst corporate scandals, which has put the company under pressure to raise fresh equity to put its finances on a more stable footing. ...
Full Story | Top |
Google to grow display, mobile ad businesses in China
Tue,3 Apr 2012 12:29 AM PDT
Reuters -  TAIPEI (Reuters) - Google Inc will continue to invest in China, where it has a testy relationship with the government, with a focus on growing its fast-growing display and mobile advertising businesses, its Asia chief said on Tuesday. In a brief telephone interview during a visit to Taiwan, Google's APAC President Daniel Alegre said the company sees opportunities in connecting China's businesses with potential overseas customers. "We've never left China," Alegre said. ...
Full Story | Top |
DirecTV complains to FCC over Tribune dispute
Mon,2 Apr 2012 02:57 PM PDT
Reuters - (Reuters) - DirecTV filed a complaint with the Federal Communications Commission on Monday against Tribune Broadcasting Co for reneging on an agreement they had reached over carrying 23 local stations. More than 5 million DirecTV customers lost access to Tribune's 23 stations in 19 cities on midnight on Saturday. DirecTV, the largest satellite TV provider in the United States, said it had reached an agreement in principle with Tribune by phone on Thursday after negotiating for months. Tribune later reneged on the deal, according to DirecTV's Monday filing with the FCC. ... Full Story | Top |
| |
|
No comments:
Post a Comment