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The third iteration of the Samsung Galaxy Note hybrid will feature a 6.3in OLED display, according to a report in the Korea Times.
International Bussiness Times
HTC has scrapped plans to produce a large-screen smartphone using Microsoft's operating system because the screen would have had lower resolution than competing models, according to a person familiar with the project.
Bloomberg
Micron Technology said it will lay off at least 30 workers as it retreats on plans to develop energy-efficient lighting technology, a move that marks the latest blow to alternative energy initiatives in Idaho.
San Francisco Chronicle
Just when you thought smartphones couldn't get any bigger, rumor has it that Samsung will put a 6.3-inch OLED display into its Galaxy Note III.
PC World
Apple needs a TV offering for three reasons: to add something new to its product lineup; to sell it in its Apple Stores, which are getting larger and need more products; and finally, to take advantage of the fact that the company can get a premium for a TV set where nobody else can.
PC Magazine
Apple has begun the early stages of television set testing, according to reports.
CNET
Company release
A recent Reuters article is predicting flexible screen tech for either the Samsung Galaxy S4 or its successor, with one analyst tipping the tech to be commercially available by 2014 at the latest.
CNET
The Zeus Touch is an all-in-one desktop PC that combines a minimalist tablet-like design with the latest power-efficient performance processors from Intel users into a powerful space-saving system with full 10-finger capacitive touch support.
TweakTown
The city of Kameyama, Mie Prefecture, home to a major state-of-the-art Sharp factory, rode the boom when the electronics maker was leading the world in liquid-crystal display TV sets.
Japan Times (USE The Japan Times)
Company release
Airport World Online
A benchmark result has popped up online for a device known as the Samsung GT-N5100, and the general consensus seems to suggest it's a 7-inch Galaxy Note tablet.
Tech Radar
A new tablet could be in the works from the folks who brought us the Google Nexus 7.
CNET
Although Microsoft is just getting started with its 2012 Surface tablets, the company plans to launch three new devices in the next year, according to a well-known source of leaks.
PC Magazine
Ailing electronics maker Sharp might soon receive a cash infusion from a few prominent technology companies.
CNET
Reports out of China indicate that rumors of a touchscreen Google Chromebook are true as a Taiwanese component maker is gearing up to outfit 20 million units of Google's own branded Chromebook.
AG Beat
Samsung Electronics said an internal audit of suppliers in China found "inadequate practices" that include employees working more overtime than allowed by law.
Washington Post
Samsung Electronics has earmarked Malaysia to be its largest operations base outside South Korea by 2015.
ZDNet
Taiwanese flat-panel makers are expected to report 8 percent quarterly growth in revenue this quarter on the back of reduced oversupply and growing demand for tablet panels, a local research center projected yesterday.
Taipei Times
South Korean manufacturer Samsung is ready to begin mass production of smartphones with bendable screens, which will make the devices thinner, lighter and unbreakable.
The Times of India
A US judge has told Apple it had better cough up its whole unredacted licensing agreement with HTC in the fruity firm's case against Samsung, a move that could help the Korean company fight a potential sales ban in the country.
The Register
Millions of US consumers will likely wake up early on Friday (some will head out Thursday night) in a mad attempt to cash in on Black Friday deals from retailers all over the country.
Forbes
Business Standard
Payphones are a dying breed, which will probably make some people yearn for our simple past and others celebrate our tech-filled future.
CNET
Lisa Finelli and Kyle Gaddie do not know each other and live nearly a continent apart. But they are on the same quest: the Black Friday hunt for a bargain big-screen TV.
USA Today
Smart TVs, LED technology, emerging markets will help boost the IC market for TVs.
IC Insights
Amazon on Thursday began shipping a large-screen, high-definition version of its popular Kindle Fire tablet computers ahead of schedule in a holiday season challenge to Apple iPads.
Economic Times
Currently, a number of FPD makers are evaluating a thin-film solution that offers moisture and oxygen permeability approximately equal to a sheet of glass. It comprises alternating layers of polymer and ceramic films applied in vacuum.
ElectroIQ
Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is floating around extolling the virtues of Windows 8. Reviewers are giving more positive reviews than negative reviews. Smart people I know have actually changed their minds, agreeing that Windows 8 is great. Life is good at Microsoft.
PC Magazine
Samsung Display is pushing forward with plans to develop flexible display units made out of plastic materials rather than glass. The company has been working on the new display option for some time now and has hinted at recent advances in the technology.
Inquisitir
In a bid to differentiate itself from the rivals, Samsung Electronics, one of the world's largest consumer electronics conglomerates, may start mass production of bendable smartphones next year.
x-bit Labs
Android smartphones have already taken the sales crown with 75% share and 57 million shipped by Samsung alone last quarter. It seems that the tablet market will soon follow suit.
Venturebeat
Shares of Hon Hai Precision Industry rallied recently on the Taiwan Stock Exchange thanks to its success in launching 60-inch LED TV in North America and in securing higher contracting fees from Apple, according to local media reports.
Focus Taiwan news channel
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