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Friday 30 August 2013
China MIIT representatives pay official visit to Foxconn
Liu Lihua, vice minister of China's Ministry of Industry and Information Technology (MIIT), led a group of China-based telecom companies including China Mobile on a trip to Taiwan,...
Friday 30 August 2013
IDC tempers long-term tablet forecast as competing technologies heat up
Faced with growing competition from larger smartphones and the prospect of new categories such as wearable devices diverting consumer spending, IDC Worldwide Quarterly Tablet Tracker...
Friday 30 August 2013
PC outlook further lowered as mature markets projected to outgrow emerging markets in 2013, says IDC
Worldwide PC shipments are now expected to fall by 9.7% in 2013, further deepening what is already the longest market contraction on record, according to the IDC Worldwide Quarterly...
Friday 30 August 2013
CSOT aims to ship 100,000 Ultra HD TV panels in October
China Star Optoelectronics Technology (CSOT) aims to ship 100,000 Ultra HD TV panels in October 2013, according to industry sources.
Friday 30 August 2013
Intel to announce new Haswell processors in September
Intel is expected to announce a new lineup of Haswell processors on September 1. For desktops, the company will unveil 13 processors including the high-end Core i7-4771, mid-range...
Thursday 29 August 2013
Telecommunication continues to lead the way in western Europe, says GfK
The overall Technical Consumer Goods (TCG) market in Western Europe achieved a sales volume of EUR44.3 billion (US$58.75 billion) in the second quarter of 2013. This corresponded...
Thursday 29 August 2013
Inventec merger may trigger consolidation among notebook and handset ODMs
Taiwan-based notebook and handset ODMs are likely heading for a new wave of industry consolidation taking cues from the successful merger between notebook maker Inventec and its associated...
Thursday 29 August 2013
Taiwan market: Acer offers sub-NT$20,000 Haswell notebook
Acer has recently cut the price of a notebook featuring a Haswell-based Core i5 processor to below NT$20,000 (US$667) in Taiwan and is aiming to compete for the back-to-school demand...
Thursday 29 August 2013
Mitac to restructure into holding firm
Mitac International, a supplier of IT products and GPS navigation devices, has disclosed that it will be transformed into Mitac Investment Holding through a stock swap and then delisted...
Thursday 29 August 2013
Dell optimistic about Windows 8.1 for enterprise PCs
As Microsoft is ready to release Windows 8.1 on October 18, Jeff Clarke, Dell's vice chairman and president of Global Operations and End User Computing Solutions, has expressed his...
Thursday 29 August 2013
Taiwan market: Sony unveils MILC Alpha NEX-5T
Sony has unveiled Alpha NEX-5T, its first digital MILC (mirrorless interchangeable-lens camera) equipped with NFC (near field communication) technology to wirelessly transfer photos...
Wednesday 28 August 2013
Sony introduces new DSLR-style interchangeable lens camera
Sony has introduced its new A3000 interchangeable lens camera that features a large, high-resolution 20.1-megapixel Exmor APS-C HD CMOS sensor, an electronic viewfinder and the same...
Wednesday 28 August 2013
Xbox One suppliers dismiss shipment drop claim
Some supply chain players have dismissed a recent report that claimed Microsoft has reduced its Xbox One shipment forecast for 2013 due to the poor yield rates of related component...
Wednesday 28 August 2013
Ivy Bridge to stay in market for some more time
Despite the launch of Intel Haswell processors in June, channel retailers currently still focus on digesting their Ivy Bridge-based notebooks, delaying the platform transition, according...
Wednesday 28 August 2013
Dell to stay in PC market, says CEO
In response to doubts that Dell may withdraw from the global PC market after privatization, company CEO Michael Dell, at the Dell Solutions Summit taking place in Beijing, China,...