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Former Apple CEO John Sculley believes the television market is "Apple's game to lose" should it decide to move forward with a more integrated set-top box or TV set. Sculley made the comments to Businessweek, which also corroborated previous reports from last week about Apple's alleged plans to get more involved in the live TV market by partnering with cable companies.
Ars Technica
After seeing how Apple upended the music and wireless industries over the past decade, cable operators want to make sure that their industry isn't next in line to get an Apple makeover.
CNNMoney
New information has just came in from the world renowned agency Reuters, saying that yesterday the subsidiary of LG, LG display, just started the production of a smartphone screen that measured 4 inches exactly.
Examiner
In a move that escalates a trade row with the United States, China said it would ask the World Trade Organization (WTO) to adjudicate a dispute over US punitive import duties on 22 China-based exports, including solar panels and steel products.
Reuters UK
Rambus on Wednesday said it would lay off around 15% of staff as part of a restructuring effort in which the company is trying to curb expenses to improve profitability.
PC World
Information Week
Tablets remain popular with consumers, and continue to grow at a healthy rate -- and it's not just Apple that owns the market any more. New figures from market-research firm IDC show two competitors finally emerging from the string of Android failures to grow at an even faster rate than Apple.
TablePCreview
Eying business opportunities created by the new Windows 8 operating system (OS), scheduled for release in October, Taiwan-based personal computer (PC) vendors Acer and Asus will soon launch Win 8 tablet PC models.
CENS
Five years ago, a large-screen HDTV was the must-have home theater centerpiece. Two years ago, it was a 3D HDTV. Soon, it will be a 4K HDTV. 4K is a new resolution standard that also goes by the nickname "Super HD" or "Ultra HD." So what exactly is 4K and how big of a game changer will it be to the home theater market? It depends on who you ask, really. Here's the TG take on it.
Technology Guide
The Lenovo ThinkPad X1 Carbon weighs in at less than three pounds, has an exterior made of extremely lightweight carbon fiber material, boasts optional embedded 3G connectivity for anywhere, anytime Internet access, and relies on a 256GB2 SanDisk X100 SSD for incredibly responsive, small form factor storage.
Company release
SamMobile has supposedly acquired leak specifications for the next Nexus smartphone from Samsung codenamed "Superior." Also labeled as the GT-I9260, it will feature a dual-core ARM A9-based SoC clocked at 1.5 GHZ, 16GB of internal storage, a microSD card slot for extra storage, an 8MP rear-facing camera with flash, a 1.9MP front-facing camera with HD video recording, and a 4.65-inch HD Super AMOLED screen.
TG Daily
If you're longing impatiently for the much-hyped features of Apple's rumored new TV, you don't have to wait. They're already here.
CNNMoney
Yukio Sakamoto has decided to step down as president of Elpida Memory to take responsibility for the company's fall once its takeover by Micron Technology is complete, The Nikkei reported Wednesday morning.
NASDAQ.com
Japan has reported a wider-than-expected trade deficit in July, as slowing demand from China and Europe weighed on exports.
BBC News
As Apple's stock rose to new high on Monday (August 20), the technology giant set another record: It became the most valuable public company in history.
CNNMoney
Another German solar module maker, Sovello, has fallen victim to fierce global competition. Insolvency adminstrators say the firm based in eastern Germany's "solar valley" will stop production within the next two weeks.
Deutsche Welle
Following recently revised second quarter financial results, Trina Solar produced a long-list of issues that contributed to growing losses and a meaningful reduction in its full-year shipment guidance.
PV-Tech
Compound Semiconductor
China's government has ruled that US government support to six American solar and wind power projects violates free trade rules, adding to strains between Beijing and its trading partners over renewable energy.
Fox News
Wall Street Journal
Washington Post
Elpida Memory, the bankrupt Japanese chipmaker being bought by Micron Technology, will get JPY280 billion (US$3.5 billion) in support from the US company, the Asahi newspaper said.
Bloomberg
Korea has dominated the global TV market with its technology firms' share growing year after year over its Japanese and Chinese counterparts.
Korean Times (USE The Korea Times)
Foxconn (2317) is reportedly interested in doubling its planned stake in Sharp (SHCAY) from 9.9% to nearly 20%, according to a report from Japan's economic journal The Nikkei. In March,
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Sharp Corp. is mulling selling its TV assembly plants in China and Mexico to Taiwanese partner Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. , Japan's national broadcaster NHK reported Friday.
Marketwatch.com (Dow Jones)
Radiant Opto-Electronics Corp, a supplier of LCD backlight modules for Apple's iPad tablets, yesterday reported that net profit in the first half of the year grew 26% from the same period last year, bolstered by stronger-than-expected second-quarter earnings.
Taipei Times
Applied Materials has forecast fiscal fourth-quarter sales that may fall short of analysts' estimates as some customers rein in expansion plans.
Bloomberg (via Businessweek)
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