The best slimline laptops January 12, 2011 AT last week’s Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas – the event that’s become the mecca for the latest developments in technology, computers, gadgets, gizmos and pretty much anything containing a microchip – the tech world went tablet crazy, with scores of them launched. Such is the influence of the iPad – but it’s worth [...]
Verizon to sell iPhone soon January 11, 2011 Verizon Wireless plans to sell Apple’s iPhone for as low as $200 (£128) starting next month, putting the smartphone at the centre of its high-stakes battle with AT&T for wireless customers. AT&T has been the exclusive US iPhone provider for three years.
The rise of 3D January 9, 2011 STEVE DINNEEN REVIEWS THE MAJOR TRENDS THAT DOMINATED THE AGENDA AT THE CONSUMER ELECTRONICS SHOW THE technology world will remember 2011 as the year that 3D went mainstream. Every major electronics manufacturer made 3D the centre of their displays and its presence was ubiquitous throughout the show. Sony predicted 3D will become as accepted as [...]
THE TIPSTER January 9, 2011 IT WAS a tough week for mining stocks, which were hit by the flooding in Australia as well as falling copper prices. Fresnillo was also affected by a dip in silver prices and continued its losses for the week on Friday touching lows of 1,517p. The stock had been on an upward trend since August, [...]
Apple opens doors to laptop app shop January 6, 2011 WHILE most of the electronics world’s eyes were turned towards the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, Apple – which refuses to exhibit at the event – quietly opened the doors to the laptop version of its app Store. Around 1,000 apps were immediately available for download on its Mac range, with millions more set [...]
AT&T launches 12 new Google smartphones January 6, 2011 GOOGLE won a major vote of confidence in its mobile phone platform Android yesterday, after America’s second largest network said it would launch 12 new handsets which run the software. AT&T announced four times as many smartphones as it did this time a year ago, backed heavily by Google software, highlighting the urgency of its [...]
TABLET WARS January 6, 2011 Samsung and Panasonic upped the ante in their battle with Apple yesterday, both eleasing products that will directly compete with Steve Jobs’ core stable of products. Samsung, the firm that has come closest to offering a viable challenge in the tablet wars with its Galaxy Tab, unveiled a slick new device designed to compete with [...]
US uncertainty takes toll on FTSE despite blue chip gains January 6, 2011 BRITAIN’S top share index was pushed down to close lower yesterday, after uncertainty on the outlook for the US economy from weak retail sales and jobs data dented commodity prices and hit mining and energy stocks. Gains in retailer Marks & Spencer, British Airways and technology firm ARM Holdings ensured losses were relatively muted, however. [...]
Intel launches high-speed chip for home moviemakers January 5, 2011 WHILE the giants of the electronics world were still setting up their stalls for the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, it was Intel which made the first game-changing announcement. The firm yesterday unveiled a chip it says is the most exciting product in the company’s history. Its Second Generation Intel Core, which features an [...]
Qualcomm to buy Atheros in $3.1bn deal January 5, 2011 QUALCOMM plans to buy Atheros Communications for roughly $3.2bn (£2.1bn) in cash, showing its determination to become a major player in supplying chips for smartphones and tablet computers. Qualcomm is clearly betting that the deal – at a 21.6 per cent premium to Atheros’ share price before talk of the takeover began to circulate – [...]