Slumping demand and excess capacity have caused semiconductor prices to plunge, pushing Toshiba's chip business to a $639 million operating loss for the April-September period.
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"The European Commission has proposed a new series of price caps that would cut down on the "roaming rip-off" of its citizens." read more » DiscussBury
Sensitive words include references to the Chinese Communist Party, the Falun Gong, Taiwan independence, Tibet, and the ongoing tainted milk scandal in China. read more » DiscussBury
Sales of PCs and portable gadgets could be hurt dramatically if people pulled back on spending out of fear of a weakening economy, Semiconductor Industry Association leaders said. read more » DiscussBury
"The European Commission's justice and security department is seeking outside help to improve Internet and telecoms security in the European Union." read more » DiscussBury
This is a fascinating article by Stephen Lawson on Lloyd Watts' approach to eliminating the echo and background noise that are so often problematic with cell phones. Watts is CTO of Audience, which is based in Mountain View, California. In February he introduced a custom chip, the key to which is the Fast Cochlea Transform process, which "attempts to do the same thing as the cochlea, a spiral chamber in the inner ear." read more » DiscussBury
A hacker broke into a Homeland Security Department telephone system over the weekend and made over $12,000 in calls to the Middle East and Asia using a Federal Emergency Management Agency voicemail s read more » DiscussBury
A standards organization could help users measure SSDs and their applications, like the performance of SSDs in comparison to hard drives. read more » DiscussBury
