Icahn: New CEO positive, Motorola should split up
toddbishop@seattlepi.com (Todd Bishop) wrote an interesting post today on
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Activist investor Carl Icahn said the replacement of Ed Zander at the helm ofMotorola Inc. was "long past due," but not enough to address "major problems" at the telephone maker.
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Winners, losers in Google’s 700-MHz plans
Tom Warren wrote an interesting post today on
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Google’s entry into the spectrum auction could be a boost to companies like Frontline Wireless, which aims to build out a hybrid private/public network.
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Solid-state drives aim at HDDs’ heart
Brian White wrote an interesting post today on
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he landscape is shifting in the emerging market for solid-state storage drives (SSDs). Micron Technology last week entered the fray, and Toshiba stands poised to join the rapidly crowding field, whose proponents promise to propel the technology into the mainstream PC market at the expense of the lowly hard drive.
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NEC claims world’s fastest MRAM
Ryan Block wrote an interesting post today on
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Japan’s NEC Corp. claimed that it has developed the world’s fastest MRAM.
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Gloomy mood seen at Semicon Japan
mssmallbiz wrote an interesting post today on
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A slew of vendors are getting a jump on next week’s Semicon Japan trade show by rolling out new products, but the mood at the event is expected to be gloomy.
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XMOS gets working silicon, sets product launch for Q1 2008
Kinky Solutions wrote an interesting post today on
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Fabless semiconductor startup XMOS Semiconductor Ltd. (Bristol, England) has got working silicon back from its foundry supplier and is now touting an aggressive roll out of its XS-1 family of programmable silicon in 2008.
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Researcher claims to have found missing dark matter
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Researchers at McMaster University in Canada claim to have located missing dark matter in a halo around galaxies.
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Economic woes underly Mentor’s mixed 3Q results
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Mentor Graphics Corp. reported third-quarter revenues totaling $186.3 million, but quarterly earnings fell by 10 cents per share.
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