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Hybrid drives are best of both worlds
Hardware RoundupHot Hardware tested NEC’s EA273WM-BK MultiSync monitor, a largish 27-inch screen with a rather plain spec sheet where only one main feature really shines through: the weight. Literally weighing in at 16lbs / 7Kg, it’s one of the lightest panels around. -
Intel’s Itanic is close to the end
CommentIn the last week we reported how the Itanium Solutions page, hosted by Intel has been disappeared with virtually no traces left. The ISA, launched to fanfare in 2005 - had as members Intel, HP, NEC, SGI, Unisys, Hitachi, Fujitsu, Microsoft, Red Hat, Novell, Oracle, SAP and SAS - as reported by ZD Ne -
Quanta sues AMD
According to Quanta, AMD and its ATI Technologies subsidiary sold it chips which could not tolerate some heat levels, making them unfit for use in some NEC laptops manufactured by the company. The chips caused the NEC laptops to malfunction, the suit claims. -
TT Docomo to make its own chips
According to Reuters, Docomo and Samsung will be joined by NEC, Panasonic and Fujitsu in the venture. -
Intel says turn up the heat
Intel is working with Dell and NEC to change their policies so that these outfits sell machines certified to operate at higher temperatures. -
Former pirate sues tech industry for nicking ideas
South African Kevin Bermeister is suing Google, YouTube, Amazon, EMC, VMWare, Dropbox, NetApps, NEC and Caringo for patent infringement in a case that experts say could run into the hundreds of millions. -
Samsung teams with DoCoMo for mobile chip scrap
The pair, along with Fujitsu, NEC and Panasonic have founded a joint venture with an investment of around $390 million. DoCoMo is coming up with half the cash, according to the Nikkei newspaper. -
Lenovo storms in with double-bubble profits
Chairman of the board Liu Chuanzhi said that in future quarters the world would see the significance of its acquisition of German company Medion, bought last June. It would also see benefits from its joint venture with NEC in Japan. -
Capgemini buys Prosodie
Ovum adds that most vendors which improved their market share and their ranking were Indian-heritage firms such as Infosys, Wipro and TCS, which moved one place to be ranked 13th. Japanese firms such as NEC, Hitachi and Otsuka Shokai also made gains. -
Lenovo hits big figures for the year
It's also managed to get its foot into international doors. Its partnership with NEC was attributed to helping it get a leg into the Japanese market, while selling its first tablet exclusively in China gave it an edge here. -
Intel talks up new cloud and LTE offerings
The server platforms so far include Lenovo ThinkServer TS200v and a white box server, says Intel, with additional models to come from Acer, NEC and others in the future. -
Intel to talk up Light Peak and Apple later today
UpdatedUSB 3.0 has generally had a positive reception but only if you can get your hands on it. Intel has been accused of slowing innovation and dragging its heels on chipset releases, while NEC sat proud at the top of the market for some time. Via and others were also slow to capitalise. -
CSR invades world and watches with low energy Bluetooth chip
MWC 2011The chips, produced at TSMC, are the key to integrated technologies. A concept model on show linked a prototype Android smartphone with a Casio NEC wrist watch - and the low energy Bluetooth means there are new and exciting ways to ignore phonecalls or emails. -
IBM faces supercomputer competition from Japan
Big Blue is facing a challenge in the big tin market from former serious Japanese contenders NEC and Fujitsu, according to a report. -
Lenovo and NEC confirm joint venture
Lenovo has confirmed a joint venture with enormous Japanese outlet NEC in a bid to advance its position in Nippon. -
Lenovo to team up with NEC on PCs
Chinese PC contender Lenovo and Japanese giant NEC are in the process of creating a joint venture to make further inroads into the PC market, according to a report from Japan. -
Japanese company makes flu-detecting mirror
Japanese firm NEC Avio Infrared Technologies has today announced the development of a mirror that can detect flu-like symptoms, such as a fever. -
US claims record patent numbers in 2010, IBM leads
In terms of increase from the previous year it was Apple which stood out most with an increase of 94 percent. Meanwhile Qualcomm (84 percent), NEC (74 percent), and SAP (70 percent), also saw significant gains.
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