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Dell says goodbye to Netbooks

Dell is leaving Netbooks to the dustbin of laptop history. But it's not terribly surprising, considering the rise of tablets and the emergence of ultrabooks. Originally posted at Nanotech - The Circuits Bl    

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Samsung surpasses 300M handset sales for first time in 2011

Samsung Electronics said it surpassed its annual handset shipment goal, and so far this year shipped a record 300 million handsets, giving the South Korean company more momentum going into 2012.Click here for d    

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RIM takes $485 million hit on the PlayBook in Q3

Just how much is the PlayBook costing RIM? The BlackBerry-maker revealed that it will be taking a485 million hit in the third fiscal quarter, thanks to the QNX-packing tablet. The charge reflects flagging sales    

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Nvidia Tegra 3 to challenge shipments of 25 million units in 2012

Nvidia is set to challenge to ship 25 million Tegra 3 processors for use in smartphones, tablet PCs and automobiles in 2012 as the company is unlikely to be able to achieve the same shipment goal for its Tegra    

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Intel reasserts semiconductor market leadership in 2011, says IHS

After three years of seeing its dominant position in the global semiconductor market whittled away by aggressive competition from Samsung Electronics, Intel is set to reverse the trend in 2011, with a combinati    

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China was biggest smartphone market by shipment volume in Q3

A new report by Strategy Analytics puts China ahead of the US in terms of smartphone shipments in Q3. What's more, while the number of shipments in China grew 58% to 23.9 million units, the numbers in    

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Nokia Siemens to cut 17,000 jobs as part of global restructuring

Nokia Siemens Networks has just announced a new global restructuring initiative that will result in the loss of a whopping 17,000 jobs. According to a statement released today, the company will "realign it    

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Strategy Analytics: China leapfrogs US to become world's top smartphone market

The winds of tech consumerism are changing course. More specifically, they're heading east. According to the latest Q3 figures from Strategy Analytics, China is now the world's largest smartphone mark    

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Nokia to roll out new Windows Phone models in 1H12, says Nokia Taiwan

Nokia will roll out new Windows Phone-based smartphones in the first half of 2012 following the recently released Nokia Lumia 800 and Lumia 710, according to Michael Hus, general manager of Nokia Taiwan.    

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Apple and Samsung's patent battle draws concern from EU Competition Commission

It appears that Samsung and Apple's never-ending game of patent Risk is beginning to draw concern from government regulators. The European Union's Competition Commission is investigating the companies    

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