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Murdoch plans digital-only paid newspaper for tablets and phones

We can't honestly say whether The Wall Street Journal's laggy iPad rendition was a success at17.29 per month, but either way Rupert Murdoch's News Corp is gearing up for another try at this whole    

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Apple supply manager arrested for wire fraud, money laundering

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Gresso's Las Vegas Jackpot phone costs a million dollars, seriously

When you make it your business to deliver outlandish new looks for mobile telephony, it can sometimes be a challenge to just outdo your last effort. So Gresso's decided the only way forward is to collect a    

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Arima Communications to benefit from LGE focus on smartphones

Handset manufacturer Arima Communications is expected to benefit from LG Electronics' (LGE's) plans to commit more resources on smartphones, according to industry sources.    

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Genius Electronic sees increasing shipments of iPhone 4 lens modules

Genius Electronic Optical, a Taiwan-based maker of optical lenses, saw shipments of 5-megapixel lens modules and VGA lens modules both used in iPhone 4 increase to account for 10% and 30% of its total shipments    

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Demand for small-size LCD driver ICs picking up

Demand for small-size LCD driver ICs from China-based handset makers has picked up again recently following a slow season in the previous two months, according to industry sources.    

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Worldwide handset sales grow 13.8% in 2Q10, but competition drives prices down, says Gartner

Worldwide handset sales to end users totaled 325.6 million units in the second quarter of 2010, a 13.8% increase from the same period in 2009, according to Gartner. Smartphone sales to end users accounted for 1    

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Dell Streak on sale August 13 for $300 on AT&T contract, $550 without

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Motorola Droid 2 (and R2-D2 edition!) finally official: Android 2.2, Swype, $200 on contract

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TI picks up first license for ARM's Eagle CPU core, mass market devices still a couple of years off

The mythical next generation of ARM's Cortex-A series, the Eagle, has made a reappearance in the news this week, but much of the mystery remains. Texas Instruments has now revealed itself as the first lice    

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