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Palm is almost clear of near term uncertainty. Now is only execution.
September 24, 2009
Apple, Palm May Get Lift From Accounting Rule Change | www.bloomberg.com
The change of ruling from FASB that allows technology companies to record revenue earlier eliminates the remaining near term uncertainty about Palm.
HP - Willing To Give Up Control To Get Control
September 24, 2009
H-P Wields Its Clout to Undercut PC Rivals | online.wsj.com
In the fast paced, low margin, short life-cycle world of PCs, giving up control to get control can really work. To that end, HP has wisely taken a page from eMachines, and then Gateway’s, highly successful retail models for partnering for shared success.
The horse race is already crowded
September 24, 2009
LG to re-enter laptop biz with mini notebooks by year end | economictimes.indiatimes.com
LG makes good equipment. Its reliable and sturdy and does what it says. I would not use the word glitzy to describe their offerings. If they are going to jump back into a market where they did not do well once (a rather unprofitable market for even the best of companies), they have to have something that will truly grab the consumer by the throat and mesmerize him. I don't see that happening.
Consumer Electronics - The Value Proposition Just Keeps Growing
September 23, 2009
Consumers to Spend Big on TVs, Smartphones | www.businessweek.com
With few exceptions, the value per dollar consumer electronics offer today is truly extraordinary, helping keep demand relatively healthy, even in a (very) down cycle. But there is much, much more to come.
TSMC-Largest wafer foundry in the world eying on LED maker
September 23, 2009
Rumors suggest TSMC is looking for an LED maker | www.ledsmagazine.com
1) Energy savings and 'green revolution have given impetus to LED lighting(2) Governments all over the world are encouraging and giving incentive for LED Lighting.(3) Consumer is driving LED market in LED-lit LCD TV and LED-lit Notebbok..
Nokia Best Served by Focusing on Strengths
September 23, 2009
Nokia Takes Aim at Apple | www.businessweek.com
While the iPhone has captured all of the buzz, Nokia still has great strengths in terms of scale, design, and operations within the confines of more traditional and lower cost handsets. Nokia has invested significantly both internally and through acquisitions in the high end of the smart phone market. For many years this yielded "brick sized" phones that appealed to only a few. Nokia's execs talk about avoiding a "me too" strategy, but that has proven difficult in practice.
Rare earth metals ban by China could impact hard disk drive production
September 22, 2009
World faces hi-tech crunch as China eyes ban on rare metals exports | www.telegraph.co.uk
China has been the single largest supplier country for rare earth metals such as terbium, dysprosium, yttrium, thulium, lutetium, neodymium, europium, cerium and lanthanum. China is contemplating a ban of some of these metals and restrictions on supply on many others. Many vital technologies are dependent upon rare earth metals such as motors, hard disk drives, electronics and illumination. There are deposits of rare earth ores in the North America, South Africa, and Australia but it may take years to bring these online.
OPhone may steal the market in China?
September 22, 2009
China's Lenovo unveils homegrown smartphone | www.google.com
Lenovo has developed a serious contender to the iPhone and will launch it within a month (October 2009) in China, the home market for Lenovo. This article looks at the market ramifications this will have for the iPhone.
LG Wise to Enter Android Market
September 21, 2009
LG Intros First Android Smartphone | www.informationweek.com
LG's announcement that they will provide devices for Android will change the mobile landscape yet again, as one of the largest worldwide manufacturers of handsets joins the Android rush. LG has a real opportunity to create a true inflection point in the market that could create serious competition to Apples iPhone and RIM's Blackberry dominance in the smarpthone world. They need strong operator support to do so, however.
Dell/Perot, HP/EDS what's the difference?
September 21, 2009
Dell to buy Perot Systems for $3.9 billion | money.cnn.com
Dell, buying into the notion that hardware is now a commodity and they have already optimized that business, believes they need to diversify. So they buy a large business/technology consulting firm. Do they now bring any more value to the Perot business?
October 30, 2009
Tegra taking off: after Microsoft Zune HD, snaps up next-gen Nintendo DS
October 13, 2009
Fermi versus AMD Radeon: Who Wins, Who Loses in Supercomputing Applications?
October 4, 2009
IPhone Coma Mode puts Apple in the ICU
September 19, 2009
iPhone 3.1 Update: Apple's Challenge for Control within Complexity
September 19, 2009