Korea Telecoms suffers an Identity Tab crisis

Monday, August 30, 2010 at 3:51 am

What’s this? A 7-inch, aluminum-trimmed, multitouch tablet from Korea running Android? Why it could be none other than the Samsung Galaxy, er, KT Identity Tab. Think of this 1GHz tablet with TFT-LCD, 8GB of internal memory (and SD expansion), DMB TV tuner, light and gravity sensors, built-in ebook reader, and 3 megapixel camera as KT’s [...]

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Microsoft layoffs: the axeman cometh?

Wednesday, July 7, 2010 at 3:41 am

Nothing like rumors of corporate layoffs to throw 89,000 Microsoft employees into unproductive turmoil. This time the rumors are being mongered by the Wall Street Journal and TechFlash, both of whom have been told to expect “far smaller” cuts than the 5,000 heads lost during the global financial downturn. And while it’s easy to …

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Is the Internet Making Us Smarter or Stupider? [Intelligence]

Sunday, June 6, 2010 at 3:53 am

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It’s by no means a new debate, but it remains an important one, and today the Wall Street Journal tackles the issue with a pair of essays on what exactly the internet’s doing to our noggins. So, which is it? More » Intelligence – Social Sciences – Psychology – Communication – Wall Street Journal

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Top Chinese official calls for improved worker conditions in response to Foxconn deaths

Sunday, May 30, 2010 at 5:55 pm

The highest ranking official in the Guangdong province of China has called for improved conditions for workers in light of the recent slew of suicides at Hon Hai Precision Manufacturing, also known as Foxconn. Wang Yang, the provincial party secretary in the province where the suicides have taken place, said that the government must work [...]

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WSJ: Microsoft’s Entertainment and Devices Division getting a ‘shakeup,’ J Allard expected to leave

Monday, May 24, 2010 at 11:00 pm

We were surprised enough to hear tales of J Allard possibly leaving Microsoft, but the Wall Street Journal is painting a bigger picture, saying “the organizational shakeup is broader than Mr. Allard’s departure.” We’re taking that to mean there could be a larger changing of the guard here, particularly since the article is worded somewhat [...]

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Sprint CFO: ‘Pre didn’t work out as well as we hoped’

Tuesday, May 18, 2010 at 5:17 pm

The worst of Palm’s fears may be over now that HP has played the knight-in-shining-armor role, but Sprint — the States’ number three carrier — still has a ways to go before it can claim it’s out of the woods, having gone a solid string of fiscal quarters now without posting a profit or a [...]

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Entelligence: Thirty three screens and a cloud

Sunday, May 16, 2010 at 5:33 pm

Entelligence is a column by technology strategist and author Michael Gartenberg, a man whose desire for a delicious cup of coffee and a quality New York bagel is dwarfed only by his passion for tech. In these articles, he’ll explore where our industry is and where it’s going — on both micro and macro levels [...]

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