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Apple pays $5m to settle Elan patent suit

...Apple has settled a lawsuit filed by Elan Microelectronics over the alleged violation of a patent for multitouch technology, Elan said... Read more

6 January, 2012 by Lance Whitney

Tessera wins appeal in chip-packaging patent lawsuit

...that affirmed chip manufacturers Qualcomm, Spansion, ATI Technologies, Freescale Semiconductor and ST Microelectronics had infringed on Tessera's patented methods for semiconductor assemblies. "Despite years... Read more

22 December, 2010 by Jack Clark

Apple granted new multitouch, censorship patents

Apple has been awarded a number of patents relating to mobile technology, including three based around multitouch functionality and one relating to the censorship of text messages Read more

14 October, 2010 by Ben Woods
WIRE BONDING IN <endeca_term>MICROELECTRONICS</endeca_term>, 3/E by George Harman 3.0.1

WIRE BONDING IN MICROELECTRONICS, 3/E by George Harman 3.0.1

WIRE BONDING IN MICROELECTRONICS, 3/E George Harman McGraw-Hill Professional January 20, 2010 The Industry... Read more

25 August, 2010
Pattern Discovery in Mixed Data Using Large Database

Pattern Discovery in Mixed Data Using Large Database

With the great progress of microelectronics and other relating information technologies, together with the still broadening applications of... Read more

13 December, 2011
Improving Lifetime and Reliability in Routing Real-Time Wireless Sensor Networks Based on Hybrid Algorithm

Improving Lifetime and Reliability in Routing Real-Time Wireless Sensor Networks Based on Hybrid Algorithm

Recent advancements in microelectronic and wireless communications introduce a novel technology with a wide range of... Read more

21 October, 2011
Congestion-Less Energy Aware Token Based MAC Protocol Integrated With Sleep Scheduling for Wireless Sensor Networks

Congestion-Less Energy Aware Token Based MAC Protocol Integrated With Sleep Scheduling for Wireless Sensor Networks

Technological advances in microelectronic and telecommunication fields enable the existence of tiny computing units, very small... Read more

8 July, 2011
An Improved Reliable Router Algorithm in Wireless Sensor Network

An Improved Reliable Router Algorithm in Wireless Sensor Network

Recent advancement in wireless communication and microelectronic technology has enabled the deployment of large scale Wireless Sensor Networks (WSN... Read more

1 July, 2011
R2: Incremental Reprogramming Using Relocatable Code in Networked Embedded Systems

R2: Incremental Reprogramming Using Relocatable Code in Networked Embedded Systems

Recent advances in Microelectronic MEchanical Systems (MEMS) and wireless communication technologies have fostered the rapid development... Read more

27 March, 2011
Multihop Routing in Self-Organizing Wireless Sensor Networks

Multihop Routing in Self-Organizing Wireless Sensor Networks

...emerged in the past decade as a result of recent advances in microelectronic system fabrication, wireless communications, integrated circuit technologies, microprocessor hardware and nano-technology... Read more

1 January, 2011

Graphene-based chips a step closer, say researchers

...researchers from academic institutions including the University of Lancaster, the Institute for Microelectronics Technology, Chernogolovka, Russia, and the National Institute for Materials Science, Tsukuba, Japan... Read more

11 October, 2011 by Tom Espiner

US academics develop self-healing circuits

...circuits. The technique has relevance for new circuits in the fields of microelectronics, advanced batteries and general electrical systems; it could even lead to new... Read more

22 December, 2011
Tech schemes vie for massive EU funding

Tech schemes vie for massive EU funding

...a graphene Flagship project could provide a major boost for Europe's microelectronics industry. Graphene is made from single layers of carbon atoms that, on... Read more

4 May, 2011 by David Meyer

Semiconductor revenue jumps as recession recedes

...the top 10 vendors by revenue were, in order: Texas Instruments; ST Microelectronics; Renesas Electronics; Hynix Semiconductor; Micron Technology; Qualcomm; and Broadcom. Thirty percent is... Read more

18 April, 2011 by Jack Clark

Nobel prize winner waves magnetic wand over graphene

...spin and current will open up huge possibilities for spintronics engineers, as microelectronics already allows for manipulation of current. The research, which has been published... Read more

15 April, 2011

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

2 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

4 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

7 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

8 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

8 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

10 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

11 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

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BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

14 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

15 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

16 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
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@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

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Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry