2010
04.29

Nokia has officially announced its new flagship model N8. This new smartphone comes with Symbian OS ^ 3 and a 12 megapixel camera, in the third quarter in stores.As it is now common in the telecommunications sector, the company lost the prototype of handset and then the same prototype caught by the journalist. [...]

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FAQs on Nokia N8

2010
04.28

Apple acquired Intrinsity, a manufacturer of high performance chips for mobile devices. According to information from the New York Times, the deal was closed for about a month, but confirmed by the manufacturer of the iPhone only on Tuesday, 27. The Intrinsity is the chip manufacturer A4, present in the IPAD, tablet PC from [...]

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Apple acquired Intrinsity

2010
04.28

Wednesday night Hp has surprised everyone by announcing the acquisition of Palm through which the company intends to invest more heavily in the segment of smartphones. The transaction will be concluded no later than July 31. John Rubinstein, Chairman and CEO of Palm, should remain in society.
The company informed that Palm ready to [...]

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HP buys Palm in $1.2 billion

2010
04.28

Google acquires mobile app publisher LabPixies - Mountain View-based Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) acquires LabPixies, a publisher of casual games and applications for the iGoogle home page service, as well as mobile platforms.
The price of the deal wasn’t disclosed, but it’s believed to be between $15 to $25 million according to TechCrunch, estimates are that Google paid $25 [...]

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Google acquires mobile app publisher LabPixies

2010
04.27

Apple Acquires Intrinsity – Silicon Valley giant Apple Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) recently purchased Intrinsity Inc., a closely held company whose chip technology.
The New York Times reported that Apple purchased Intrinsity, an Austin, Texas-based semiconductor developer. The report also included an estimated $121 million purchase price, provided by Tom R. Halfill, an analyst with Microprocessor Report.
This is [...]

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Apple Acquires Intrinsity

2010
04.27

More than 40% of IT jobs in Perth have received a salary or contract rate rise in the first quarter of this year helped by the rebound in the WA resources sector, a survey has found. The IT employment agency showed NSW, Victoria and WA enjoyed strong and steady growth in demand over the January-March [...]

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IT job salaries rise first quarter in WA

2010
04.27

Australia is facing a housing shortage crisis amid surging population growth. The report underlines the increasing gap between housing supply and demand, which the Council estimates to be a dwelling shortfall of 178,400 as of June 2009.
The report predicted the number of homes to be built in WA in the next 20 years to be [...]

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Housing shortage in Australia

2010
04.27

Industry’s new smart phone Nokia N8 was launched on the 27th. It is reported that phone will be available in the third quarter of this year in some markets, excluding tax and subsidies expected retail price of 370 euros.
According to information released by Nokia, Nokia N8 has a 12 million-pixel camera, Carl Zeiss optics, Xenon [...]

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Advent of Nokia N8 !

2010
04.27

Deutsche Bank AG, Germany’s biggest bank Tuesday said first-quarter profit rose 48 percent by sales and trading, even as the outlook for the sector remains clouded by uncertainty.
First-quarter net income to €1.8 billion or €2.66 per share from €1.2 billion or €1.92 per share in same quarter a year earlier. Net revenues rose 25 [...]

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Deutsche Bank Q1 Profit up @ €1.8b

2010
04.26

A movie by James Cameron “Avatar” set an absolute record, writes The New York Times. Since the output disc with a picture of a 2D-format has sold nearly 6.7 million copies of the film.
“Avatar” appeared on the shelves of video stores on April 22:

As of April 25, sold four million DVD-ROM drive and 2.7 million [...]

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“Avatar” DVD-ROM drive sales sets new record