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Windows 8 / Office bundle costs OEMs $30 after Microsoft slashes prices

Windows 8 / Office bundle costs OEMs $30 after Microsoft slashes prices
  • Posted March 6, 2013, 1:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Industry News
  • Deep price cuts for Windows 8 are being given to Microsoft's OEM partners who manufacturer touchscreen-enabled computers and devices, or at least that is according to anonymous sources trusted by the Wall Street Journal. The report indicates that a $120…

The new iMac: thin, fast -- and assembled in the USA?

The new iMac: thin, fast -- and assembled in the USA?
  • Posted December 3, 2012, 3:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Apple, Industry News
  • Apple's latest 21.5-inch iMac made some good first impressions for reviewers who gazed upon its razor-thin design. In this iFixit teardown though, one item in particular caught the public's attention: the words "Assembled in USA" etched into the rear of…

iPhone 5 ships with scuffs, Apple tightens production standards

iPhone 5 ships with scuffs, Apple tightens production standards
  • Posted October 11, 2012, 8:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Apple, Mobile Computing
  • Amongst the several complaints lodged against the newly released iPhone 5, it is perhaps most difficult to ignore the continuous flow of claims that iPhones are shipping with scuffs, nicks, chips and scratches -- even before removing it from the…

PC shipments fall for first time since 2001

PC shipments fall for first time since 2001
  • Posted October 10, 2012, 4:00 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware
  • We've been hearing about a supposed post-PC era for some time now while tech pundits have continued to bandy about once unfathomable ideas like the death of PCs. And although PC manufacturers have struggled, the real-world results of hundreds of…

Samsung may begin producing flexible AMOLED displays this quarter

Samsung may begin producing flexible AMOLED displays this quarter
  • Posted July 20, 2012, 3:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Mobile Computing
  • According to The Verge, Korean news site DDaily says Samsung is set to begin manufacturing its long-rumored "Youm" displays -- a new type of ultra-thin AMOLED panel which is bendable, stretchable, rollable and possibly even foldable. This jibes with rumors we heard…

LG Display workers charged with stealing Samsung OLED secrets

LG Display workers charged with stealing Samsung OLED secrets
  • Posted July 18, 2012, 7:30 AM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News
  • According to a report by The Associated Press, LG's display arm has admitted to six of its employees being involved in the possible misappropriation of OLED technology secrets from Samsung. Samsung has accused the display maker of having "systematically stole its…

Microsoft Surface tablets facing supply constraints, chassis trouble?

Microsoft Surface tablets facing supply constraints, chassis trouble?
  • Posted July 9, 2012, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Microsoft, Mobile Computing
  • Citing its usual upstream industry supply sources, Digitimes reports that Microsoft has canned plans for an aluminum-magnesium design in its upcoming Surface tablet. Instead, according to sources, Microsoft will be adopting a chassis made entirely from magnesium -- a move…

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