News tagged with personal memories

Dell expects disk drive shortage to hurt revenue

Dell is likely to be hampered for a couple quarters by an industry-wide shortage of computer storage drives resulting from the recent flooding in Thailand, the computer maker said Tuesday.

Technology / Business

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S. Korea's SK Telecom signs deal to buy Hynix

South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom said Monday it signed a deal to buy a controlling stake in Hynix Semiconductor, the world's number two memory chip maker.

Technology / Business

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

SK Telecom makes final bid for Hynix stake: report

South Korea's top mobile carrier SK Telecom has submitted a final bid to buy a controlling stake in Hynix Semiconductor, the world's second-largest memory chip maker, a report said Thursday.

Technology / Business

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South Korea's Hynix swings to net loss in Q3

South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor, the world's second-largest memory chip maker, said Thursday it swung to a third-quarter net loss as weak demand for personal computers dampened sales.

Technology / Business

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Thailand flooding could affect PC supplies, prices

(AP) -- The personal computer industry, already reeling from depressed demand, has been dealt another setback: Massive flooding in Thailand has curtailed production of a critical component - computer storage ...

Technology / Business

created Oct 19, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Study at Samsung says cancers unrelated to work

(AP) -- A study commissioned by Samsung into cancers among six of its semiconductor workers found they were unrelated to exposure to chemicals on the job but the electronics giant is not yet releasing the full results.

Technology / Business

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London bombing memories explored

Six years on from the devastating 7/7 London bombings and in the wake of the inquest into the attacks, a special issue of the journal Memory Studies, published by SAGE, explores new research into our collective memories of thi ...

Other Sciences / Social Sciences

created Jul 07, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Novel transistor combines logic and memory functions, drastically reduces power consumption

A group headed by Dr. Tsuyoshi Hasegawa, a Principal Investigator at the International Center for Materials Nanoarchitectonics (MANA; Japan), succeeded in the development of a novel transistor, the "atom transistor," ...

Physics / General Physics

created Feb 01, 2011 | popularity 4.9 / 5 (9) | comments 5

Samsung offers full refund for Intel chip

Samsung Electronics, the world's largest maker of memory chips, said Tuesday it would fully refund customers who had bought its personal computers built with a flawed chipset from Intel Corp.

Electronics / Hardware

created Feb 01, 2011 | popularity 3.5 / 5 (2) | comments 2

S.Korea's Hynix notches record sales

South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor said Thursday it posted record quarterly sales in the three months to March on the back of strong demand, achieving a third straight quarter in the black.

Technology / Business

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Unrealistic optimism prompts risky behavior

Unrealistic optimism about drinking behavior can lead to later alcohol-related problems, according to research published in the current issue of Personality and Social Psychology Bulletin (PSPB), the official monthly journa ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Nov 17, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Psyched out by stereotypes: Research suggests thinking about the positive

In a new study, cognitive scientists have shown that when aware of both a negative and positive stereotype related to performance, women will identify more closely with the positive stereotype, avoiding the ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created May 04, 2009 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Living in history: How some historical events shape our memory

If you are resident of New Orleans, how would you describe personal events that occurred shortly before August 2005? Would you refer to them as happening "back in July of 2005" or would you describe them as happening "just ...

Medicine & Health / Psychology & Psychiatry

created Apr 23, 2009 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Fujitsu Develops Secure USB Memory Device Featuring Automatic Data-Erase Function

Fujitsu Laboratories today announced the development of two new technologies designed to prevent the unwanted disclosure of data from lost universal serial bus (USB) memory devices and prevent uploads to file-sharing ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 17, 2009 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (4) | comments 2