Vizio is no stranger to defying the odds. The once little-known company came from practically nowhere to become one of the USA's biggest TV makers, wresting the title from the top electronics companies, including Sony. Its ...
Business
May 24, 2012
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(Phys.org) -- Electrons within some materials can stick together like cars on a traffic jam. Swiss researchers studying promising materials for the future of electronics have been able to highlight this phenomenon
Condensed Matter
May 16, 2012
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Japanese videogame giant Nintendo on Thursday posted its first annual loss since becoming a public company, blaming a soaring yen and price cuts on its consoles for sinking it $530 million into the red.
Business
Apr 26, 2012
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(AP) -- I'm one of the millions of smartphone owners addicted to Instagram, the free camera app that makes tweaking and sharing photos miraculously easy. While it's wildly popular and the target of Facebook's $1 billion ...
Software
Apr 25, 2012
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Dan the baboon sits in front of a computer screen. The letters BRRU pop up. With a quick and almost dismissive tap, the monkey signals it's not a word. Correct. Next comes, ITCS. Again, not a word. Finally KITE comes up.
Plants & Animals
Apr 12, 2012
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(PhysOrg.com) -- University of Toronto researchers have discovered a better way to make flat-panel displays that could one day lead to computer screens you roll up like a newspaper and wallpaper that lights your living room.
Engineering
Mar 29, 2012
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These days graphene is the rock star of materials science, but it has an Achilles heel: It is exceptionally sensitive to its electrical environment.
Nanomaterials
Mar 13, 2012
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(AP) -- A Taiwan company and two of its top executives have been found guilty of working with competitors to inflate prices of liquid screen display screens used in computer monitors and televisions.
Business
Mar 13, 2012
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A radical new camera that lets you adjust the focus after you take a picture began shipping this week.
Consumer & Gadgets
Mar 1, 2012
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(AP) -- Apple Inc. is facing yet another challenge to its use of the iPad trademark in China - this time in a court in California.
Business
Feb 24, 2012
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