Recent analysis done by iSuppli revealed the estimated BOM (Bill of Material) cost on the new iPod Nano which was just launched by Apple Inc. recently. This is the follow on tear down analysis conducted to Apple’s famous iPhone two months ago. However, there are some differences in approach as this time it purely covers the components’ cost only without considering other cost factors. Obviously, […]
You must be familiar with the USB (Universal Serial Bus) port that is easily available in any of PC platform nowadays. The usage of this interface are so common ranging from peripherals such as mouse, keyboard, thumb drive to more sophisticated devices such as Bluetooth, UWB (Ultra Wide Band) dongle, mobile phone charging and synchronization. Besides IEEE1394 FireWire, USB 2.0 host port is so far […]
Sony recently confirmed the engagement with Hon Hai Precision Industry, or better known as Foxconn to start the new manufacturing for its PlayStation 3 Consoles. This has enabled a new sub contractor manufacturer for Sony in parallel with the effort to reduce cost of its PS3 consoles in order to compete in high end gaming segment. Currently, Sony relies only on ASUSTek as the sole […]
There are some rumors spreading around that AMD (Advanced Micro Devices) is going to develop Tri-Cores Processors to fill up its product lines. The plan seems to be solid now and we could possibly able to get the tri cores processors in the commercial market soon. AMD has just launched Barcelona Quad core Opteron processor but seems there is not much surprise to the market. Hope this […]
Honda, the Japanese famous automobile maker has decided to recall its vehicles that are already on the road due to safety issue. The massive recall affects 182,756 of its Honda Civic Sedans manufactured since year 2006. The problem which involves the O-ring seal leakage is said to be serious as it could cause damage to the wheel bearing and eventually post danger to the drivers […]
BitMICRO recently unveiled a new 2.5 inch SSD (solid state drive) which offers up to 416GB memory capacity to fill up the gap of memory technology constraint. The model known as E-Disk Altima features the IDE interface is the highest capacity SSD memory module available in commercial market today. SSD is on the way to replace conventional hard disk due to its durability, smaller size […]
Can you guess what the item in the picture is? It looks like a high end PC module but you may not find it in current PC architecture in the market. That is true, it is a DDR3 memory module that boost up the PC performance significantly. With current core processor’s number and speed increase, memory module could be the bottleneck that slows down the […]
According to reliable source, Intel is going to collaborate with OLPC (One Laptop Per Child) for the new development of the low-cost laptop computer targeting for children in developing countries. OLPC is a non-profitable organization based in US that will coordinate the whole design and manufacturing of these low end laptops. Current version of the laptop known as XO-1 is using AMD’s Geode microprocessor running […]
In the wireless world, there are few technologies predominantly keeping the users to be connected everywhere either in the home or outside the building. These technologies are running in different protocols and compatibility among them could be an issue for most of the network devices. In order to create a digital convergence environment to connect them together, there are efforts putting in to develop such […]
Most of the car accidents are due to human attitude. Since human driving attitude is hard to change, automobile manufacturers are hoping to develop a full proof technology that could reduce the occurrence of such incidents. Volvo, a famous luxurious automobile manufacturer has put much effort in developing a new technology that targets to reduce the accident on the road by enhancing the car safety […]
Apple has announced on the price cut of its 8GB iPhone almost immediate together with the launching of the new iPod series. The price cut of $200 is unexpected, by looking back on how well the sales and profits that Apple has able to make during the initial launch back to July. The price cut of $200, left the price point to be around $399 […]
Intel is alleged of infringing the name of a US-based company by using the Duo Core naming on its newly released processors. The company with the name of DualCor has filed a legal case against Intel to stop it from continue using Duo Core wording in its marketing campaign and all the related business collaterals. Although the name is not exactly the same, but the […]
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