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Reports: HP poised to eliminate up to 30,000 jobs
May 18th, 2012 | 
Author: ‘ Hewlett-Packard is poised to eliminate as many as 30,000 jobs to compensate for dwindling demand for personal computers as more people connect to the Internet on smartphones and tablets, according to reports published Thursday.
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Hey buddy, you wanna see Anna’s gizmos?
RUSSIAN spy Anna Chapman was outfitted with a $US2300 Chanel bag featuring a hidden, high-powered wi-fi device so she could secretly communicate with her Moscow-led overseers.
Microsoft issues statement on Kinect NUads
Microsoft has sent Neowin a statement concerning information that was reported earlier this week concerning the company’s plans for its Kinect-based NUads TV commercial project.
Why Ultrabook Laptops Aren’t Just MacBook Air Clones
Ultrabooks are sleek, super-thin laptops that often feature a silver, wedge or tapering design–yes, just like the Apple MacBook Air.
Apple Loses Favor With Hedge Funds SAC Capital, Viking
Two Apple Inc. MacBook Pro laptop computers, seen on Jan. 25, 2010. The new Apple laptops to be unveiled at Apple’s annual developers conference starting June 11, 2012, will run on Intel’s new processors, code-named Ivy Bridge, and will have a slimmed-down body design from the current 0.95-inch thickness, said people with knowledge of the plans.
Acer’s New B243PWL Commercial Display Is Picture-Perfect From Every Angle
IPS technology delivers consistent images at wide angles — up to 178 degrees horizontally and vertically — making it ideal for swiveling and pivoting and multi-monitor set-ups. EPEAT Gold registered, the highest calibre of EPEAT certification available, the display meets all of EPEAT’s environmental measures plus at least 75 percent of EPEAT’s … (more)
HDMI bridge IC streamlines mobile HD connectivity
Toshiba Electronics Europe has introduced the TC358743 HDMI to CSI-2 bridge, which overcomes the limited video-input capabilities of many application processors by allowing an incoming HDMI video/audio stream to be connected to the processor’s MIPI CSI-2 camera input.
eCog Mercury Cover brings steampunk edge to Sony Vaio F notebook
If you happen to own a Sony VAIO F Series notebook, then you might want to spruce it up with this rather interesting number known as the eCog Mercury Cover.
AMD’s fires Trinity in x86 notebook battle
Advanced Micro Devices officially launched its 32 nm Trinity processors, going head-to-head in notebooks and desktops with Intel’s 22 nm Ivy Bridge CPUs .
Apple to bring ‘wow factor’ back to iPhone with larger screen
The iPhone has had the same design since 2010, which looks dated compared to new rivals from the likes of Samsung.