Ratchet back on the number of frames/sec for each video displayed on your iPhone and you can save substantially on the iPhone battery power....

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Posted by Nic Mokhoff on Aug 31, 2007 05:45 PM in

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Sometimes, an unintended juxtaposition of stories can speak volumes. On Aug. 30, the Denver Post described the move of United Launch Alliance into new facilities in Centennial, a southern...

Continue reading "Zayo, Rhythms, and the Rocket Scientists"

Posted by Loring Wirbel on Aug 31, 2007 04:16 PM in Communications

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Silicon Valley continues to go down the drain -- it's sunk. In fact, the lifestyle really sucks here....

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Posted by Mark LaPedus on Aug 31, 2007 03:52 PM in Semiconductors

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Read it and weep -- The Washington Post had a front-page article Aug. 29, reaffirming all the worries that the United States is slipping further and further behind on broadband...

Continue reading "Our So-Called Broadband Policy"

Posted by Loring Wirbel on Aug 30, 2007 10:35 AM in Communications

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NAND supply has been rather tight through much of the second quarter. Semiconductor Partners -- a spin-off of Semico Research -- believes a massive amount of NAND capacity will be...

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Posted by Mark LaPedus on Aug 29, 2007 03:58 PM in Semiconductors

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Time to move to Japan or at least get a hold of a Japanese Internet connection....

Continue reading "The Japan connections"

Posted by Nic Mokhoff on Aug 29, 2007 10:21 AM in Consumer

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To the Editor I read your recent article about foreign engineers heading back home because they are waiting too long to get a green card. ("Green-card red tape sends valuable...

Continue reading "A simple 'brain drain' solution"

Posted on Aug 28, 2007 03:20 PM in Crosstalk

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The recent appointment of Joseph Bronson to the position of president and chief operating officer at Sanmina-SCI Corp. hints at further executive changes at the company that could eventually bring...

Continue reading "Sanmina-SCI in CEO succession planning?"

Posted by Bolaji Ojo on Aug 27, 2007 04:08 PM in OJO-Mojo Tech Report

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Sun Microsystems Inc. is dropping the stock ticker (SUNW) that has served it for more than two decades for another one (JAVA) that the company believes better captures its future...

Continue reading "Sun wants a JAVA shot"

Posted by Bolaji Ojo on Aug 24, 2007 06:40 PM in OJO-Mojo Tech Report

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LTX is battling for its life in the ATE market. Its largest customer, Texas Instruments, is losing share. And LTX and Verigy are competing for a large ATE order at...

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Posted by Mark LaPedus on Aug 24, 2007 01:22 PM in Semiconductors

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Craig Berger, an analyst at Wedbush Morgan Securities, is leaving the firm....

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Posted by Mark LaPedus on Aug 24, 2007 10:36 AM in Semiconductors

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Good news: The ongoing IC inventory glut is not getting worse. Bad news: There are signs of a power semiconductor shortage in the market....

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Posted by Mark LaPedus on Aug 23, 2007 08:16 PM in Semiconductors

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Get ready for a new battle in solid-state storage (SSD): It's LSI vs. Marvell in the controller arena....

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Posted by Mark LaPedus on Aug 23, 2007 08:05 PM in Semiconductors

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Craig Berger, an analyst with Wedbush Morgan, has this to say about On Semi's stock: ''Buy at a $15 target range.''...

Continue reading "On Semi is not off"

Posted by Mark LaPedus on Aug 23, 2007 07:47 PM in Semiconductors

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Well that didn't take long. Early last week, I suggested in this blog that the personal problems of U.S. District Judge Edward Nottingham, which had involved the FBI probing his...

Continue reading "Joe Walks: Judge to Blame?"

Posted by Loring Wirbel on Aug 23, 2007 09:45 AM in Communications

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To the editor: Bernd Grohmann's opinion piece, "Is there a race for the wireless home control market?" is a self-serving propaganda piece that greatly misinforms your readers and the global...

Continue reading "ZigBee bashers spreading 'propaganda'"

Posted on Aug 22, 2007 07:19 PM in Crosstalk

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To the Editor Regarding Bolaji Ojo's news analysis, "Who can step up if Dell must step down?". . .Well, Carly [Fiorina] might be available. . . :-}...

Continue reading "A new duo at Dell?"

Posted on Aug 22, 2007 07:18 PM in Crosstalk

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To the editor: I read with great interest Jonathan Hopfner’s article "Packaging: Survival of the largest" and felt compelled to respond. I feel the article raises some important questions about...

Continue reading "Wafer-level packaging: The land of opportunity"

Posted on Aug 22, 2007 07:16 PM in Crosstalk

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The chill from the housing market will soon deliver frost to the rest of the economy, including the high-tech market. Anyone who believes otherwise is in denial. And, please don’t...

Continue reading "Financial liposuction begins"

Posted by Bolaji Ojo on Aug 22, 2007 04:05 PM in OJO-Mojo Tech Report

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Analyst Doug Freedman of American Technology Research on Texas Instruments: It has been stung by share losses at Nokia....

Continue reading "TI walks fine line"

Posted by Mark LaPedus on Aug 21, 2007 04:27 PM in Semiconductors

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Steven Pelayo, an analyst with HSBC, is cutting his estimates for Singapore's Chartered in the fourth quarter and 2008....

Continue reading "Chartered to see red?"

Posted by Mark LaPedus on Aug 21, 2007 11:05 AM in Semiconductors

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It's a ''buy'' for Marvell Technology, with a price target of $25, says Satya Chillara, an analyst with Pacific Growth Equities LLC....

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Posted by Mark LaPedus on Aug 21, 2007 10:48 AM in Semiconductors

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Hewlett-Packard Co. is “firing on all cylinders.” That’s what analysts are saying about the technology equipment, software and services provider’s latest quarterly results. That’s looking at the company—pardon the cliché—through...

Continue reading "HP's cup is only half full"

Posted by Bolaji Ojo on Aug 17, 2007 09:09 AM in OJO-Mojo Tech Report

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Nothing beats a great idea. Jeff LaPorte, co-founder & chief software architect of Eqo Communications took voice over IP one step further. He placed it on the phone....

Continue reading "Do you hear an echo?"

Posted by Nic Mokhoff on Aug 16, 2007 10:37 AM in Consumer

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Message to Wall Street and Sand Hill Road: Please divert a billion or two of the funny money pouring into virtualization software this week into a place where it is...

Continue reading "Virtual(ization) hysteria"

Posted by Rick Merritt on Aug 16, 2007 01:12 AM in Computing

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The Wall Street Journal had a cover story Aug. 15 on domestic law-enforcement use of federal spy-satellite programs, that raised more questions than it answered. There's certainly no surprise...

Continue reading "In Space, No One Can Hear You Raise a FISA Challenge"

Posted by Loring Wirbel on Aug 15, 2007 11:19 AM in Communications

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Startup Luxtera Inc. announced Blazar, a 40G optical active cable based on its silicon photonics technology. The cables, among other uses, will help pave the way for lower cost links...

Continue reading "A path to 40G Infiniband"

Posted by Rick Merritt on Aug 14, 2007 11:34 AM in Computing

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You aren't going to be able to buy it as a coffee table for some time, but it definitely smacks of the way we are going to communicate with the...

Continue reading ""Smart" tables show progress"

Posted by Nic Mokhoff on Aug 13, 2007 05:20 PM in

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Since Qualcomm's problems in recent weeks have been related to court trials and International Trade Commission proceedings, it's no surprise that General Counsel Lou Lupin has resigned. After all,...

Continue reading "Taking the Fall at Qualcomm"

Posted by Loring Wirbel on Aug 13, 2007 10:34 AM in Communications

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Few tears were shed when Joseph Nacchio, former CEO of Qwest Communications International Inc., was sentenced to six years' jail time and more than $70 million in fines in...

Continue reading "Appearances of Impropriety"

Posted by Loring Wirbel on Aug 12, 2007 10:12 AM in Communications

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I invite you to stroll down memory lane with me: It’s 2000, and Nortel Networks is shopping around its optical-components business for a reported $100 billion. Nortel didn’t get a...

Continue reading "Managing the illusion of reality"

Posted by Bolaji Ojo on Aug 9, 2007 09:37 AM in OJO-Mojo Tech Report

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Certainly not Apple. The focus of the company's latest iMacs is on bigger, slimmer LCDs for systems that use dual-core Intel CPUs. Big thin displays are what users like to...

Continue reading "Who needs quad core?"

Posted by Rick Merritt on Aug 8, 2007 05:47 PM in Computing

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Sometimes, you can put all elements in place and still get nowhere with a new strategy. Companies as diverse as Intel, Texas Instruments, and Analog Devices can tell us...

Continue reading "Lucky Star Alignment Plays in Broadcom's 3G Favor"

Posted by Loring Wirbel on Aug 8, 2007 10:46 AM in Communications

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Two interesting stories on wireless ironically appeared on the same page of my San Jose Merc this morning. In one, Intel crowed because it has finally shipped a notebook chip...

Continue reading "Making too many waves?"

Posted by Rick Merritt on Aug 6, 2007 11:50 AM in Computing

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F. Scott Fitzgerald would love the new Web 2.0 elite, except that even their decadence is party-lite....

Continue reading "Web 2.0 Digerati, Signifying Nothing"

Posted by Loring Wirbel on Aug 4, 2007 12:47 PM in Communications

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Сonsumers face a one in four chance of becoming a cybervictim, according to a "State of the Net" survey done by Consumer Reports....

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Posted by Nic Mokhoff on Aug 4, 2007 12:40 PM in Consumer

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LSI, formerly LSI Logic, is divesting its business units left and right. It got rid of the fab in Oregan. Then, several product units, including the consumer group. What's next?...

Continue reading "More trouble at LSI"

Posted by Mark LaPedus on Aug 3, 2007 09:24 PM in Semiconductors

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Future Horizons has lowered its IC forecast. The researcher orginally predicted that the IC industry would grow by 12 percent in 2007. Most other forecasters predict flat growth this year....

Continue reading "Penn lowers forecast "

Posted by Mark LaPedus on Aug 3, 2007 09:07 PM in Semiconductors

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Not long ago, Micron's prized group was its CMOS image sensor group. Not any more!...

Continue reading "Bad image at Micron"

Posted by Mark LaPedus on Aug 3, 2007 08:58 PM in Semiconductors

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Analyst Doug Freedman of American Technology Research on Atmel's stock: Buy!...

Continue reading "Buy Atmel!"

Posted by Mark LaPedus on Aug 2, 2007 09:17 PM in Semiconductors

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On Oct. 23, a new course to help semiconductor engineers and other high-tech professionals expand their environmental credentials will be offered by the International Sematech Manufacturing Initiative (ISMI) and the...

Continue reading "Green fab class offered"

Posted by Mark LaPedus on Aug 2, 2007 09:09 PM in Semiconductors

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Craig Berger, an analyst with Wedbush Morgan, on O2Micro: ''CCFL inverter transition to LED drivers creates both risks and opportunities.''...

Continue reading "O2Micro is a 'buy'"

Posted by Mark LaPedus on Aug 2, 2007 09:01 PM in Semiconductors

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Today Google is a media and Wall Street darling, the company who everyone wants to work for, partner with, name drop. But these things go in cycles—you party hearty for...

Continue reading "The curse of Google"

Posted by Rick Merritt on Aug 2, 2007 10:06 AM in Computing

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It sounds like Massachusetts Institute of Technology lectures are popular with the portable electronics crowd. Lectures on physics, psychology, math and architecture have been among the top items this summer...

Continue reading "Lectures online that inspire"

Posted by Nic Mokhoff on Aug 2, 2007 09:59 AM in Consumer

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