Our closest sources tell us that Sony is indeed working on more than just Honami, which is to be released in the next couple of months. The latest word is that the Japanese company is also working on a 'compact' version of Honami, to go head-on with the Apple iPhone.
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The South American nation of Ecuador has its own Internet surveillance program much like the NSA’s PRISM. This system called a “GSM interceptor” was purchased for SENAIN, which is Ecuador’s intelligence agency. The system said to be able to monitor and manipulate Internet data in real time. (more…)
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Samsung Electronics is in preliminary discussions with the EU antitrust regulator to settle charges slapped on them for allegedly using illegal sales tactics. The Korean chaebol was accused of keeping their chief rival Apple from licensing essential cellular patents. (more…)
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Disney and Sony is attempting to shake up the film industry by testing out an on-demand service in South Korea, which will offer movies to homebodies even as the films are being screened in large theater chains. (more…)
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Our insiders passed along some spicy news related to the upcoming Sony Togari phablet, or should we say the Xperia ZU. Sony Xperia ZU will be the company's first phablet ever. Going by the internal code name of Togari, our sources today confirmed that the name Xperia ZU is final.
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According to an analyst, Google's new Nexus 7 will pack a Qualcomm chipset and a high resolution display while retaining the affordable price tag. See what else our sources told us. (more…)
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Numerous reports across the web talk about an upcoming Sony CX190 mid range smartphone. We share some exclusive details of the same. (more…)
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At IDF Beijing, we snagged an exclusive shot of Intel's own upcoming flagship DZ87KLT-75K, an enthusiast grade motherboard with Thunderbolt connectivity for the upcoming 4th Generation Core "Haswell" processors. While browsing through chipzilla's own support download portal for drivers, we came across the other 8-series Lynx Point boards that will
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With the recent leaks of Sony Mobile's upcoming Honami and Togari super phones, we bring you more information on the new camera sensor and lens to be used in the 2H 2013 Sony flagship. (more…)
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Sony is planning to introduce their new Triluminos display technology with their next generation Xperia smartphone. The technology in question is being actively developed for their entire range of products including Cyber-shot cameras and Bravia televisions as well. (more…)
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Plenty of gems to be unearthed at every IDF, you'll just have to be alert enough to spot them. (more…)
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Our 2nd IDF Beijing sighting of the day - pretty much the same last year's Z77N-WIFI (dual Gigabit LAN, mPCIe wireless with Bluetooth/WiFi/WiDi) from Gigabyte, except with a different socket (LGA 1150) and PCH (Z87). Lets just hope it has OC voltage controls this time... (more…)
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Possibly one of the final and finest creations of the soon to be defunct Desktop Motherboard group at Intel, Kinsley (otherwise known as DZ87KL-75K) is the top enthusiast oriented SKU of the upcoming Haswell Z87 Lynx Point line-up. (more…)
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Too bad that Intel is having no significant competition on the server/workstation front, so no need to rush either - the Ivy Bridge based Xeon E5 and E7 processors are finally rolling out towards the end this year, but with more cores than originally expected. Meanwhile, the Xeon Phi MIC/co-processor/accelerator
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Much of the hype surrounding the recent rumors regarding Samsung's Galaxy S IV had the latest flagship sporting an Exynos 8-core chip along with other Samsung-specific tech, but some fresh rumors has it that the S IV may actually abandon core Samsung-developed tech in favor of components from other firms.
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Sometimes in the next 18 months, Intel will power the world's most powerful supercomputer. Consisted out of approximately 100,000 Ivy Bridge-EP based Xeon E5's and 100,000 Xeon Phi boards (Knights Landing), the Chinese supercomputer should be the world's most powerful, reaching no less than 100 PFLOPS of compute power. (more…)
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One of questions often asked by our readers is how projects get their codenames. In our discussions with Intel representatives during the event held at Texas Advanced Computing Center, we learned how "Larrabee-reborn" got its name. (more…)
Read MoreThere's a lot of flak that both AMD and Intel are receiving on the mobile side of things. The investors want to see them go into the mobile market and earn $5-10 per chip instead of $30-X,XXX, but that’s just how the world works. (more…)
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For quite some time, numerous media outlets and gamers themselves were calling the next-gen Xbox console - Xbox 720. Naturally, it made sense as it would be double the 360, but in reality, that designation never stood any chance. (more…)
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During the disappointing quarterly results call (joining in all other tech companies which had a miserable quarter, including Intel etc), AMD's CEO Rory Read announced the restructuring of the company, which includes letting go 15% of its workforce. (more…)
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