Hardware 
B&N, Microsoft team up on Nook, college businesses – AP – msnbc.com
Major Microsoft competitors Apple and Google now have their own e-book stores. All three companies are building businesses that encompass hardware, software and content in an “ecosystem,” and e-books and readers are part of the puzzle. With that …
Media Alert: Current Werks Showing Energy-Saving USB Wall Outlets At 2012 National Hardware Show – Yahoo Finance
April 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ — Current Werks, an innovator in energy efficient charging, today announced that it will exhibit its Duo and Quattro USB wall outlets in Booth #3237 at the National Hardware … trademarks of Apple, Inc. Other …
Global Semiconductor Market Grew 3.7% in 2001 – Softpedia
Intel was the general market leader with revenues of around … SMSC’s Conexant deal and Broadcom/NetLogic along with others. Apple is the company that was surprising as usual, just as they’ve had an impressive 140% yearly semiconductor growth in …
Australia to question Microsoft, Apple, others in ‘price gouging’ probe – ZDNet
… applications by up to 25 percent after Ed Husic MP criticised Apple in parliament for its unfair prices, despite reportedly being a fan of the company’s products. But hardware prices remain higher than that of the U.S. market. Conroy … Continue reading
Compal Posts Seventh Consecutive Profit as Demand Slows – Bloomberg
Competition from Apple Inc.’s iPad and more-powerful smartphones have … New models, including high-end ultrabooks, and a new processor from Intel Corp. may help revenue climb this quarter. Consolidated revenue fell 5.7 percent from a year …
Equipment Maker Caught Installing Backdoor Vows to Fix Following Public Pressure – Wired News
He found that the password could be easily uncovered by simply inserting the MAC address, if known … “This is bad because RuggedCom’s product is not software, it is hardware and firmware,” he wrote in a blog post.
Tony Fadell: Apple seriously considered building an iPhone with hardware keyboard – Macdaily News
“Tony Fadell, former Apple executive and CEO of Nest, stopped by On The Verge this past Friday and shared some inside details around the iPhone’s creation, including the fact that Apple seriously considered building an iPhone with a hardware …
Wi-Spy Google Engineer Wanted Snapshots Of Where People Were And What They Were Doing – Forbes
Google provided the FCC with a design document that “Engineer Doe prepared describing the hardware, software … were found to be circumventing privacy roadblocks that Apple had created in Safari, seemingly having once again come up with …
Portal 2 Editor Coming Soon, Says Valve – Toms Hardware
Valve Software said on Thursday that a puzzle editor will arrive for Portal 2 on the PC and Mac platforms this May 8. It will arrive as a free DLC called” Perpetual Testing Initiative” and allow creative minds to publish … Continue reading
How To Play The Mobile Payments Coming Boom – Motley Fool
As Apple (AAPL) double its income in its recent earnings report … along with the secure credentials needed to authenticate the consumer. Visa Inc. and Intel Corporation (INTC) announced a strategic agreement to develop mobile commerce solutions tailored …
