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1. Best Buy sells Acer notebook for $250

   (Hardware/Hardware Features)

   Tuesday, 10 November 2009

   ... that it will also offer deals on products like the Samsung netbook, a machine that comes with Windows 7, and Dell Limited Edition netbooks, individually numbered and designed by artists. Best Buy will ...

2. Samsung touts DualView cameras for narcissistic social networkers

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Thursday, 13 August 2009

   Samsung has introduced a line of DualView cameras aimed at narcissistic social networkers. According to Samsung, the TL225, TL220 and CL65 will provide a "whole new approach" to personal photography. ...

3. Samsung debuts 1GHz "iPhone" processor

   (Mobility/Mobility Features)

   Monday, 27 July 2009

   Samsung and Intrinsity have designed a 45 nanometer (nm) ARM Cortex-A8 processor capable of delivering 2000DMIPS at 1GHz. The dual-issue chip, code-named Hummingbird, features 32KB data and instruction ...

4. The death of the netbook

   (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Opinion)

   Wednesday, 01 July 2009

   ... Be aware they are constantly improving with the latest from Lenovo due in a few weeks with Ion and followed by another due by the end of October from Samsung. And then, I expect, we’ll see a raft of others ...

5. TG Daily’s Dads and Grads Product Giveaway: Play along and win!

   (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

   Friday, 19 June 2009

   ... size power strip (not included) as well as store away your adapters, or hang a power squid. Samsung Impression for AT&T: This metallic blue device touts the nation’s first commercially available AMOLED ...

6. Moblin and netbook make an interesting pair

   (Software/Software Features)

   Tuesday, 09 June 2009

   ... a netbook for quite a while and have recently got pretty interested in Moblin, the version of Linux that Intel is pushing for all it's worth. So now in front of me I have a Samsung NC10 fitted up with ...

7. Microsoft’s silly shot at the iPod: Desperate?

   (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

   Tuesday, 12 May 2009

   ... while running on the tread mill in your wellness center. I personally believe there are much better general purpose players out there than the iPod - I love my old Samsung K5 – but there are certain reasons ...

8. CBS launches iPhone television application

   (Games and Entertainment/Games and Entertainment Features)

   Friday, 27 February 2009

   ... over the cellular network. Samsung Instinct offered by Verizon is one such example, and these devices are often seen in use at airport terminals as passengers wait for their flight. With the iPhone, ...

9. Apple absent from MWC, but iPhone still on everyone's lips

   (Mobility/Mobility Opinion)

   Wednesday, 18 February 2009

   ... (UCS) initiative, was appealing enough to unite the GSMA and 17 industry heavy-weights, including AT&T, LG, Motorola, Nokia, Samsung, Sony Ericsson, T-Mobile, Vodafone and others. However, the idea ...

10. Report: Mobile phone sales slowing significantly

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 30 January 2009

    ... and corporate users across the board," said Jake Saunders, Asia-Pacific Vice-President of ABI Research. Among individual manufacturers, Nokia lead with the most market share, while Samsung was the largest ...

11. Samsung sets the stage for 32 GB DRAM modules

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 29 January 2009

      Samsung said it has developed the world’s first 4 Gb DDR3 DRAM chip, enabling the company to double the maximum capacity of DRAM modules available today. Seoul (Korea) – Samsung said it has developed ...

12. Apple's Mini DisplayPort to become a part of DisplayPort 1.2 specification

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 14 January 2009

    ... put forth by the Video Electronics Standards Association (VESA). It is being pushed by Nvidia, AMD and Dell, which offer DP video cards and monitors. HP, Philips, Samsung, Lenovo, Nvidia, Intel, Microsoft ...

13. Scientists create transparent memory chip

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 11 December 2008

    ... such as Fujitsu, Samsung, Micron and Spansion as a non-volatile memory technology with the goal to replace flash at some point in the future. Whether it can replace flash is unclear as several potential ...

14. DisplayPort and HDCP in your Mac: What you need to know

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 07 December 2008

    ... sell DP video cards and monitors. HP, Philips, Samsung, Lenovo, Nvidia, Intel, Microsoft and other key IT players have pledged to support DP as well. Smaller than DVI or HDMI, the DP interface is easy ...

15. Up next for Apple: An ultrathin, ultralight $600 multitouch Mac netbook?

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 04 December 2008

    ... next-generation PowerVR SGX/VXD cores and will be manufactured by Samsung who already makes the SoC for current-gen iPhones. If Apple is already developing a SoC for the next iPhone, there is a chance ...

16. G1 & Co.: Top 10 cellphones for your Christmas shopping list

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Friday, 17 October 2008

    ... with similar data plans will cost $2000 as well.) But then, it is a Google phone, and the name Google may be more important than the phones boring look and some hiccups in the Android software. 4. Samsung ...

17. NAND flash contract quotes stabilized in October

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Monday, 13 October 2008

    Contract quotes of 4 Gb and 8 Gb NAND flash chips for October have stabilized as Samsung has reportedly begun to reduce its supply to the spot market in preparation for orders from major customers, ...

18. Samsung preps 16 GB memory modules

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 28 September 2008

      Samsung said it has begun sampling 50 nm DDR3 devices, enabling more power efficient memory modules with up to 16 GB  capacity. Seoul (South Korea) – Samsung said it has begun sampling 50 nm ...

19. 5 reasons why Apple should build its own iPhone SoC (and 5 why it won't last)

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Opinion)

    Friday, 19 September 2008

    ...  2. Cheaper gadgets. Apple may put custom processor and graphic cores, memory, sound, and interfacing components on a single die and outsource the manufacturing to Samsung. Cost-wise, this strategy beats ...

20. Apple to build iPhone processors with ARM, Imagination and Samsung technologies?

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 18 September 2008

    ... pieces have fallen into place and begin to reveal the bigger picture behind Apple's $278 million acquisition of P.A. Semi. Apple is believed to be in a deal with Imagination, ARM and Samsung to enable ...

21. Samsung announces fancy new plasma TVs

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    Wednesday, 23 July 2008

    Samsung today announced its 7-series of plasma TVs, which will be become the new flagship plasma product line for the manufacturer when the devices go on sale in August.   Samsung said the TVs are ...

22. Westinghouse upgrades $50,000 Quad HD LCD

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 18 June 2008

    ... ATI and Nvidia. Quad HD LCDs are still very rare, but we have seen several announcements in recent months, including TVs a 56” version from Sapphire and Samsung’s 82” monster.  ...

23. ATI Radeon 4800 launch details: Meet (Terry) Makedon and Trojan (Horse)

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 14 May 2008

      TG Daily Exclusive – We previously published several details about AMD’s next-generation graphics card lineup and as we get closer to the launch we are getting more details about the launch date, ...

24. Apple may have been an investor in P.A. Semi before acquisition

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 08 May 2008

    ... Intel, Samsung and ARM pouring billions of dollars into this segment – this acquisition remains a mystery. The next round of speculation could be supported by an interesting find by Peter Clarke of EE ...

25. Intel fires up new Atom processors

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 01 April 2008

    ... let’s take a brief look where the processor actually comes from. Atom, who are you? The UMPC disaster (Intel actually disagrees that the UMPC platform was a failure, since vendors such as Samsung were ...

26. Blu-ray player prices hit 2008 highs as competition dwindles

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Wednesday, 12 March 2008

    Pricewatch - Blu-ray Disc players from Samsung, Sony and Sharp are now the most expensive they have been all year, presumably because HD DVD's exit from the high-def disc arena has removed some of Blu-ray's ...

27. HD DVD’s rise and fall: A timeline

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 19 February 2008

    ... strategy games industry   June 20 First Blu-ray titles arrive TGD     21 Samsung to consider "dual ...

28. Update: Blu-ray and HD DVD support demystified

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 31 January 2008

    ... market exposure and marketing potential. Here is how the CE player support looks today (U.S.):   * - LG's only high-def player is a combo Blu-ray/HD DVD device.  Samsung has a dual format ...

29. Wrap-up: All stories and slideshows from CES 2008

    (Event Coverage/Event Coverage Features)

    Friday, 11 January 2008

    ...  CES 2008: Big TVs for a big show CES 2008: Taiwan-based TV makers highlighting 42-inch and larger LCD TVs CES 2008: Samsung OLED TVs coming in 2010  ...

30. Toshiba joins IBM's semiconductor alliance as 7th member

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Brief)

    Thursday, 20 December 2007

    Tokyo (Japan) - On Tuesday, Toshiba became the 7th member to join IBM's semiconductor alliance.  Other members include AMD, Chartered, Freescale, Infineon, Samsung and STMicroelectronics.  ...

31. LG next-gen HD DVD, Blu-ray combo player hits stores

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 12 December 2007

    ... a dual player in the US.  It launched the BH100 earlier this year.  Samsung, however, is planning to release its own combo player before the end of the year.   The BH200 adds complete compliance ...

32. Update: The Black Friday Shopping List

    (Business and Law/Business and Law Features)

    Wednesday, 21 November 2007

    ...  Envision 22” Widescreen $149.99 Best Buy LCD Flat Panel Samsung 22” Widescreen $199.99 Circuit City LCD Flat Fanel ...

33. Tech Tour Intel: Gainestown spotted in the microsurgery silicon debug lab

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Tuesday, 06 November 2007

    ... 400 million transistors for die, there are about 400 billion things which can go wrong.  And the fact that companies like Intel, AMD, Samsung, IBM and others, are achieving yields in the very high ...

34. Samsung announces 16x DL DVD burner

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 29 October 2007

    Samsung says it has begun shipping what the company claims is the fastest DVD burner on the market today. New York (NY) – Samsung says it has begun shipping what the company claims is the fastest ...

35. Ubuntu 7.10: Gutsy Gibbon is on the loose

    (Software/Software Brief)

    Thursday, 18 October 2007

    ... or reboot.  It might seem like a small addition, but as someone who uses my Samsung SyncMaster 244T in 1200 x 1920 mode (vertically), it makes a big difference. Graphical Configuration Tool for X ...

36. Samsung delays one high-def disc player, cancels another

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 03 October 2007

    Two new high-def players from Samsung were expected this holiday season but those plans have now changed. Los Angeles (CA) - Two new high-def players from Samsung were expected this holiday season but ...

37. Alienware increases hard drive capacity in its notebooks to 640 GB

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 20 September 2007

    ... Alienware may be an option for you. Alienware claims that it is first to market to offer customers Samsung's 320 GB 2.5" hard drives in single- and dual-device configurations for notebooks. Available ...

38. Samsung accelerates DDR2 memory, increases density

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Wednesday, 12 September 2007

    Samsung today said that it will begin mass-producing 60 nm DDR2 memory chips by the end of the year, which will result in memory modules that offer more capacity, speed and power efficiency. Seoul (Korea) ...

39. AMD is all in

    (Hardware/Hardware Opinion)

    Monday, 10 September 2007

    ... Or they need to be bought out by another company like IBM or Samsung.  Without such a large windfall, I don't see any way AMD can compete with Intel's resources, capacity and technology for ...

40. Dell, Alienware offer expensive 64 GB SSD

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 10 September 2007

    Samsung has begun shipping 64 GB SATA drive in a 2.5" form factor. The NAND flash-based hard drives are expected to become available as storage options for Dell and Alienware consumer notebooks. ...

41. Helio pumps out thinnest phone in the U.S.

    (Mobility/Mobility Features)

    Thursday, 16 August 2007

    ... slim phone, manufactured by Samsung, has a 2.3 inch screen and a microSD card slot as well.  The Bluetooth-enabled phone has GPS capability, a built-in HTML browser, and connectivity to a 3G EVDO ...

42. Fujitsu marching towards terabyte hard drives for notebooks

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Thursday, 09 August 2007

    ... densities of up to 205 Gb per square inch in Seagate's single-platter 3.5" desktop drive. Samsung recently announced a 3-platter 1 TB drive which records data at 241 Gb per square inch. At the ...

43. A comparison of next-gen display interfaces

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Tuesday, 31 July 2007

    ... standards are about and how they compare with eachother. A recent announcement of a DisplayPort display by Samsung prompted us to compare formats and compare the standards feature by feature. Let’s ...

44. Analysis: AMD's technology opiate

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Friday, 27 July 2007

    ... and bands of wanting shareholders. In another version, they could also continue on as they have and bleed (cash) to death. After going belly-up, a company like IBM or Samsung would come in. They'd ...

45. Samsung announces hybrid Blu-ray - HD DVD player

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Wednesday, 25 July 2007

    Samsung today officially introduced its third generation of high-definition playback devices, including a Blu-ray home theater system as well as the company’s first hybrid player that can play Blu-ray ...

46. Samsung to launch second dual-format blue-laser disc player in Q4 07

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Brief)

    Wednesday, 11 July 2007

    Samsung Electronics, at an IFA (Internationale Funhausstellung in German) conference held in Hamburg, Germany last week, announced it will launch the Duo HD (high-definition) BD-UP5000, the world's ...

47. Seagate announces 1 TB hard drives

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Monday, 25 June 2007

    Following Hitachi and Samsung, Seagate now has announced 1 TB desktop hard drives as well. Scotts Valley (CA) – Following Hitachi and Samsung, Seagate now has announced 1 TB desktop hard drives ...

48. The UMPC dies. And no one notices.

    (Trendwatch/Trendwatch Features)

    Thursday, 03 May 2007

    ... and often battery hungry small tablets that lacked a user friendly interface and ended up collecting dust on store shelves. The most recent UMPC generation shown by Samsung finally has WWAN capability, ...

49. Samsungs stacks DRAM to reach higher capacities

    (Hardware/Hardware Features)

    Sunday, 22 April 2007

    Stacking is the magic word that promises more capable and sometimes also faster multi-chip packages than what can be achieved today. Samsung claims to have developed a first “through silicon via” ...

50. Sony ready to drop Blu-ray entry-level player to $600

    (Consumer Electronics/Consumer Electronics Features)

    Monday, 26 February 2007

    ... at this time is Samsung's BD-P1000 which sells for about $800. By the end of the year, analysts expect that Blu-ray players could match the $500 price tag of today's entry-level HD DVD players. ...