Stories by: Dan Nystedt

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Wall Street Beat: Markets recover from Japanese temblor 01 April, 2011 22:10:17

Global stock markets and industry supply chains have started recovering after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan and sent a massive tsunami roaring ashore to sweep away towns and factories.
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Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci resigns from company 31 March, 2011 18:36:44

Acer President and CEO Gianfranco Lanci has resigned from the company, Acer said Thursday, without saying why.
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Japanese DRAM makers' woes echo rest of industry after quake 28 March, 2011 21:17:04

Japanese DRAM maker Elpida Memory on Monday said its factories are operating "at close to normal levels" two weeks after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake in Japan, and that it has "sufficient parts and materials to continue supplying out customers as usual until the end of July."
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Google: Android 3.0 needs more work to be smartphone ready 25 March, 2011 19:35:00

Google will not release the source code for Honeycomb, the version of its Android mobile OS optimized for tablets, until it completes work to make the software better for smartphones and other devices, the company said Thursday.
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Google launches online magazine, Think Quarterly 24 March, 2011 17:55:53

Google has launched its own quarterly online magazine, Think Quarterly, out of its operations in the U.K. and Ireland, saying that "in a world of accelerating change, we all need to take time to reflect."
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Samsung Apps store hits 100 million downloads 24 March, 2011 17:42:56

Over 100 million apps have been downloaded from Samsung Electronics' mobile and TV app store in less than a year after its launch, the company said Thursday.
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Oracle stops developing software for Intel's Itanium chips 23 March, 2011 16:46:16

Oracle on Tuesday became the latest software maker to say it will stop developing applications for Intel Itanium microprocessors, following a similar announcement by Microsoft last year and Red Hat the year before.
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Apple sues Amazon over App Store name 22 March, 2011 16:36:35

Apple sued Amazon.com on Friday, claiming rights to the name App Store, which Amazon tagged on its new application store.
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Japanese chip makers begin recovery after devastation 18 March, 2011 21:00:39

Some Japanese chip makers are starting to pick themselves up and resume operations in the earthquake and tsunami-torn northeast.
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Asian tech companies chip in relief to Japan quake victims 16 March, 2011 20:38:38

Technology companies across Asia have found ways to help people in Japan left devastated by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake last Friday, the 7-meter tsunami it spawned, and displacement caused by troubles at a nuclear power plant there.
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Flash, DRAM prices spike on worries over supplies from Japan 15 March, 2011 22:26:34

Prices of widely used chips, including NAND flash memory and DRAM, have both risen sharply since the 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck and hurled tsunami waves at the northeastern part of Japan.