Category archives for: Sci-Tech

Facebook records third-quarter losses

The social network, Facebook, have suffered losses of 59 million dollars (45 million Euros) in the third quarter, compared with profit of 227 million in the same period last year, due to heavy tax provisions relating to the payment of remuneration in shares.  However, the company’s revenues grew 32% in the third quarter to 1,262 […]

Apple launches iPad Mini small tablet

In a bid to dominate the fast-growing tablet market, Apple has unveiled its widely-anticipated 7.9in (20.1cm) tablet, the iPad Mini, a new tablet half the size of its existing iPad. The device, which is 7.2mm (0.3in) thick and weighs 0.68lbs (0.3kg), was announced at an event in California. The entry wi-fi-only model, with 16GB storage, […]

Samsung sees record profit on record sales

The Korean automaker re expecting their operating profit reach a record of 8.1 trillion won (5.607 million Euros) for the third quarter of its fiscal year, 91% more than a year ago, driven by the sales of its Galaxy Smartphones. Samsung, who are the main rival of the technology giants Apple, announced a profit despite […]

Microsoft’s profit falls this quarter

Microsoft’s net profit fell 22% in the June-September quarter, an announcement that came a week before they presented their new operating system, Windows 8 and hinted at shifting towards electronic tablets. The net gain in terms of Microsoft, which in the current third quarter of its fiscal year starts, stood at 4.466 million dollars, because […]

Apple ignores Java on Mac OS X

Apple has decided to remove the software’s including Oracle and Java, to the operating system for Mac OS X. Through an update released on Wednesday, Apple has removed the plug-in Java on all browsers for Mac One of the reasons for their sudden decision may be due to security issues emerged in April, which affected the Macs in […]

Struggling Nokia takes a big hit on Smartphone sale

While the patent war continue to take the headlines for quite some time between Samsung and Apple, Nokia were backed to reap the benefit by launching a similar smartphone that can challenge the top two companies in the race to become technology giant. However, the Finish-based company has failed to deliver as per their expectations […]

Significant losses disappoints Intel’s Otellini

Intel, the largest chipmaker in the world, has seen an 8% loss in the first nine months of the year. The revenues of the company dropped significantly from 8,600 million dollars to about 6,500 million Euros, from January to September 2012. In regard to the results of the third quarter, Intel has unveiled a net profit […]

When Piracy Becomes Legal

Closing down one of the biggest torrent websites, The Pirate Bay, did not seem to have any major effect on how the world downloads pirated material off the internet, but instead of taking into consideration the real reason why people opt for free stuff is the reason why these methods fail to work.   In […]

Amazon launches kindle in Europe

Amazon Kindle and Kindle Paperwhite 3G are now available in 129 Euros and 189 Euros respectively. The 3G version will be released on November 22, and the one with wifi will hit the shelves later this year. The Paperwhite Kindle, introduced in the U.S. in early September, features a 7.5-inch backlit display with 62% more pixels and […]

Microsoft returns to music with Xbox

Microsoft puts music to the console and computers. The service is free and unlimited for the users at the moment for an unspecified promotional period.  For those who have the Xbox (67 million units sold since its launch) the service is activated on Tuesday morning, while for computers and tablets will begin next week, coinciding with the […]

Lenovo set to defeat HP in home computing

There is little arguing to the statement that HP is no longer the world’s largest manufacturer of computers. According to a survey, which says it has 15.5% of the market compared to 15.7% of China’s Lenovo. However, some reports suggest that HP’s profit margin is ahead of the Chinese brand in the technology sector. It would be the […]

Schmidt believes the fight between Apple and Samsung will continue

Eric Schmidt, CEO of Google, has talked about the increasing competition between his company and the technology giants, Apple.  In an interview, Schmidt has pointed out that he has never seen a war between two companies as currently in the mobile phone industry. "This is good for the consumer; this has caused a drastic drop in prices." Schmidt added […]

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