News: Corporate News
Monday, 9 Jul 2012
Apple Abandons Green Manufacturing Standards for Notebooks and Desktops
If you're concerned about the environment, you might want to hold off on that Apple purchase because it has just withdrawn all of its notebooks and desktops from the Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT), the leading green consumer electronics standard.
Thursday, 5 Jul 2012
10,000 Downloads of DBS Rewards Mobile App Within A Month
DBS Rewards mobile app has been downloaded about 10,000 times within a month since its launch on 7 June.
Wednesday, 27 Jun 2012
Microsoft Acquires Yammer for US$1.2 Billion
Microsoft makes its move to acquire Yammer, a cloud-based enterprise social networking service, for US$1.2 billion in cash. Yammer will continue to be headed by current CEO David Sacks although the company will be integrated with Microsoft's Office Division after the acquisition.
Seagate and DensBits Announce Plans for New Low Cost, High Performance SSDs
Seagate has announced a partnership with DensBits, an Israeli company whose memory controller (Memory Modem) technology will be used in its low-cost, high-performance upcoming SSDs. Seagate also made an undisclosed investment in DensBits as a development of their new strategic relationship.
Friday, 15 Jun 2012
OKI Data and Toshiba Tec Agree to Joint Development of MFP
The companies plan to initiate full-scale deployment of products and technologies to target the global market, such as utilizing digital LED printheads made by OKI Data for Toshiba Tec products.
Thursday, 24 May 2012
Seagate to Acquire Controlling Interest in LaCie
Seagate and LaCie has announced an exclusive agreement with the intent for Seagate to acquire a controlling interest in LaCie.
Monday, 21 May 2012
Police@SG App Available on Android
Following the launch of the Police@SG iPhone app last October, the Singapore Police Force (SPF) released an Android version to reach out to more people on mobile devices. In addition, the PoliceLife@SG app is now available on the iPhone too.
Wednesday, 16 May 2012
Tesla K20 - Largest Silicon Chip So Far, Packed with over 7 Billion Transistors
At GTC 2012, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang introduced two enterprise GPUs, the Telsa K10 and K20. The Telsa K10 is based on the GK104 core. The more powerful Tesla K20 features the GK110 core and according to CEO Huang, it is currently the most complex IC packed with 7.1 billion transistors.
Game Changing Announcement by NVIDIA at GTC 2012 - GeForce GRID
During his keynote address at GTC 2012, NVIDIA CEO Jen-Hsun Huang highlighted a new technology called GeForce GRID that enables the graphical prowess of the Kepler GPU to be harnessed as a cloud service.
Wednesday, 11 Apr 2012
NXP and HID Global Enable Mobile Access for NFC Phones
NXP and HID Global have collaborated to announce a global, generic Mobile Access solution for NFC-enabled mobile phones.
