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Seagate Technology Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2010 Results

Seagate Technology Reports Fiscal First Quarter 2010 Results Quarterly revenue of $2.66 billion  Establishes long-term gross margin target of 22-26%  Fiscal year-to-date debt reduction of $685 million SCOTTS VALLEY, Calif. - October 20, 2009 - Seagate Technology (NASDAQ: STX) today reported financial results for the quarter ended October 2, 2009 of 46.3 million disk drive unit shipments, revenue of $2.66 billion, gross margin of 24.5%, net income of $179 million and diluted earnings per share of $0.35.

Intel Says Parents More Comfortable Talking Drugs Than Science

Parents More Comfortable Talking Drugs than Science Intel Survey Reveals Majority of Parents of Teens Find it Difficult to Help their Kids with Math and Science The News: A recent Intel Corporation survey found that parents feel more equipped to talk about drug abuse than math and science with their children.  The Context: Despite a perceived importance of math and science for success, and an overwhelming willingness to be involved, the survey results reveal that parents, particularly those of teenagers,

Albatron Umveils 42" Optical Touch Monitor With Win7 Support

Albatron 42" Optical Touch Monitor Bring Amazing Touch Experience Albatron Technology recently released 42-inch Albatron Optical Touch Monitor (OTM). Adopting optical touch technology that put a camera on the screen above left and right to detect the movement of fingers, Albatron OTM has no problem for the limit of touch panel size. Compared to the traditional resistive touch screen, Albatron OTM is more sensitive, accurate and durable and, of course, its price is very competitive. Furthermore, with advantages

Lenovo Expands Portfolio With Windows 7 Models

Lenovo announced its latest portfolio of Think and Idea-branded PCs running Windows 7. Included with the announcement are the new ThinkPad SL410 and SL510 laptops. These laptops feature 16:9 high definition screens with VibrantView and Anti-glare technology and Intel Core2 Duo processors. Select models come with 3G connectivity. Wi-Fi, Ethernet, and optional Bluetooth technologies are also available. To help users stay in touch using VoIP, Lenovo increased the resolution of the cameras, added a microphone mute

enTourage eDGe Dual-Screen E-Reader Looks To Topple Nook And Kindle

Just when you thought the e-reader market couldn't get any wilder, it does. We've got Amazon's Kindle, Sony's Reader, Barnes & Noble's Nook, a host of other smaller devices and now this: the Entourage eDGe. The self-proclaimed "Dualbook" is sort of a e-reader/LCD book in one, with two screens that fold open and shut just like a real book.The interactive device supports doodling, note-taking and highlighting, and it will also let owners send e-mails and instant messages when they're not browsing the Internet.

U2 To Stream Live Concert Over YouTube: Will The Internet Break?

There's no denying that YouTube is big. Really big. But is it this big? The video streaming site that Google picked up a few years back for a handsome sum is still struggling to become profitable, but handling events such as this may be exactly what it needs to do. Just last month we heard that YouTube was in talks to stream films from studios--something that would obviously require some serious bandwidth. Now, we're hearing that YouTube will definitely stream a U2 concert live--something that will absolutely

Barnes & Noble Nook E-Reader Ready To Rival Kindle

Watch out, Kindle. You've got some competition--real competition. While the market gets saturated with e-book readers, Barnes & Noble has stepped in to shake things up in a big, big way. Until now, every other e-reader that hit the market was just another subpar offering. No other reader has really threatened the Kindle's dominance, but it's safe to say that the war is now on. The Nook, which is B&N's first e-book reader, is the first reader to hit the market with two screens (one of which is color).

TomTom Takes The Double-DIN Approach With Go I-90

TomTom's dedicated GPS business has thrived for years, but things are changing. Navigation applications are now moving to smaller devices, and oftentimes to devices that aren't made by the same company as the one making the software. Even TomTom has a navigation app for the iPhone, along with loads of other rival firms. And you can bet that a navigation company makes less with every cellphone app sale than with a standalone device. So, what's a GPS company to do in times like these? Something different, that's

NVIDIA's Reality Server Aims to Deliver Real-Time Rendering On Your Next Netbook—or iPhone

It's hard to pin down exactly what cloud computing is—the term is as vaporous as its proverbial namesake—but to date, the majority of cloud computing applications have emphasized storage, group collaboration, or the ability to share significant amounts of information with specific groups of people. In business IT, the concept of renting server power from IBM or Sun could be seen as a type of cloud computing. To date, there's been no push to make GPU power available in a cloud computing environment—but that's

Canon Introduces EOS-1D Mark IV DSLR

Canon announced the next evolution in the EOS 1D series of cameras. The new EOS-1D Mark IV DSLR targets professional photographers with its redesigned 45-point autofocus system, 10 frames per second burst speed, 16-megapixel resolution, HD video capabilities, and weather-resistant camera body. The new EOS-1D Mark IV features Canon's most advanced autofocus system to date with a newly developed 45-point AF sensor that features 39 high-precision cross-type AF points and an all new AI Servo II AF mode for focusing