What women want: Fujitsu’s Floral Kiss Ultrabook with pre-installed horoscope app
By Sharif Sakr posted Oct 19th 2012 3:50AM Fujitsu has just revealed its Windows 8 lineup for the Japanese market, and top billing goes to the new “Floral Kiss” Ultrabook, which the manufacturer claims was built “under the direction” of its female employees in order to entice an equally female audience. At heart, it’s just a regular Core i5 notebook with a 500GB hard drive, but the womanliness is all in...
It Costs Just $1.36 a Year to Charge an iPad
NEW YORK (AP) — That coffee you’re drinking while gazing at your iPad? It cost more than all the electricity needed to run those games, emails, videos and news stories for a year.The annual cost to charge an iPad is just $1.36, according to the Electric Power Research Institute, a non-profit research and development group funded by electric utilities.By comparison, a 60-watt compact fluorescent bulb costs $1.61, a desktop PC...
F5 boosts capacity, transaction capabilities of its application delivery hardware
F5 Networks this week debuted the 4200v version of its BIG-IP line of application delivery controllers — specialized hardware designed to help lessen the load imposed on network-based services — significantly bolstering the transaction handling and capacity over its current high-end box. MORE IN THE NETWORK: Juniper trimming up for a sale? MORE BIG HARDWARE: Google’s giant data centers – an inside look The...
Sony restructuring in Japan: camera lens plant to close with loss of 2,000 jobs
By Daniel Cooper posted Oct 19th 2012 4:49AM Kaz Hirai’s “One Sony” rescue plan was designed to unite the many disparate arms of the conglomerate, shed 10,000 jobs and make cost savings wherever it could. Facilities in Sweden and the UK have already been closed, so now the company is shifting focus to its operations in Japan. Sony will close its Minokamo site, which currently produces camera lenses for DSLRs and...
Kyocera announces Digno S smartphone for Japan, promises over 18 hours of talk time in three colors
By Sean Buckley posted Oct 19th 2012 5:23AM Its no Droid RAZR Maxx HD, but Kyocera’s Digno S just might be the trick longevity lovers in the land of the rising sun are looking for. This 4.7-inch Android 4.0 handset’s 2,520mAh battery claims to have the largest capacity of any sub 5-inch device in Japan, promising more than 18 hours of talk time, and between 580 (3G) and 720 (LTE) hours on standby. If that isn’t quite...
