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  Did Foxconn invest in Sharp to build Apple TVs?

  By T.C. Sottek on March 28, 2012 11:36 am + 65 comments

  Bloomberg Businessweek reports that the planned $1.6 billion investment in Sharp by Taiwan's Hon Hai Continue reading…

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  HTC buys 20 percent stake in SyncTV

  By Jamie Keene on March 26, 2012 02:01 pm + 5 comments

  HTC has purchased a 20 percent stake in streaming service SyncTV, further increasing its interests Continue reading…

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  Intel leads $21 million investment in Tobii's eye-tracking system

  By Aaron Souppouris on March 20, 2012 07:44 am + 2 comments

  Eye-tracking hardware manufacturer Tobii Technology has secured $21 million in a new funding round Continue reading…

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  Google to sell stake in Clearwire for $47m, a tenth of the price it originally paid

  By Vlad Savov on February 24, 2012 07:22 am + 50 comments

  Google has filed documents with the SEC today in preparation for the sale of its entire stake in the Continue reading…

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  Gigantic solar array and fuel cell installation to electrify Apple's new data center

  By Jeff Blagdon on February 21, 2012 06:35 am + 38 comments

  When you have the kind of cash reserves Apple does, you can afford to spend a little to make sure Continue reading…

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  Matt Haughey: 'The worst Kickstarter project I ever funded'

  By Adi Robertson on January 18, 2012 01:28 pm + 9 comments

  Kickstarter has had a banner year, raising almost $100 million and seeing a 46 percent success rate. Continue reading…

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  Samsung outpaces rivals with record hiring and investments in mobile chips and OLED displays

  By Sean Hollister on January 17, 2012 06:06 am + 12 comments

  Samsung has made quite a name for itself in the electronics space, and the company's ready to boldly Continue reading…

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  DARPA’s 100 Year Starship program reportedly appoints astronaut Mae Jemison as head

  By Bryan Bishop on January 7, 2012 07:40 pm + 4 comments

  The DARPA-seeded 100 Year Starship study is a long-term effort designed to foster interest and Continue reading…

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  Leica 3D laser scanners to aid UK motorway clear-up operations

  By Sam Byford on December 29, 2011 06:34 am + 8 comments

  The UK government has made a £2.7 million deal that will help equip 27 of England's police forces Continue reading…

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  Foxconn to build 'world's largest smartphone production base' in Henan

  By Adi Robertson on December 27, 2011 02:12 pm + 10 comments

  Authorities in central China's Henan province have announced a plan to build the world's largest Continue reading…