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Nokia Lumia 900 Vs. Galaxy S2: Can Samsung's ICS Warrior Win Its Final Battle?

Nokia's flagship Lumia 900 is coming next month. The phone will run on the latest Windows Mango 7 OS. Another Android phone is also getting ready to give the toughest competition to the Nokia phone, Samsung Galaxy S2. It has just got the Ice Cream Sandwich update before possibly being phased out before Galaxy S3 launch.
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Huawei

Australia, Huawei Lock Horns Over Cyber Security Concerns

Huawei, China's largest equipment manufacturer, has just lost a shot at billions of dollars worth of infrastructure sales to Australia. In light of China's reputation for cyber-espionage, the Australian government has decided to block Huawei from bidding on Australia's roughly AUS$36 billion National Broadband Network project. The decision was reported on March 26.
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China's ZTE to curtail business in Iran

ZTE Corp, China's second-largest telecommunications equipment maker, said it will curtail its business in Iran following a report that it had sold Iran's largest telecom firm a powerful surveillance system capable of monitoring telephone and Internet communications.
An employee poses with Samsung Electronics' Galaxy phones at a store in Seoul March 14, 2012.

Insight: Samsung: 'Fast Executioner' Seeks Killer Design

When Samsung Electronics rushed its first smartphone to market in a panicky response to the smash-hit debut of the Apple iPhone, some customers burned the product on the streets or hammered it to bits in public displays of disaffection.
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Special Report: Chinese firm helps Iran spy on citizens

A Chinese telecommunications equipment company has sold Iran's largest telecom firm a powerful surveillance system capable of monitoring landline, mobile and internet communications, interviews and contract documents show.
Apple's newest iPad is seen at the 5th Avenue Apple Store in New York March 16, 2012.

Apple's iPad Throws off much more Heat: Tests

Apple Inc's new iPad throws off a lot more heat than the previous version, lending weight to complaints on Internet forums that the hot-selling tablet computer could get uncomfortably warm after heavy use, an influential consumer watchdog found after running tests.
FLA: Better Pay, Working Conditions for Apple Chinese Assemblers

Radio show on Apple's Chinese workers is retracted

The U.S. radio program This American Life has retracted an episode critical of working conditions at a Chinese factory that makes iPhones and iPads for Apple Inc, saying it had contained numerous fabrications.
TCL Multimedia employees work at a production line in a factory in Huizhou, in China's southern Guangdong province October 8, 2010.

Beijing Takes a Brand-New Approach to 'Made in China'

Two new Chinese LCD screens in Beijing's imposing Great Hall of the People will replace screens made by a Japanese competitor, in a sign of resolve to supply the world with Chinese brands and not just Made in China products.
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Electronics Suppliers Revel in Raspberry Pi Demand

Electronic parts suppliers Premier Farnell and Electrocomponents said huge demand for a British-designed credit card-sized computer, which aims to make programming easy for children, had helped them access new customers around the world.
AMD's multi-year plan to divest its manufacturing arm, GlobalFoundries, is now complete. GlobalFoundries bought out AMD's remaining shares in the company and will now be an independent contract foundry.

Why GlobalFoundries Bought Out AMD and Went Rogue

GlobalFoundries, the chip maker based in Milpitas, Calif., celebrated its third year anniversary as a microchip foundry by purchasing all of the shares owned by Advanced Micro Devices (AMD), effectively making the company an independent contract chip manufacturer.

Apple Foxconn Factory Conditions: Product Prices Expected to Rise with Worker Wages

Apple is currently auditing the Foxconn factories in China which manufacture many of its products like the iPhone, following a spate of bad publicity over working conditions there. As demand for higher wages and increased safety regulations at the factories goes up, so will the price of Apple's products, some industry analysts are saying.

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