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Business
AT&T Sues The Pants Off Of Price Fixing LCD Manufacturers
3:39AM John Herrman | AT&T and the LCD industry make for strange courtfellows, but wait’ll you hear what for: AT&T claims that due to LCD price fixing by LG and Sharp, they’ve overpaid for 300 million handsets. Interestingly, they’re not thrilled about this. More »
Business
Google, Apple Sever One More Shady Corporate Link
1:12AM John Herrman | Eric Schmidt’s resignation from the Apple board made it pretty clear—as did the FTC—it was time for Apple and Google to sever corporate ties. That didn’t stop Art Levinson from clinging to his joint board membership until today. More »
Music
Music Industry Wants Royalties From iTunes 30 Second Samples
1:30AM Adam Frucci | Dear music industry: Go f–k yourself. More »
Business
Sony Posts Nearly $400 Million Loss Last Quarter
9:30AM Dan Nosowitz | Sony, just about the biggest and most far-reaching electronics manufacturer around, announced a first-quarter loss of $US390.5 million. They’ve been taking a beating across the board from Apple, Nintendo, Nokia, Canon and Samsung, and aren’t excelling in any one field. More »
Business
Nokia Is Doomed, Pt. III: Profits Plummet By Two Thirds
9:09PM John Herrman | Matt declared their latest, greatest salvo in the smartphone wars a wide miss, and analysts chimed in to say that yes, Nokia’s high-end prospects are grim. Well, Nokia’s second quarter earnings are in, and boy, are they gruesome: profit is down 66% from the same time last year, market share is basically flat, and product-wise, there’s no obvious cure on the horizon. [WSJ]
Games
Sony’s PS3 Costs Are Still 10 Percent Higher Than PS3’s Price
3:00AM Matt Buchanan | In Sony’s earnings report, CFO Nobuyuki Oneda noted that their costs are still 10 percent higher than the PS3’s price—if he’s talking about Japan’s retail, that means they’re losing 40 US bucks per console. More »
Random Stuff
Monster Japanese Factories Are the Stuff Nightmares Are Made Of
10:19PM Jesus Diaz | Bouncing Red Ball has a factory fetish and I can’t blame him/her/futanari/tentacle monster. Shot at night, these monsters are spectacular. God only knows what they make in them. More »
Design
12 Videos of Metal Being Sliced and Diced by Lasers and Fire
1:01AM Matt Buchanan | Welding goes back thousands of years, but was totally revolutionised just a couple centuries ago. Oobject has 12 awesome videos showing the evolution of welding from blue-collar craftsmen last century to laser-wielding robots today. [Oobject] More »
GPS
9:13AM Nick Broughall | A spot of industry news for you on a Thursday morning: Garmin – whose products were previously distributed in Australia by GME – has opened up shop in Australia.
Why is this important, you ask? Well, it means that there’s a good chance we’ll see Garmin’s range of GPS devices arrive on our shores quicker and cheaper than before. Plus, they’re likely to release more of their products over here, so hopefully you can expect to see things like the Astro GPS dog-collar on store shelves in the near future. And with the nuvifone set to come out next year, having the parent company on our shores greatly increases the chances that we won’t have to wait for years to get it ourselves…
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Garmin Opens Shop In Australia
9:13AM Nick Broughall | A spot of industry news for you on a Thursday morning: Garmin – whose products were previously distributed in Australia by GME – has opened up shop in Australia.
Why is this important, you ask? Well, it means that there’s a good chance we’ll see Garmin’s range of GPS devices arrive on our shores quicker and cheaper than before. Plus, they’re likely to release more of their products over here, so hopefully you can expect to see things like the Astro GPS dog-collar on store shelves in the near future. And with the nuvifone set to come out next year, having the parent company on our shores greatly increases the chances that we won’t have to wait for years to get it ourselves…
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