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Articles tagged with: Vas
Skyworks posts 2Q loss as sales fall 14 percent
Skyworks Solutions, a maker of chips for wireless products such as cell phones, on Thursday reported a fiscal second-quarter net loss as sales fell 14 percent. more
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RadioShack 1Q profit climbs as sales increase
Consumer electronics chain RadioShack said Thursday its first-quarter profit improved as sales perked up on the switch to all-digital television signals. more
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Record attempt reaps 217K texts, $26K phone bill
Two central Pennsylvania friends spent most of March in a text-messaging record attempt, exchanging a thumbs-flying total of 217,000. more
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Apple pulls plug on 'Baby Shaker' iPhone program
Apple pulled a 99-cent iPhone game called "Baby Shaker" from its iTunes store Wednesday after its premise — quiet a crying baby with a vigorous shake — prompted outrage. more
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Apple 2Q profit gains 15 percent, beats Street
Strong sales of the iPhone helped Apple lift its quarterly profit 15 percent, well ahead of Wall Street's expectations Wednesday despite the global economic downturn. more
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Hong Kong tycoon drops $2 billion bid for PCCW
A Hong Kong tycoon abandoned his controversial $2 billion plan to take over the city's biggest telecom company Thursday after a court blocked the deal, handing regulators and minority shareholders a high-profile victory. more
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Qualcomm delays earnings for talks with Broadcom
Chip maker Qualcomm delayed its quarterly earnings report Wednesday because it's in "advanced" settlement talks with rival Broadcom over patents and royalties. more
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Faster Bluetooth chips coming early next year
The next version of the Bluetooth wireless technology is expected to transfer data 10 times faster than the current incarnation. Gadgets using it could be on the market by early next year. more
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AT&T to shut CallVantage Internet phone service
AT&T is shutting down its CallVantage Internet-based phone service, according to letters received by subscribers this week. more
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Can Iraqis tweet their way to a state of normalcy?
"Breakfast time ... Lots of helicopters ... Met the president of Iraq ... Amazing palace." Tweet by tweet, the trip to Baghdad by Jack Dorsey unfolded on the Twitter network he co-founded. more