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Apple to initiate dividends and stock repurchase

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Randall Newton

Only the cash hoard in the US will be used to pay stockholders and buy back shares. More than $45 ...

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Qualcomm shipped the most mobile device GPUs in 2011

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GfxS staff

Apple has highest Q4 quarter-to-quarter growth, according to the latest market research report from Jon Peddie Research. Shipments of graphic ...

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Newest iPad sports Retina Display, 5 megapixel camera, 4G LTE support

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Randall Newton

Nobody has yet come close to competing with Apple in tablets; this new model extends the lead.   Apple today ...

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iPod’s designer to keynote SolidWorks World 2012

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Randall Newton

Former Apple SVP Tony Fadell now spearheads design of the Nest Learning Thermostat.  The lead designer for the revolutionary Apple ...

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Tablet prices in freefall reacting to Kindle Fire

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Jon Peddie

Are the competitors now offering great bargains, or were the originals priced as rip offs?  According to sources talking to ...

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Mobile makes CAD industry submit to Joy’s Law in 2011

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Randall Newton

Most CAD vendors released at least one mobile app in 2011, but some felt pressured to do it.  Joy’s Law ...

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Khronos Group updates OpenCL

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Randall Newton

OpenCL is designed to empower graphics processing units for non-graphical computing. The additions to the consortium-driven Open Computing Language include ...

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Apple acquires 3D mapping company C3 Technologies on the sly

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Kathleen Maher

It may be about relying less on Google, but Apple isn’t the only company building a GIS portfolio. Build or ...

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Three CEOs make for an interesting August

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GfxS staff

Tech industry leaders are sending ripples through the workstation market. JPR Analyst Alex Herrera sorts it all out.  By Alex ...

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Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO

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Randall Newton

Following a “strong recommendation” from Jobs, Apple’s board names Tim Cook as new CEO. Apple’s Board of Directors today announced ...