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Semiconductor industry to post a profit of $27.5 bln in 2004 (Dec 24 2004 06:28 GMT) - According to VLSI Research, throughout the past five years, semiconductor profits have reached a historical high of $38 bln in 2000 followed by an unprecedented downturn, which grossed a total loss of $11 bln in 2001. Over those five years, the industry generated $58 bln in profits with MPUs being the most profitable segment. In 2004, the semiconductor industry is expected to post profits of $27.5 bln. |
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20% of laptops sold through retail outlets are thin and light (Dec 24 2004 06:28 GMT) - The segment of thin and light notebook PCs, that once could not capture more than 5% of the retail channel has experienced unprecedented success. In 2004, thin and light market share has grown from 6% to 20% among the top retail players. ARS claims this achievement will drive the retail channel in 2005. |
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50% of UK mobile users have GPRS, 75% will by the end of 2005 (Dec 24 2004 06:28 GMT) - Mobile Data Association (MDA) says the number of phones with GPRS and MMS technology in UK has doubled since 2003. By the end of 2005, the MDA predicts that 75% of all mobiles in the UK will be able to access the Internet via GPRS. About 53 mln people own a mobile in the UK, half of those phones use GPRS. 32% of all mobiles in the UK able to send or receive picture messages. 36% of UK camera phone users had never sent a multimedia message. |
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FCC says 32.5 mln American households use broadband (Dec 24 2004 06:28 GMT) - The number of American consumers and businesses that subscribe to broadband Internet service jumped 38% in the year ended June 30, 2004, according to FCC. The government agency found about 32.5 mln broadband lines connected homes and businesses to the Internet, up from 23.5 mln at the end of June 2003. Consumers subscribing to broadband via DSL rose 3. |
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Demand for handset LEDs to grow at 21.9% a year (Dec 24 2004 06:28 GMT) - Demand for handset-use LEDs is projected to grow from 5.2 billion units in 2003 to 9.424 billion in 2006, with a CAGR of 21.9%, according to Taiwan’s Science and Technology Information Center (STIC). In addition, LEDs used in mobile phones will increase from about 10 units per phone on average at present to 12 by the end of 2006, STIC said. |
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home craft business (Dec 24 2004 06:28 GMT) - When you sign the home craft business Guestbook you are sending information over the Internet to the home craft business merchant. Please keep in mind that many people may view your message. The home craft business Guestbook responses are more than likely to be read by the Marketing Department, the sales teams and, of course, the webmaster. Please click on the home craft business link above so that you can explore this excellent site. If we had the authority to grant home craft business pride of workmanship awards then we would not hesitate to include these retailers. |
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el marketing en internet (Dec 24 2004 06:28 GMT) - Until recently, people used a technique called symmetric key cryptography to secure information being transmitted across public networks in order to make el marketing en internet shopping more secure. This method involves encrypting and decrypting a el marketing en internet message using the same key, which must be known to both parties in order to keep it private. The key is passed from one party to the other in a separate transmission, making it vulnerable to being stolen as it is passed along. With public-key cryptography, separate keys are used to encrypt and decrypt a message, so that nothing but the encrypted message needs to be passed along. Each party in a el marketing en internet transaction has a *key pair* which consists of two keys with a particular relationship that allows one to encrypt a message that the other can decrypt. |
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Hyperlink hyperbole (Dec 24 2004 06:28 GMT) - Jeremy Zawodny is scratching his head over an odd thread in the Slate/Washington Post coverage:   I'm catching up on e-mail as my flight is delayed in O'Hare and came across the following tidbit about Slate Magazine in the latest Edupage mailing: "Although the magazine only recently achieved break-even status on revenue of about $6 million per year, Slate won a National Magazine Award for its editorial content, and mainstream news organizations frequently cite it. The publication is also given credit for shaping Web publishing and introducing the use of hyperlinks and Web logs." (Emphasis mine. |
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business exit strategy plan (Dec 24 2004 06:27 GMT) - We will bet you have felt lost in your search for business exit strategy plan information, after all the net can seem like a labyrinth of misinformation about business exit strategy plan. Well do not worry, sit back, have a coffee, relax because you have finally found a web site which can service your business exit strategy plan needs. The sites are operated by gurus in the business exit strategy plan field but on the off chance that the sites do not provide you with the business exit strategy plan information you are looking for, please come back and navigate through the menu on the right. |
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WebStatistics (Dec 24 2004 06:27 GMT) - Statistics for TWiki.Main Web Month: Topic views: Topic saves: File uploads: |
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PR update (Dec 24 2004 06:26 GMT) - You might find the historical update interesting. Let me know if you see any pattern that would predict the next one. No? Me neither. :? |
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Disabling Favatars (Dec 24 2004 06:26 GMT) - Not long ago, I hacked a bit in Textpattern and added Favatar functionality to this site. I modified Paul James’ code slightly to add favicon caching, since most people only change their favicons once every blue moon. Unfortunately, I think I’m going to remove Favatars. |
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Concrete Folk Art (Dec 24 2004 06:25 GMT) - Fred Smith's Concrete Park near Phillips, Wisconsin. "Born in 1886, a tavern owner and former lumberjack, Fred Smith began building sculptures in 1948, in his 60s. He created more than 200 concrete sculptures and covered them with broken beer bottle glass from his tavern. Said Fred, 'nobody knows why I made them, not even me. |
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Hot Dog! (Dec 24 2004 06:25 GMT) - Why Pottersville is better than Bedford Falls. Merry Christmas you old building and loan! |
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Santa! (Dec 24 2004 06:25 GMT) - Watch the sky! He's coming soon! With fighter escort! |
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