Samsung And LG Under Fire In China

Fellow South Korean consumer electronics giants Samsung and LG were fined in their homeland in 2011 for price fixing its displays. And now the two companies are under fire in China for allegedly manipulating the prices of its flat panels. China's National Development and Reform Commission has ordered Samsung and LG, together with four other companies, to pay a combined 353 million yuan or $56.7 million. Joining the two companies are Innolux, AU Optronics, HannStar Display, and Chunghwa Picture Tubes.

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Android 4.x Accounts For Nearly 40% Of Android Ecosystem

It is always interesting to make a study of how a particular segment of the market changes with the ebb of time, and the same can also be said of the Android operating system. It has been some time since Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich was released, and hence it is nice to know that nearly 40% of the Android-powered devices in the hands of humans throughout the planet run on Android 4.0 Ice Cream Sandwich or better, and that would include Android 4.1 and Android 4.2 Jelly Bean, of course.

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Sprint Offers Pay As You Go Service From January 25th Onwards

While most of us out there would settle for a full contract for a smartphone in order to get the kind of steep discount that would normally not be applied if one were to pick up an unsubsidized and unlocked handset, there are others who do not need that many minutes to talk in their lives, which is where a prepaid service, or Pay As You Go (PAYG) comes in handy. Sprint themselves have a fair number of prepaid options to choose from, where no-contract plans are available via a pair of subsidiaries, Boost Mobile and Virgin Mobile.

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Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2 – Brutal War Crimes Bosnia Trailer

Here's the latest trailer ‘Brutal War Crimes Bosnia' from City Interactive's upcoming first-person shooter video game ‘Sniper: Ghost Warrior 2′. You could check it out after the break.

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HTC DROID DNA Android smartphone review

Is it just me or does it seem like every new Android smartphone looks almost exactly like the last new Android smartphone. It sure felt like deja vu all over again when I opened the box that Verizon Wireless sent me a few days ago. Inside was the HTC DROID DNA, their latest and greatest high-end Android smartphone. Is it the same as all the others, or are there a few goodies that make it stand out from the crowd.










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French continue New Year's arson tradition by torching 1,193 cars

Just because the French government stopped divulging the number of cars set on fire during New Year's Eve doesn't mean French youth have stopped enjoying the pastime. In 2009, the year before Nicolas Sarkozy took control of Elysées Palace, there were 1,147 cars burned on NYE. This year, the new government of François Hollande – a proponent of transparency in such matters – reports that there were 1,193 cars flambéed a few nights ago. Some watchers have criticized the French government for going public with the numbers again, saying it only encourages gangs to compete with one another.

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Space Radiation Accelerates Alzheimer's Disease

It looks like insomnia isn't just a problem for astronauts in space. According to a new research, space radiation may speed up the development of Alzheimer's disease. Scientists have discovered that a specific kind of space radiation known as high-mass, high-charged (or HZE) particles poses a threat to astronauts. These cosmic radiations, most likely the result of exploding stars, move in space at very high speeds and can punch through solid objects such as a spacecraft.

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