Apple have just announced there plans to initiate a dividend and share repurchase program. Apple will “initiate a quarterly dividend of $2.65 per share sometime in the fourth quarter of its fiscal 2012, which begins on July 1, 2012.” Apple have also authorized a $10 billion share repurchase program wwhich will begin on September 30 2012. This initiative will […]
Apple to announce plans for it’s $100 billion cash reserves today
Apple have just sent out a press release detailing that there will be an announcement later today regarding there plans for there $100 billion in cash reserves. The announcement will be part of a conference call between CEO Tim Cooks and CFO Peter Oppenheimer at 9am ET(2pm GMT). As it is with Apple there is […]
Google globally switching its search to HTTPS by default
Google last week announced that it had enabled SSL encryption on international search sites.Using HTTPS by default for users logged in. This type of security was introdcued over a year ago by Google for google.com and now is being implemented on all of Google’s search pages. Google has said that feature will be pushed out to more Google search […]
Microsoft demos 1ms response time on touch screen
Microsoft have release a video of them demoing there new 1ms touch screen technology, now while the screen itself isn’t much to look at, you can instantly see the usefulness of having lower lag on a touchscreen. Now as it stands technology seems to be concept at the moment as it probably requires some special manufacturing process […]
New Apple TV(3rd gen) launched, includes A5 processor
Just before Apple announced the New iPad, they announced the latest Apple TV. The newest Apple TV brings with it one simple upgrade and that is an A5 Single core processor. To some people that means nothing but to the real geeks that means more processing power and thus the ability to decode higher resolution […]
AR Drone 2.0 pre-orders begin march 1st, shipping May in the US and June in the U.K and Ireland
Parrot have just release word that the AR Drone 2.0 is set for May launch and you can pre-order it tomorrow. The latest AR Drone from Parrot include an array of new and upgrade senors to gain overall more stability compared to it’s predecessor. They have also included a nice 720p camera with the latest drone. […]
1080p video recording glasses by Pivothead
The new company Pivothead has just announced there first product, It’s actually pretty cool and shocking how simple and great they look. The idea is straight foward. They are stylish sunglasses with a built in video recorded that can record full 1080p video @30 FPS, but also they can record in 720@30 FPS and 720p@60 […]
Google gets the thumbs up from the US for Motorola Purchase
It’s only been a few hours since the EU signed off on the Motorola acquisition by Google. The United States has also thrown up two giant thumbs a giving the go ahead for the purchase. This was likely to happen this week, But the same day is pretty quick. The Department of Justice posted the […]
Google get EU approval for Motorola purchase
The European commission has just given the go ahead for the acquisition of Motorola go Google. Google Announced back in August that it would be purchasing Motorola for it’s extensive 17,000 patents and its 7,500 pending patent applications at a price of $12.5 Billion. “We have approved the acquisition… because upon careful examination, this transaction does not itself raise competition issues,” […]
Sony Q3 earnings released, Sales down 17.4%
Sony have just reported there Q3 earning and the results are a net loss for the quarter of 159 billion yen ( €1.51 billion), This turns out at €911.3 million operating loss. Sony are reporting the tragic flooding in Thailand and low sales cellphone and then stong yen currency has caused the downturn in sale projections. There entire […]