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<title><![CDATA[Report: Foxconn workers charged for iPad 2 leaks]]></title>
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<pubDate>Thu, 28 Apr 2011 07:10:19 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[An iPad 2 mock-up at CES 2011, three months ahead of Apple&amp;39's official unveiling.(Credit:Engadget )Three employees of Foxconn, which manufactures Apple products and other electronics, are said to have been charged for violating the company's trade secret agreement by allegedly leaking design details ofApple's iPad 2 ahead of its release.Citing reporting from Chinese-language source Sznews, Digitimes says the three employees were arrested by local police in Shenzhen, China near the end of December of last year, and were formally charged last week. The alleged leaks gave several accessory makers time to draw up designs ahead of the iPad 2's unveiling. While some of those designs did not match up to what Apple eventually unveiled on March 2, a handful nailed features like the cameras, rounded back, relocated speaker and microphone, and thinner enclosure. Foxconn, which is part of Hon Hai Precision Industries, produces theiPhone, iPad, and MacBooks for Apple along with consumer electronics for other companies including, Hewlett-Packard, Dell, Microsoft, Sony, and Samsung. The company employs more than a million workers in China, and is in talks with Brazil to expand its operations to South America as part of a reported $12 billion investment.Following controversy over worker suicides at the manufacturer, Apple, Dell and HP began investigations into working conditions. Apple released its report based on audits of 127 facilities back in February. Foxconn has since raised worker wages, with Apple working to train workers and supervisors alike in worker rights, labor laws, and safety measures.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[The iPad 2 will be great for playing games (video)]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[Mark Rein, vice president of Epic Games, has seen lots of game machines. But he says that the iPad 2, unveiled by Apple today, is really a cool portable game console.That&amp;'s a good thing for Apple, since playing games is the top activity on the iPad and the new version will help Apple further invade the turf of game hardware makers such as Nintendo. That, in turn, will generate a lot more revenues for Apple and game creators such as Epic, the maker of high-end graphics technology and games such as Gears of War 3 and Bulletstorm. On the iPad, Epic Games created the runaway hit Infinity Blade, which has beautiful 3D graphics.Apple has nearly 60,000 games on the iPhone, and many of the 65,000 apps on the iPad are games. With nine-times better graphics, Rein says game makers will be able to create scenes with faster action, more detail, and better shadows and lighting.Rein said the nine-times better graphics in the A5 chip &amp;8212' the dual core processor that serves as the brains of the iPad 2 &amp;8212' will be great for games. The screen resolution is the same as the original iPad, but the device now has an HDMI output port, which lets you play iPad 2 content on a bigger screen at 1080p resolution. With a dual core chip, game makers can also make improvements such as better sound.Check out Rein&amp;'s reaction to the iPad 2 in this video.Next Story: Ge Wang on iPad 2: it&amp;'s better for multimedia app makers (video) Previous Story: A first look at the iPad 2, up close and personal (video)PrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Infinity Blade, iPad 2Companies: Apple, epic gamesPeople: Mark Rein          Tags: Infinity Blade, iPad 2Companies: Apple, epic gamesPeople: Mark ReinDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Apple unveils the iPad 2 today &8212' but will it answer our 7 questions]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
<dc:creator>jimmynmjnn</dc:creator>
<category>Technology</category>
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<description><![CDATA[Everybody knows that Apple is launching the iPad 2 today. But nobody really knows what it is. We&amp;'ll be at the live event writing about the announcement as it comes down at the Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (pictured yesterday) in San Francisco.The announcement takes place at 10 am and happens just a half hour before Nintendo chief executive Satoru Iwata takes the stage next door at the Game Developers Conference in the Moscone Center. The fact that Apple chose to unveil the iPad 2 right on top of the Nintendo announcement tells you a lot about who the competition is. The iPad 2 is sure to be a cool gaming device, competing head to head with Nintendo&amp;'s market-leading game device. Nintendo will launch its new 3DS handheld &amp;8212' which can display glasses-free stereoscopic 3D &amp;8212' on March 27.The original iPad blew the tablet market wide open last year, selling nearly 15 million units in 2010 after debuting in April. But the iPad 2 will launch into a much different environment, with lots of competition from the Motorola Xoom and other Android 3.0 tablet computers. More rivals are coming every day, from RIM&amp;'s BlackBerry PlayBook to Hewlett-Packard with its upcoming WebOS Touchpad tablet.The seven key questions we&amp;'re waiting to have answered are:We hope we&amp;'ll get the answers today.Next Story: Deals &amp;038' More: Napster founder grabs $250K more for Supyo Previous Story: Dozens of Android apps pulled from market due to malware infectionsPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: iPad 2Companies: ApplePeople: Steve Jobs          Tags: iPad 2Companies: ApplePeople: Steve JobsDean is lead writer for GamesBeat at VentureBeat. He covers video games, security, chips and a variety of other subjects. Dean previously worked at the San Jose Mercury News, the Wall Street Journal, the Red Herring, the Los Angeles Times, the Orange County Register and the Dallas Times Herald. He is the author of two books, Opening the Xbox and the Xbox 360 Uncloaked. Follow him on Twitter at @deantak, and follow VentureBeat on Twitter at @venturebeat. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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<title><![CDATA[Nuclear crisis doesn&'t panic cleantech investors]]></title>
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<pubDate>Mon, 30 Nov -001 00:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
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<description><![CDATA[An escalating crisis at nuclear power plants in Japan following a massive earthquake and tsunami has not changed the investing thesis about clean technology, according to a number of leading venture capitalists and researchers.Fears of a meltdown at the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan sparked a new wave of criticism of nuclear energy &amp;8212' and a rally in clean-energy stocks on Monday. But that interest quickly waned as stocks in the sector dropped back from that day&amp;'s highs as the stock market experienced a broad sell-off.And that brief surge of interest never touched the private investment community, because venture capitalists typically focus on longer-term plays, said Steve Minnihan, a partner at Lux Research, a firm which specializes in cleantech.a4AI haven&amp;'t heard anything from my clients or from the companies that we speak to in terms of interest in solar and wind power,a4 Minnihan said.Any sustained increase in interest probably wona4a4t be felt for the next six to nine months, said Micah Myers, a managing partner with venture-capital firm Claremont Creek Capital. Thata4a4s because the energy sector&amp;'s investment cycle is typically longer than other venture investments, he said. Alternative energy sources have suffered from a lack of capital to finance projects, but that may ease as a result of the crisis in Japan.a4AIt&amp;'s a huge tragedy, but it&amp;'s only gonna give a tailwind to alternative energy technologies,a4 Myers said. a4AThere will be more of a willingness to put capital to work in solar and wind.a4U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said the fuel rods in one of the nuclear reactors in the Fukushima nuclear power plant in Japan had experienced a partial meltdown in a statement today. As of this afternoon, the Tokyo Electric Power Corporation (TEPCO) was attempting to restore power to the nuclear plants in order to cool the nuclear reactors and prevent a full-scale meltdown. The U.S. government has also urged any U.S. citizens within 50 miles of the reactor to evacuate the area.While major natural disasters like the earthquake in Haiti and Hurricane Katrina caused a huge outpouring of public support and aid funding, they didna4a4t move the needle much on technology, said David Mann, chief of staff at Khosla Ventures a4&quot; a venture-capital investment firm well known for its backing of cleantech companies. The events in Japan led to a tremendous amount of misinformation spreading among the public at large a4&quot;but not the investment and scientific community, Minnihan said.a4AI do think there will be a public backlash against [nuclear power],a4 Minnihan said. a4AI don&amp;'t think there will be a backlash around the scientific &amp;8230' community a4&quot;the nuclear plant was designed with the appropriate safety mechanisms, just no one had foreseen this scale of a disaster.a4And it&amp;'s not like there are many private investment opportunities in nuclear today, Mann said. Khosla Ventures is an investor in TerraPower, a company that specializes in nuclear reactors called Travelling Wave Reactors that are powered by depleted uranium. But Khosla, known for bold and risky bets across a wide range of cleantech opportunities, may be a fringe case. Nuclear power typically takes a long time to reach the commercial market after the company is founded, Mann said &amp;8212' longer than a typical venture capitalist&amp;'s investment time horizon.The only clean-technology plays that would be affected by the nuclear disaster in Japan would be Japan&amp;'s own clean-technology investment community. TEPCO, which owns the nuclear reactors, is also a big proponent of smart-grid technology that uses software and real-time data to distribute power across the countrya4a4s power grid. Smart-grid technology is seen as one of the major innovations in clean technology that will drive the costs of distributing power down and make it more efficient. That would inevitably take a hit as TEPCO covers costs of damage from the crisis.Damage from the 9.0-magnitude quake that struck off the northeast coast of Japan and spawned a massive tsunami far exceeded what nuclear plants are built to withstand. The quake cut off power to the plants, and the tsunami that followed the earthquake destroyed diesel-powered generators that were providing backup power to the plant. That meant clean water was no longer pumping into the reactor to keep the fuel rods cool, causing them to overheat.The Department of Energya4a4s Loan Programs Office, which loans money to clean technology companies that produce clean energy, will continue funding nuclear power programs as part of its efforts to promote clean energy production, the officea4a4s executive director Jonathan Silver said at the Cleantech Forum in San Francisco today. So the impact of the Japanese nuclear fiasco on U.S. policy might even be negligible a4&quot;especially after President Barack Obama and U.S. Energy Secretary Steven Chu lobbied hard to bring nuclear power to the forefront as a potential alternative to fossil fuels like coal and natural gas.While the immediate pop in interest might have already faded, therea4a4s still an opportunity for clean technology startups to capitalize on the good will that will come from Japana4a4s nuclear crisis. The backlash against nuclear power will open up a hole that startups like Harvest Power, an alternative energy provider that converts waste into natural gas, can fill, said Ajit Nazre, a managing partner with Kleiner Perkins Caufield &amp;amp' Byers.Next Story: Mobile headset maker Jawbone raises $49M Previous Story: Heyzap lets users &amp;''check-in&amp;'' to Android gamesPrintEmailTwitterFacebookGoogle BuzzLinkedIn      DiggStumbleUponRedditDeliciousGoogleMore&amp;8230'          Tags: Ajit Nazre, biofuels, clean technology, cleantech, David Mann, Micah Myers, Nuclear, nuclear power, solar power, Steve MinnihanCompanies: Harvest Power, TEPCO, Tokyo Electric Power Corporation          Tags: Ajit Nazre, biofuels, clean technology, cleantech, David Mann, Micah Myers, Nuclear, nuclear power, solar power, Steve MinnihanCompanies: Harvest Power, TEPCO, Tokyo Electric Power CorporationMatthew Lynley is VentureBeat's enterprise writer. He graduated from the University of North Carolina, where he studied math and physics, in May 2010. He has reported for Reuters. He currently lives in San Francisco, California. You can reach him at mattl@venturebeat.com (all story pitches should also be sent to tips@venturebeat.com), and on Twitter at @logicalmoron. Have news to share Launching a startup Email: tips@venturebeat.comVentureBeat has new weekly email newsletters.  Stay on top of the news, and don't miss a beat.<br/><br/>0 Vote(s) ]]></description>
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