The story floats Samsung and Microsoft as potential buyers, but both seem like long shots.
Several of its competitors Samsung, Microsoft, Google and Apple have inroads in those device categories already and are making more.
While the idea is similar to Surface, MultiTouch executives noted that their displays are larger than the 40-inch screens now being produced by Samsung for Microsoft.
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Within days of this transaction, Acacia filed separate disclosures with the SEC announcing that a new subsidiary immediately licensed these newly acquired patents to both Samsung and Microsoft.
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HP, RIM (BlackBerry), HTC, Samsung, and Microsoft that they will all be joining in the race for the best tablet and the wallets of both consumers and business customers.
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According to TechCrunch, the agreement means Samsung will pay Microsoft royalties for all phones and tablets running the Android mobile operating system, while both companies will participate in the marketing and development of Windows Phone 7.
In addition to resonating more with people of all ages for whom social change has become a high priority, being a social purpose leader is a competitive imperative: Samsung, Microsoft, and Research in Motion are much more evolved in this area.
Samsung also brought in Microsoft (MSFT) to display a Windows Phone prototype incorporating Youm.
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Nokia, Samsung, RIM and Microsoft all have lots of resources, and great historical experience in the market.
Nearly 1, 000 new plants have been built in Texas since 2005, from the likes of Microsoft, Samsung and Fujitsu.
The word from Chi Mei Optoelectronics makes us think that Microsoft and Samsung aren't the only ones to get the 22-inch bug.
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Microsoft and Samsung have signed a cross-licensing deal on patents, in an apparent bid to better protect both companies in their ongoing battles with Apple.
The top 10 brands perceived to be the most "visionary, inspiring, bold and exciting" were Google, Apple, Samsung, Ikea, Microsoft, Sony, BMW, Audi, Coca-Cola and eBay.
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Rather than sell those eyeballs programmatically for pennies, Bankoff has built a sales team of 26 that direct-sells premium sponsorships to the likes of BMW, Microsoft and Samsung.
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That would make it more competitive with the iPod and compelling competition for portable media players from Microsoft partners Samsung, Creative and iRiver, as well as Thomson and Archos.
With limited scale and resources to invest relative to its competition including Samsung, Apple, Microsoft, Amazon, and Huawei, amongst others, the longer term outlook remains challenging for BBRY, in our opinion.
Samsung is working with Microsoft to define optimum packet sizes and best practices for reading and writing files to SSD as a potential update for Windows Vista, which is particularly optimized to work best with traditional hard drives.
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The best example of this technology is a product from Samsung called the SUR40 with Microsoft PixelSense.
Apple and Samsung, Software companies like Microsoft and Google, retailers like Amazon and Walmart, plus the broadcast networks, and cable and satellite companies, focused on improving the user experience of television.
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They include Nike, Target, Singapore Airlines, American Express, Apple, Microsoft, Costco and Samsung.
Companies such as Google, RIM, Microsoft, Amazon and Samsung all depend in some way on Navteq maps, giving Apple new leverage over those other companies.
While Apple remained comfortably in front with its 39.6 percent, just about every rival made a dent: Samsung, ASUS, Amazon and Microsoft all gained at least a small amount, even if no one manufacturer posed a major threat.
So even though Apple is in a secure position at the moment, knowing that there is pent up demand for the next iPhone, playing it safe may be missing an opportunity to take the design mojo back from Samsung, Google and even Microsoft.
Companies include: The Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, DreamWorks Animation (DWA), Sony Pictures Entertainment, Pixar, ESPN, BSkyB, Panasonic, XpanD 3D, Dolby Laboratories, 3ality Technica, Masterimage 3D, RealD, IMAX, StereoD, National Geographic Cinema Ventures, CCTV China, Korea Telecomm, Intel, THX, Microsoft, Technicolor, Samsung, Sony Electronics, MobiTV, BluFocus, Walt Disney Studios, Eutelsat, Turner Broadcasting, Vizio and others.
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Perry even said Samsung will directly compete with Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo as a major games provider.
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Samsung, Google, even Amazon and Microsoft want a bigger piece of the market and they field less pricey offerings.
Rounding out the rest of the top five were Creative Technology at 4%, Microsoft at 3% and Samsung with 2%.
Hynes says Gale is in discussions with Boeing and Microsoft , as well as Samsung Life, Shinhan Bank and Korean Air, among others.
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