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Amazon Cloud Drive and app arrive in UK at last, sans fanfare Aug 27th 2012, 11:18 Eons after it appeared in the US, Amazon's Cloud Drive is at last available in the UK. Brits can manage the service from within their Amazon account online, or get the free standalone Mac or PC app for desktop dragging and dropping. It slipped in with nary a peep from Amazon, sporting the same US dollar pricing as the American site: roughly $10 per year (£6) for every 20GB. So, despite the delay, UK-ers won't have to pay more than their US counterparts, as is often the case -- at least, not yet. Filed under: Internet, Software Amazon Cloud Drive and app arrive in UK at last, sans fanfare originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Aug 2012 07:18:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink The Verge  |  Amazon UK  | Email this | Comments Acronym-loving Samsung joins Intel and TSMC, buys stake in ASML Aug 27th 2012, 10:44 Samsung's round of cash-flashing continues with a $629 million purchase of a three-percent stake in AMSL. It's joining Intel and TSMC in pumping money into the Dutch business, developing tooling for chip-making machines with Extra Ultraviolet Lithography (EUV) designed to "extend Moore's Law." It'll also help reduce the cost of future silicon, since it'll enable the companies to use wider silicon wafers along the manufacturing line. Given that Samsung's investment caps of a project to raise nearly $5 billion in cash and that AMSL's home is just five miles west of PSV Eindhoven's stadium, we just hope they threw in a few home tickets for their trouble. Continue reading Acronym-loving Samsung joins Intel and TSMC, buys stake in ASML Filed under: Cellphones, Desktops, Laptops, Tablets Acronym-loving Samsung joins Intel and TSMC, buys stake in ASML originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Aug 2012 06:44:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink   |   | Email this | Comments Sony getting out of PC optical drive business due to 'fierce competition' Aug 27th 2012, 09:51 It's being reported that Sony is closing Optiarc Inc., its company subsidiary that manufactures optical disc drives for PCs. Officials are quoted as saying that "fierce competition" forced prices down, causing the business to operate at a loss despite controlling roughly 15 percent of the market. Operations will be wound up by March of next year, with around 400 employees being offered early retirement and others being moved to other parts of the business. Don't worry about the future of your Blu-Ray and DVD player just yet though -- the company will continue to manufacture both as part of its Device Solutions Division. Filed under: Desktops, Laptops Sony getting out of PC optical drive business due to 'fierce competition' originally appeared on Engadget on Mon, 27 Aug 2012 05:51:00 EDT. Please see our terms for use of feeds. Permalink AV Watch (Translated)  |  Japan Times, Asahi Shimbun  | Email this | Comments

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