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Fujifilm to make bigger, cheaper touchscreens with silver

Using its know-how from the days of film, Fujifilm is working on touchscreens made with silver halide. They promise to be cheaper and bigger, to support the burgeoning touch market. (135 fuji film macro image by Andrew Hutton, CC BY-SA 2.5) Silver halide is a compound that is used in the production of film and photographic paper, thanks to its …

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How Samsung broke away from the Android pack

As successful as Samsung’s Galaxy S franchise is now, it’s easy to forget the Korean consumer electronics giant’s first attempt at the American smartphone market was met with an apathetic shrug. The U.S. launch of the first Galaxy S smartphone took place at a gallery on the west side of Manhattan more than two years ago. When it came time …

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