Apple’s increased semiconductor spending is the result of a number of factors. The company sold more smartphones, and its tablet business was also highly successful in 2011, according to Gartner. The success of the MacBook Air also increased Apple’s semiconductor demand, it said.

Apple spent a total of $17.3 billion on semiconductors during 2011, compared to $12.8 billion during 2010, according to Gartner’s estimates.

In general, smartphones, tablets and solid-state drives were the major spending drivers in 2011, according to Gartner.

Samsung remained the second-largest semiconductor purchaser, thanks to its improving fortunes in the smartphone sector.

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Two new version numbers of Windows Phone 7 have surfaced via records on the WP Bench benchmarking application.

Previously, version 8107 had been reported, which will rollout on carrier request to fix privacy and keyboard hiccups, but now versions 7.10.8745 and 7.10.8714 have cropped up in the WP Bench app data.

The data suggests 8745 is running on an HTC 7 Pro.

There’s no clear indication at this point of what these new Windows Phone updates aim to fix, or if they’re even legit, but they’re both higher ranked than any previously mentioned version number.

There is the possibility that 8745 could relate to the new and supposedly budget-oriented build dubbed ‘Tango’ which rumours suggest could rollout in the second half of this year. The possi

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Toy Fair 2012 Here at the Toy Fair 2012, the fact technology dominates kids’ entertainment is clear as day. Inspiration Works aims to capitalise on this trend with a tablet specifically targeted towards nippers.

The Kurio is an Android-based slate, spruced up with a kid-friendly UI and behind-the-scenes parental controls.

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According to an advisory in the Vulnerability Lab vulnerability database, Dusseldorf airport closed potentially critical security holes in several areas of its web site in December. A database extract available to The H’s associates at heise Security says that the SQL injection holes potentially allowed unauthorised access to the entire database, which contains personal data and passwords of passengers and partners, as well as Airliner Lounge data that is normally only available to airline employees.

The extract also contains references to a “vip_personen” table that appears to be intended for storing celebrity passenger data.

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Hamburg, 10 January 2012. Olympus has announced new compact cameras including the Olympus Tough TG-320 that offers Shockproof, waterproof and freezeproof with a worry-free guarantee in fantastic value for money. The camera has 14-Megapixel images sensor which lets you capture HD movies and still photos and equipped with a 28-102mm equivalent zoom lens and a hard glass lens barrier “for extra-tough lens protection”. In addition, the Olympus Tough TG-320 comes with an Underwater 3D mode that lets you capture 3D photo underwater or 720p movies that supported by sensor-shift image stabilisation, AF Tracking, Magic Filters, Face Detection and Shadow Adjustment technologies. The Read more…

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This is fresh from the CES 2012 in Las Vegas, it is the Gigabyte Booktop T1132N an interesting three in one machine offering the user laptop, tablet and desktop options, so with a claim such as that it had better come up with the goods.

Actually so far from what we can see this is a very capable machine, offering options to please all users such as in the home, for students and even business users. The problem is though, is this a machine trying to be too many things at once?

The only way to be sure how good the Gigabyte Booktop T1132N is, is to see what it has on offer.

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