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Transmeta reduces production, seeks big brother
News The company hasn't quit chips yet, but it says it needs a partner to continue.
Tags: Processors
Sony sees double the sales of next-gen PlayStation
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Creative soon to sell Hifi shares in the US
News update Creative Technology, the world's biggest computer sound card maker, said it would sell shares in its Hifi.com unit in the US in a few months.
Sony hires a professional fixer
News The Japanese electronics giant, in the middle of an internal makeover, hires George Bailey from IBM, a longtime electronics industry consultant.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Electronics, Consulting, consumer electronics company, Consumer Electronics Show, CEO, Sony Corp., electronics company
Greenpeace: IT companies weak on climate change
News Environmental watchdog Greenpeace takes big IT companies to task for talking about 'green IT' but not developing enough energy-saving products or lobbying around climate change.
Tags: Green IT, IBM Corp., Hardware, consumer electronics company, information technology company, CEO, industry, Greenpeace, Green IT, electronics company
IEA: Little gadgets consume gigawatts of power
News Home electronics account for 15 percent of electricity bills and its share is growing rapidly. The International Energy Agency calls for policies to promote efficiency in consumer electronics.
Tags: Consumer Technology, Green IT, Mobile, Electronics, Japan, energy efficiency, consumer electronics company, International Energy Agency, Paris, industry
Chipmakers team up for home-networking standard
News Intel, Texas Instruments, and others say powerline networking is the future of the connected home.
Tags: Networking technology, Network standards/protocols, Standard, Powerline, Technology Industry, Panasonic, phone, International Telecommunications Union, consumer electronics company, industry
Samsung contemplating SanDisk acquisition
News South Korean consumer electronics giant is considering a buyout of the chipmaker to reduce its NAND flash memory costs, according to PaidContent.
Tags: Acquisitions, Processors, Memory, SanDisk Corp., NAND flash, NAND, consumer electronics company, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., music player, blog
MTI Micro partners for fuel cell ultra-mobile PC
News Rather than look for an electrical outlet in the airport, you can pull out a liquid methanol cartridge to charge your ultra-mobile PC, if this partnership pans out.
Tags: Personal Computers, Notebooks and tablets, Ultramobile PC, consumer electronics company, carbon dioxide, blog, data center, PC, Personal Computers, Notebooks and tablets
Philips ends recordable CD pact with Ritek
News Europe's largest consumer electronics company Philips Electronics NV has ended a license that transfers recordable compact disc technology to Ritek Ltd, Asia's largest data-storage disk maker, the Taiwan company said.
Qualcomm, Matsushita sign modem-card licensing pact
News Qualcomm, whose software and chips are used in wireless telephones, said it signed a modem-card licensing agreement with a unit of Japanese consumer electronics company Matsushita.
Qualcomm, Matsushita sign modem-card licensing pact
News Qualcomm, whose software and chips are used in wireless telephones, said it signed a modem-card licensing agreement with a unit of Japanese consumer electronics company Matsushita.
Panasonic readies broadband phone
News The consumer electronics company and Jetstream Communications team up to create a telephone that carries multiple phone numbers on a single line equipped with Net access.
Sony's PlayStation.com site crashes on wave of orders
News Sony Computer Entertainment Inc said its PlayStation.com Web site crashed after orders for its PlayStation 2 video game console overwhelmed the system.
Philips, Visa team on wireless pay-card
News An upcoming smart card aims to let shoppers pay everywhere they want to pay--without opening their wallets.
