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Philippine government proposes new IPR laws

News Facing mounting piracy, country unveils set of proposed rules to facilitate faster and more efficient resolution of court cases involving intellectual property rights.

Tuesday, October 27 2009 05:35 PM

Tags: Copyright, Lawsuits, Piracy, Chief Justice, Conference, Business Software Alliance, Philippines, IP, Intellectual Property Right, Government

Consumer electronics hit by inventory glut

News Inventories pile up for manufacturers of computers, mobile phones and TVs, signaling a worse-than-forecast fourth quarter.

Tuesday, December 23 2008 07:09 AM

Tags: Hardware, Sales strategy, Sales/revenue, Cost control, Business development/management, SanDisk Corp., Inventory, TV, Electronics, Sales

Reflections of an eternal optimist

Blogs We are left with very few hours of 2008--a rather volatile and difficult year for most of us. I have been meeting quite ...

Wednesday, December 31 2008 07:47 PM

Yahoo's CEO to deliver CES keynote

News Carol Bartz's first turn on the CES stage as Yahoo's CEO marks the company's return to the main spotlight at the Las Vegas show.

Wednesday, October 14 2009 11:00 AM

Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Yahoo! Inc., Tom Cruise, Business Strategies & Functions, TV, Entertainment Company, Consumer Electronics Association, Electronics, Ford Motor Co., Consumer Electronics Show

ARM ups speed, drops power with new chip

News World's most popular processor architecture continues to push its performance while aiming for mobile Internet dominance over Intel.

Thursday, October 22 2009 10:19 AM

Tags: Processors, ARM, Adobe Systems Inc., Macromedia Flash Player, software, Insight 64, Chip, Video, performance, processor

Newegg announces IPO, plans for expansion

News Online electronics retailer Newegg announces an initial public offering worth US$175 million, with plans to use proceeds to, among other things, expand its international operations.

Tuesday, September 29 2009 11:15 AM

Tags: Web 2.0, E-commerce, Business, Electronics, IPO, Sales, Broadband, retail company, SEC filing, acquisition

Gartner: PCs, handsets to lead electronics recovery

News Analyst firm says it has seen first signs of economic recovery in the electronics industry, with mobile phone and consumer PC markets leading the way.

Wednesday, October 14 2009 03:27 PM

Tags: Personal Computers, Cellular phones, Smart phones, Phone, mobile-phone, Recovery, home PC, handset, Personal Computers, Semiconductor

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.

Monday, May 18 2009 11:29 AM

Tags: Consumer Technology, Apple Inc., IBM Corp., Electronics, Consulting, consumer electronics company, Consumer Electronics Show, CEO, Sony Corp., electronics company

With backlog cleared, Yahoo can get back on track

News Improvements to Yahoo Mail, Messenger, and search introduced Monday are long overdue, but their launch gives Yahoo room to right the ship.

Tuesday, August 25 2009 10:12 AM

Tags: Web sites, Web services, Consumer Electronics Show, Facebook, IM, CEO, network, Jerry Yang, window, Web services

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.

Friday, May 29 2009 09:41 AM

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.

Thursday, May 14 2009 09:48 AM

Tags: Consumer Technology, Green IT, Mobile, Electronics, Japan, energy efficiency, consumer electronics company, International Energy Agency, Paris, industry

Motorola turns to consumer electronics

News The beleaguered mobile handset maker sees a big opportunity in selling its wireless broadband technology to consumer electronics device makers.

Wednesday, June 03 2009 10:53 AM

Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Cellular phones, Motorola Inc., Electronics, Wireless Broadband, Wireless, Broadband, 4G, wireless technology, network

TI, Broadcom add to warnings chorus

News Chipmakers Texas Instruments and Broadcom are the latest companies to dramatically cut current quarter estimates amid the global economic slowdown.

Tuesday, December 09 2008 11:25 AM

Tags: Mobile processors, Earning reports/forecasts, Digital Television, Intel Corp., Advanced Micro Devices Inc., Broadcom Corp., Texas Instruments Inc., Electronics, Chip Company, revenue