Electronics Company
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Industry, economic shifts call for 'fixers'
News As IT sector matures and customer demands change, more technology companies seek 'professional fixers', Caucasian or Asian, to transform the business.
Tags: Leadership, Recruiting, Director Of Information Technology, Executive, M&A, Officer, Singapore, Consulting, technology company, industry
Greenpeace raps tech clean-up efforts
News Consumer electronics companies get dismal "green" ratings by Greenpeace, but largely because the watchdog group has upped the ante.
Tags: Green IT, Business Strategies & Functions, India, chemicals, monitor, brand, Greenpeace, Steve Jobs, Sony Corp., Green IT
Sony considers adding phone to PSP
News Sony looking into making a combination gadget that would meld its PlayStation Portable gaming system with cell phone technology from Sony Ericsson.
Tags: Games, Cellular phones, Mobile platforms/communications, Game players, Electronics, British Telecommunications, Sony PlayStation Portable, Nikkei, phone, Cellular phones
More job cuts at Toshiba
News A worse-than-anticipated net loss forces the company to cut an additional 3,900 temporary employees.
Tags: Layoffs, Yen, Japanese electronics company, temporary worker, executive vice president, job, Wall Street Journal, Toshiba Corp., electronics company, Layoffs
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
UK high court cracks down on WEEE waste dodge
News Schemes that collect electronics waste for manufacturers that want to comply with environmental laws cannot deliberately amass more than their fair share.
Tags: Green IT, Electronics, European Union, Regulation, financing, Environment, compliance, London, manufacturer, Green IT
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
Multiply, ABS-CBN sign online marketing deal
News Social networking site Multiply.com inks deal with multimedia unit of largest Philippine broadcast group, ABS-CBN Interactive, to boost online advertising revenue.
Tags: Web sites, Internet advertising, Site, Online Advertising, Philippines, Database, Advertisement, social networking, Social Networking Site, marketing
China's business model innovators
News Zhenzen's Cogo Group is a new kind of middleman, acting as an R&D source for both its customers and suppliers.
Tags: Business models, Sales, R&D, SMB, Electronics, Business Model, Middleman, phone, Customer, operating margin
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
Nokia to buy out Symbian
News Along with plans to take 100 percent control of the OS maker, Nokia unveils the Symbian Foundation, which is set to create a platform for mobile Web applications.
Tags: Acquisitions, Symbian, Open source, Linux, Mobile, Google Inc., Symbian Inc., Panasonic, phone, social networking
Nokia grabs its future with Symbian buy
News Nokia's Symbian acquisition gives it greater control over the destiny of its own product development, as well as gives the mobile phone industry greater say in its own destiny.
Tags: Symbian, Linux, Open source, Cellular phones, Mobile, Google Inc., Cell Phone, Symbian Inc., phone, product development
Apple's ambitious iPhone 3G plans
News Apple intends to make at least 40 million iPhones in the next year; selling so many will hinge on global success and fixing connection glitches.
Tags: Smart phones, 3G (Third Generation), Mac OS, Apple Inc., Apple iPhone 3G, Sales, software, 3G, Germany, Best Buy Co. Inc.
Asus Eee PC to get HSDPA next month
News Computer maker Asus has announced its Eee PC mini laptop is to get embedded 3G for the first time.
Tags: Notebooks and tablets, 3G (Third Generation), Mobile, Broadband, ASUS, Wi-Fi, Silicon.com, HSDPA, Internet, analyst
