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Panasonic, Qimonda cuts hit M'sian electronics
News At stake is the livelihood of nearly 2,000 employees at the Malaysian manufacturing plants operated by the Japanese electronics company and German chipmaker.
Tags: Processors, Intel Corp., Plant, Electronics, Manufacturing, Chip Company, Nikkei, Malaysia, Panasonic, Qimonda
eSolar bets on software to make solar cheaper
Insight newsmaker Bill Gross, the head of start-up incubator Idealab and CEO of eSolar, uses a background in Internet entrepreneurship and software to bring down the cost of utility-scale solar.
Tags: Green IT, Growth strategies and tools, Bill Gross, Renewable Energy, Idealab, CEO, Internet, U.S., California, solar energy
Nokia cuts production, closes R&D facility
News Company says it's cutting production at one plant in Finland and closing an R&D site there to help slash costs by US$905 million by 2010.
Tags: Layoffs, Innovation, Forecasting, Sales/revenue, Smart Phone, Cell Phone, Sales, Finnish company, smartphones sale, Forecasting
CleanBoard: Recycled drywall from a solar factory
News Can drywall be carbon neutral? Start-up CleanBoard plans to use a solar-powered factory to make wall board from entirely recycled materials.
Tags: Green IT, Plant, Conference, Manufacturing, CleanBoard, Rod MacGregor, Boston, San Francisco, pollution, News.com
Vulnerability in software used by power plants
News New Scientist reports that security firm has found serious security vulnerability in software used to automate power stations, oil refineries, and production lines.
Tags: Network security, Spam and phishing, Malware, Security, Plant, Vulnerability, RSA Security Inc., Server, SCADA, e-mail
GE inks deal for 'cleaner coal' in China
News Timed with Obama's visit, General Electric announces deals in China around high-speed rail, hybrid locomotives, and coal gasification plants with underground carbon storage.
Tags: Green IT, Department Of Energy, Gasification, U.S., Green IT, General Electric Co., Storage, electric vehicle, memorandum of understanding, carbon dioxide
Ceasefire in the China-Taiwan chip war?
News After years of legal feuding between Taiwan's TSMC and China's SMIC, chipmakers' latest round of fighting may be coming to an end.
Tags: Processors, Multiprocessor servers, Global strategic management, Semiconductor Manufacturing International Co., Taiwanese chipmaker, California, Chip, Chip Company, Hong Kong, Shanghai
IT security policies: Why they don't always work
Techguide IT security policies never pleases everyone, and can be nebulous and difficult to get right. Learn from one company's experience of getting its plan to work.
Tags: Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Data security, PC security, Security, IT Security, Policy, Michael Kassner, Messaging, IM
Sun Microsystems shuts down Scottish manufacturing
News Over 100 jobs will go as the company shuts down the manufacturing arm of its plant in Linlithgow.
Tags: Components, Business applications, Manufacturing, Workforce, Sun Microsystems Inc., Scotland, job, U.K., information technology, Components
Toshiba, SanDisk to cut NAND flash production
News The manufacturers are to cut production by 30 percent at a shared plant in Japan, in response to a recession-related drop in demand.
Tags: Cost control, Best strategies, Budgeting/cost control, SanDisk Corp., Wafer, NAND, NAND Flash, device manufacturer, Japan, recession
Sun confirms 1,300 layoffs
News Company sheds 1,300 people from the main US workforce with a target of a total of 6,000 jobs set to be lost.
Tags: Layoffs, Workforce, organizational change, Sun Microsystems Inc., layoff, job loss, Worker, Scotland, job, Layoffs
eSolar, NRG Energy to build solar power plants
News In the second big solar power plant deal in a month, start-up eSolar signs deal to supply equipment to NRG Energy for up to 500 megawatts' worth of solar power.
Tags: Green IT, Photovoltaics, mW, Bill Gross, Renewable Energy, Southern California Edison, natural gas, Idealab, chief development officer, eSolar
Asia's lawmakers need not copy Europe
Insight Region's governments should focus on core data protection concepts of harm prevention and accountability, yet stay true to culture, says IBM privacy chief.
Tags: Privacy, Data security, Security Management, Security implementation/standards, Government, Data Protection, Social Networking, IBM Corp., Law, Security
Report: Turkish hackers breached US Army servers
News Investigators believe hackers used an SQL injection attack to break into U.S. Army servers and redirect visitors to other sites, according to report.
Tags: PC security, Data security, Network security, Security Management, SQL, Server, U.S. Army, SQL Injection, Turkey, Oklahoma
Sony to lay off 8,000 full-timers, 8,000 others
News Electronics giant plans to reduce headcount, curtail or delay some of its investment plans, and downsize or withdraw from unprofitable or non-core businesses.
Tags: Layoffs, Consumer Technology, Digital media, Global strategic management, Electronics, Manufacturing, Slovakia, LCD TV, CMOS, Worker
