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AAC Acoustic opens global HQ in S'pore
News Miniature acoustics components maker will also invest US$13.8 million over next five years on research and development in Singapore.
Tags: Development/design, Sound, Corporate Training, Singapore, mobile handset, Sound, Support Services, product development, R&D, agency
Asian manufacturers go digital in 2009
News New manufacturing plants in the region will adopt a "digital factory" approach, incorporating simulation and "latest thinking" in their operations, new report notes.
Tags: IT budgeting, Infrastructure/architecture management, Investments, Region, Investment, Manufacturing, Asia-Pacific, product lifecycle management, product lifecycle, product development
Why cloud turbulence will leave users unruffled
Insight perspective Cloud computing may result in upheaval, but not necessarily for developers or users, says Lori MacVittie.
Tags: Cloud computing, Data centers, Lori MacVittie, MacVittie, Information Technology, IP, IP Address, Consumer, Cloud computing, Server
Report: Yahoo CTO's duties may expand
News CEO Carol Bartz is preparing a wide-ranging management shake-up that will shift duties around, according to The Wall Street Journal.
Tags: Management by objectives, Conflict resolution, Yahoo! Inc., network programming, product development strategy, Conflict resolution, product development, Programming, chief technology officer, decision-making
Europe Yahoo chief joins exodus
News Toby Coppel is expected to announce he is stepping down from his position as executive vice president and managing director of Europe and Canada.
Tags: Domain names, Internet advertising, Product development and design, Microsoft Corp., Yahoo! Inc., Europe, layoff, Toby Coppel, product development, net income
Facebook to woo marketers with revamped 'fan pages'
News The social network will show off its latest wares geared toward brands and marketers on Wednesday. What to expect? A redesign and more "viral channels," it appears.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, MySpace, Survey, Advertisement, social networking, product development, Mark Zuckerberg, Facebook, network
Microsoft aims to build a better thesaurus
News Borrowing techniques used in machine translation, a team of researchers in Redmond believes it has found a better way to serve up synonyms.
Tags: Business applications, Mobile applications, Microsoft Corp., machine translation, Intranet, Wikipedia, TechFest, product development, researcher, Microsoft Surface
Define your project's vision with this exercise
Techguide The Vision Box exercise is a powerful way to help define the vision of the ultimate product, motivate the project team, and generate enthusiasm among stakeholders.
Tags: IT Management, Product, Exercise, project manager, Windows Guru, product development, CEO, vision, marketing, technique
Samsung agrees to sell Symbian stake to Nokia
News Deal provides Nokia with the last piece of the smartphone software maker that it does not already own.
Tags: Symbian, Mobile/Wireless, Smart phones, Open source, Mobile, Smart Phone, operating system, Symbian Inc., product development, software
Dell to cut PC energy use by 25 percent
News After showing off an ultrasmall PC for consumers, computer maker sets 2010 energy efficiency targets for notebooks, desktops, servers, related components.
Tags: Personal Computers, Green IT, Servers, Notebooks and tablets, product development, energy efficiency, marketing, power management, vice president, industry
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
Gates-Ballmer relationship mared by rifts
News The chairman and CEO have been close friends and business partners for nearly 30 years. But they sometimes clashed over sharing power, according to a Journal report.
Tags: Leadership, Decision-making, Microsoft Corp., Steve Ballmer, Bill Gates, Google Inc., Microsoft Windows 7, product development, software, Microsoft Office
CIOs are driving the green agenda
News More IT chiefs are becoming green ambassadors or at least sitting on a green council because it's recognized they have a role to play, says a Cisco executive.
Tags: Green IT, Leadership, Infrastructure/architecture management, Supplier, Cisco Systems Inc., CIO, social networking, product development, networking company, marketing
How big is Microsoft threat to VMware?
News news analysis At VMworld in Las Vegas, the talk was all about the free release of Redmond's hypervisor product. Plus, another executive departs the virtualization software company.
Tags: Virtualization, Business applications, Microsoft Corp., VMware Inc., product development, software, processor, co-founder, marketing, blade server
Skype legal settlement clears path for expansion
News Skype's change of ownership will allow company to return its focus to implementing new features and finding new ways to make money.
Tags: Lawsuits, VoIP/IP telephony, VoIP, Founder, Marc Andreessen, Joost, Lawsuits, Joltid, Andreessen Horowitz, Acquisition
