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Japanese researchers downplay super CPU effort
News Alliance aims to create software standard for multicore chips in devices, including mobile phones and car navigation systems.
Tags: Mobile processors, Processors, NEC Corp., Intel Corp., Embedded System, CPU, Chip Company, API, processor, researcher
HP, ITE offer SMBs biz continuity service
News IT vendor collaborates with Singapore's Institute of Technical Education to provide BCP consultancy to smaller firms, and train students in the field.
Tags: SMB, Contingency planning, Disaster recovery, Data backup, disaster recovery, Hewlett-Packard Co., Singapore, Storage, Small And Medium Business, business continuity planning, Contingency planning
SiTF urges S'pore govt to support businesses
News The trade association's survey finds Singaporean businesses optimistic about economy, but also looking to government for help to keep business afloat.
Tags: Taxes, Local Government, Business, Green IT, Small And Medium Enterprise, Survey, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore, income tax, Government
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 sees big slump in income
News Gains on the PlayStation side cannot offset woes facing other parts of the company's consumer electronics operations.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Hardware, Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications, Yen, Sales, Sony Vaio, software, net income, revenue, Income
Nintendo president: 'The Wii has stalled'
News Satoru Iwata says top-selling console has hit a wall due to dearth of "high demand" software, and the company is now "preparing for next year".
Tags: Game players, Handhelds, Streaming Video, Sales, Japan, Nintendo Wii, performance, Hardware, console, analyst
Panasonic to acquire Sanyo Electric
News Electronics giant Panasonic, aiming to get an edge in the rechargeable-batteries business and solar-battery market, reaches agreement to buy Sanyo Electric.
Tags: Acquisitions, Business structures, Battery, Sanyo Electric Co., Photovoltaics, electric vehicle, Tokyo Stock Exchange, Panasonic, lithium-ion, financial
Sony posts first annual profit loss in 14 years
News The electronics giant suffers its first yearly loss in more than a decade, as it struggles with the economic downturn, PlayStation losses, and more.
Tags: Earning reports/forecasts, Hitachi Ltd., Acer Inc., TV, Electronics, Europe, Japan, manufacturer, tax, camera
Toshiba buys Fujitsu HDD business
News Japanese manufacturer buys Fujitsu's hard disk drive business to boost its market share and pave way into enterprise server and data storage markets.
Tags: Storage, Storage software, Servers, Electronics, Manufacturing, Storage, Sales, Fujitsu Laboratories, hard drive, Fujitsu Ltd.
Snip, snip, snip: Sony cuts supply chain costs
News Sony's new executive deputy president Yutaka Nakagawa, has the task of drastically overhauling its supply chain for digital cameras, game consoles and LCD TVs.
Tags: Budgeting/cost control, Leadership, TV, Cell, Supplier, Electronics, Backup, Sony Playstation, Sony PlayStation 3, supply chain
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
Toshiba buying out Panasonic's share of joint LCD venture
News Toshiba already held 60 percent, and will pay to take on Panasonic's 40 percent in order to more quickly restructure the company's liquid crystal display business.
Tags: Monitors and displays, Business structures, Organic Light-emitting Diode, Mobile, Mobile Device, LCD panel, Panasonic, light-emitting diode, Wall Street Journal, LCD
Singapore looks to export e-government
News The country's ICT regulator and promoter establishes a new body focused on applying its public sector infocomm expertise elsewhere in the world.
Tags: Government, Business Strategies & Functions, Infrastructure/architecture management, IT Governance, Business, E-government, Asia, Information And Communication Technology, Singapore, Infowave
NEC H1 revenues up, loss widens
News NEC Corp. today announced that for the first half of the current fiscal year, sales increased 8.1 percent to 2.27 trillion yen (US$24.50 billion).
Goldman Sachs stalls Panasonic's Sanyo acquisition
News Sumitomo Mitsui Banking still favors a deal. Should Daiwa SMBC agree, Goldman could be outvoted, giving Panasonic control of Sanyo Electric.
Tags: Green IT, Investments, Battery, Sanyo Electric Co., Stock, Panasonic, Sumitomo Corp., Mitsui & Co., Tokyo, Goldman Sachs & Co.
