24 November 2008
- Taiwan government urged to help local DRAM makers forge closer ties with Elpida
DigiTimes: Speculation has emerged concerning enhanced relationship between DRAM makers in Taiwan and Japan since Elpida Memory expressed its interest in the company's closer tie with its Taiwan counterparts. - Hong Kong's CDMA2000 Mobile Network Finally Launched
China Tech News:Hong Kong's Office of the Telecommunications Authority announced that PCCW-HKT Telephone Limited has launched CDMA2000 mobile service in Hong Kong. - New funding source for Malaysian startups
ZDNet Asia: Local infocomm technology (ICT) entrepreneurs who need startup capital can now turn to a new venture fund, dubbed Technopreneur Venture Management (TVM). - PNDs to see big sales next year: report
Taipei Times: Multimedia consumer products, including portable navigation devices (PNDs), are expected to become hot sales items beginning next year, the government-funded Institute for Information Industry reported yesterday. - IC designers may see sales rebound in December on Lunar New Year demand
DigiTimes: Taiwan's IC design companies expect to see weak November sales due to frozen orders in the second half of November, but sales may rebound in December when clients start placing orders to meet the Lunar New Year demand, according to industry sources. - A house that thinks
CNN Money: The high-tech networks that Reliant Energy is installing in the homes of its 1.8 million customers will help them save electricity. - IBM to build brain-like computers
BBC News: IBM has announced it will lead a US government-funded collaboration to make electronic circuits that mimic brains. - Research In Motion Sues Kodak Over Camera Patents
Bloomberg.com: Research In Motion Ltd., maker of the BlackBerry e-mail device, sued Eastman Kodak Co. to challenge four of its patents, including ones for digital-camera technology used in mobile phones. - The Incredible Shrinking Dell
Forbes.com: Desktop-computer demand is shrinking. But Dell managed to shrink its costs even more. - More Pain Ahead For Tech
Forbes.com: A new IT spending survey projects even more dismal sales in 2009. - Hot technology moves down the food chain
MarketWatch: Car buyers may be willing to hand in their hefty SUVs and their high-horsepower luxury drop-tops in the face of volatile gas prices and a reeling U.S. economy, but the gadgets and gizmos? From their cold, dead hands. - Bay Area tries to take lead on electric cars
San Francisco Chronicle: For years, electric cars have lagged far down the list of driving choices. There were only a few clunky models, the driving range was too short for comfort, and recharging the heavy batteries was a hassle that took hours.
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