Microsoft accused of condoning labour abuses
Teenagers are being treated like prisoners at a Chinese factory that makes Microsoft products, according to a report from the National Labor Committee (NLC).The report says that Microsoft's codes of...
View ArticleChinese Labour Laws breached? Money talks louder in the PRC
It was National Semiconductor that led the way in outsourcing manufacturing abroad, and where NatSemi led, others were swift to follow. That became a flood in the first decade of this century – earlier...
View ArticleGoogle Android TVs on the horizon
Google is planning to bring the Android OS platform to your TV screen.The search giant is hoping to expand its operations by offering social media via the internet through an Android-based TV. It is...
View ArticleGoogle announces Google TV, music service and updated OS
Google has announced its long anticipated plans for coach potato entertainment. At its developers conference in San Francisco the company released details of a range of entertainment plans which...
View ArticleIntel splits more secrets of the Atom
Unfazed by ARM's criticisim of its technology as retrofit yesterday, Intel rolled out its first keynote here at Computex by telling the assembled masses that there's more of the Atom to come. As...
View ArticleLogitech buys Paradial AS
Logitech has bought out Norwegian maker of firewall and NAT video communication tech Paradial AS for an undisclosed amount. It says that Pardial's technology is one of the best in the game for internet...
View ArticleASMI rebounds, telecoms carriers more or less flat, Logitech happier
ASM International has seen revenues rebound in its second quarter, profiting from strong demand in the chip market and for new process technologies. The Dutch company witnessed its net sales grow 153...
View ArticleLogitech intros rechargeable keyboard with loads of bells, whistles
Logitech has launched a rechargeable keyboard with ambient light and motion sensors. The Wireless Illuminated Keyboard K800's features are said to ensure people have the right amount of backlight when...
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Google hires phalanxes of lawyers because of Apple's aggression
A team of heavyweights from the biggest tech companies in the world described the way they dealt with entrepreneurial inquiries.Bernard Gander, Logitech; Deborah Magid, IBM strategist VC group; Anil...
View ArticleGoogle TV prices and info leaked
Pricing and screen size information for the Sony Google TV has been leaked, suggesting it will be well out of the reach of many people.The leaked information came from Sony Insider, revealing the model...
View ArticleIntel to team up with Chunghwa Telecom for smart TVs
Chip giant Intel is to join hands with Taiwan's Chunghwa Telecom and collaborate together in the smart TV market, according to the Commercial Times, a local Taiwanese newspaper.Paul Otellini, CEO of...
View ArticleGoogle asks TV makers to slow down Google TV
Google has asked TV manufacturers to delay the introduction of internet-capable Google TV sets, marking another setback in the much-hyped, yet much-flopped, launch of Google TV.Sources close to Google...
View ArticleGoogle TV delays explained
Search Engine Google appeared a tad embarrassed when it decided to pull back from launching its Google TV product at CES last month. The move apparently annoyed the backers in the electronics industry...
View ArticleLogitech issues profit warning
Swiss peripheral firm Logitech said its results for the financial year ending March 31st 2011 won’t be as buoyant as it expected.It’s blaming a drop on sales and profitability on Europe. In a statement...
View ArticleLogitech tells UEI to stop raining on its patent parade
Peripheral product maker Logitech has gone all hurt and rejected after a company sued it on Friday over 17 patents.Universal Electronics Inc (UEI) filed the suit after negotiations between it and...
View ArticleGoogle explains how to build billion dollar firms in Europe
“Money is now a commodity, we all need talent” – Tony Kypreos at springboard.comGoogle is trying to invest $100 million a year in other companies, its Swiss VC guy said here this morning. It will...
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Google TV failure scares Intel off TV SoCs
Intel is meekly backing off from the very difficult TV system-on-chip market as Google TV failed to sell. Now, the resources it had invested in TV SoCs will be put into chips for mobile devices,...
View ArticleLogitech tells Wall Street off
Mouse maker Logitech posted a nine-fold jump in fourth-quarter profit, beating the expectations of the cocaine nose jobs in Wall Street. The Swiss company also makes speakers, webcams and keyboards and...
View ArticleApple losing control of its accessories market
It appears that Apple's moves to take control of its accessories market moving from a 30-pin connector to the Lightning connector has backfired completely. Apple hacked off a lot of its accessory...
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