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Start-ups cash in on 'exploding' battery recalls
News Contractors own the factories, but Boston-Power works with them to ensure quality control and other issues, and they have dedicated manufacturing lines for the US company, Lampe-Onnerud said. Other executives include Per Onnerud, also from Arthur... [20 Dec 2006]
Microsoft shuffles its security deck
News DeVaan said on Thursday: "It is going to take effect after Vista RTMs [releases to manufacturing]. The software maker said it will merge its security response unit, its Trustworthy Computing effort and an engineering excellence product in one group... [13 Oct 2006]
Redmond reshuffles more execs
News Dave Cutler, a senior technical fellow, and Amitabh Srivastava, corporate vice president of Cosd, will work directly with Ozzie on developing Live products and services after Vista is released into manufacturing. [02 Aug 2006]
IT one of the 'most boring' jobs for graduates
News Manufacturing 8.1 Engineering 6.9 Jobs in IT and telecoms are the fifth-most boring professions graduates can choose, according to research from a teacher training organisation. [27 Jul 2006]
Wipro: India will increase its share of the R&D pie
News China has a better manufacturing base and national infrastructure but it has nowhere near the IP protection that is needed for higher-end work, he said. Engineering and medicine are the two most preferred professions in India, by far. [16 May 2006]
IBM chief gets glimpse of what's to come
News Silicon manufacturing Stanford University's engineering school initially didn't teach it. IBM Research recently provided its Global Technology Outlook (GTO) to chief executive Sam Palmisano and the topics covered included a growing trend for sensors. [29 Mar 2006]
Red Hat: '$100 laptop will drive desktop Linux'
News The preliminary goal is to have initial units ready for shipment by the end of 2006 or early 2007 but manufacturing will not begin until between five million and 15 million devices have been ordered and paid for in advance. [31 Jan 2006]
Sony slashes seven per cent of its global workforce
News Rivals such as Samsung, Panasonic owner Matsushita Electric and Sharp will keep the division on its toes but executives said the group will be profitable by rethinking its manufacturing sites, increasing the number of Sony-made components and... [22 Sep 2005]
Offshoring: Factory workers are next
News For one, suppliers in some developing nations are gaining more sophisticated engineering and design capabilities, and rapid growth is spurring investment in world-class manufacturing capacity in China and elsewhere. [06 Apr 2005]
India's outsourcers have China in their hands
News Sending services work to lower-wage nations is in some ways an evolution of the overseas flow of manufacturing work. While China has been a manufacturing leader, India has emerged as the services king, with a number of US companies locating... [04 Feb 2005]
Confidence in UK IT companies at record high
News So, if you're selling IT systems into manufacturing and engineering or energy and extraction, as well as service, things should look up. The latest Business Confidence Monitor, run by the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales... [25 May 2004]
Siemens in billion dollar China boost
News Part of the investment will go to a new headquarters in Beijing, while the remainder will mostly be used to expand Siemens' various business subsidiaries and to beef up its research and manufacturing facilities in the country, according to Siemens. [19 May 2004]
3Com goes to Hyderabad
News It also set up a new product design house in Taiwan to manage the design and manufacturing of its low-price, high-volume products. Last year, 3Com said it would focus its internal engineering strength on products such as VoIP and application... [20 Apr 2004]
Got a good idea and no cash? Oxford Uni wants to lend a hand
News Last year's competition notched up 94 entrants - the winner, Surface Generation, which developed a new quick tooling process for manufacturing large engineering components such as plane wings, is about to launch its prototype. [10 Feb 2004]
'Get involved in grid' urges UK government
News To hold our own in modern manufacturing we will need to innovate strongly by creating new high-tech manufacturing industries and upgrading traditional sectors such as steel and textiles. Science and innovation minister Lord Sainsbury, who has been... [17 Dec 2003]
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