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UK tech has 12 years to help save the planet
News The IT and consumer electronics sector needs to act now by keeping tabs on its CO2 emissions, pushing customers towards greener behaviour and accelerating low carbon tech and practices, according to the report by the UK trade association for... [12 Feb 2008]
India top choice for UK outsourcing
News ¦ Boom town Bangalore ¦ Bangalore's Electronics City ¦ SAP and Wipro in Bangalore We are seeing a kind of Industrial Revolution sweep through the services landscape in the same way it did with manufacturing. [11 Jan 2008]
Intel demos next-gen memory chip
News Intel co-founder Gordon Moore talked up the potential for Ovonics memory, a variant of phase-change memory, in an article for Electronics magazine. The real challenge has come in manufacturing and reliability. [18 Apr 2007]
AMD takes knife to desktop chip prices
News The new prices reflect chips bought in quantities of 1,000 units, not necessarily what individuals might pay at the local electronics store. AMD has slashed prices on desktop processors, as new manufacturing technologies make it easier to swallow... [12 Feb 2007]
Seagate CEO: Storage at heart of personal tech growth
News A world of electronic distribution and consumer electronics devices dependent on hard drives will change the landscape for storage stalwart Seagate Technology, whose enterprise IT business will become increasingly less significant. [16 Oct 2006]
RFID makeover: Getting smaller, more plasticy
News The tag, revealed today by the company's research division, will use 'plastic electronics'. This tiniest of chips could also have potential cost implications for RFID - the smaller a chip, the greater the economies of scale in regards to... [07 Feb 2006]
Seagate bets millions on Northern Ireland plants
News The disk drive technology produced in Northern Ireland will be used in a range of computing and consumer electronics devices. Hard drive giant Seagate is making one of the largest ever technology investments in the UK, developing nanotechnology... [14 Dec 2005]
Tax breaks fail to halt decline in UK R&D investment
News One of the reasons cited for the UK and Europe's poor performance in the R&D league table is that they have fewer companies in R&D intensive high-tech sectors such as IT and electronics and are instead over-represented by 'old industry' food... [24 Oct 2005]
Intel profits creep up on back of laptop demand
News The chip is expected to power its Viiv-branded consumer electronics devices such as digital video recorders, as well as Centrino-branded notebooks. He said in a statement: "The combination of our 65nm manufacturing network, broad range of new dual... [19 Oct 2005]
More than half of Silicon Valley firms are outsourcing
News He noted that the pullback may stem from more Silicon Valley companies hiring locally for manufacturing jobs, especially in the computing and electronics areas. In August, the region posted a seven per cent year-over-year increase in computing and... [30 Sep 2005]
Sony slashes seven per cent of its global workforce
News Sony is planning a companywide restructuring that will result in the loss of 10,000 jobs and the closure of 11 plants, among other changes, the electronics giant said on Thursday. Centralised decision-making authority over key areas will go to... [22 Sep 2005]
Greenpeace slams toxic tech industry
News Bridgen said: "The data reinforces the need for the electronics industry to eliminate the use of harmful substances in their products at the design stage and take responsibility for their products at the end of their lifecycle. [19 Aug 2005]
SDL stumps up $60m for rival Trados
News SDL, which is becoming one of the UK's larger software vendors in terms of revenue, has traditionally been strong in areas such as high-tech, manufacturing and consumer electronics, where it can cite customers such as Canon, Philips and Sony. [21 Jun 2005]
Offshoring: Factory workers are next
News Companies in the business of making car parts, communications gear, industrial machinery, and medicine may soon join their compatriots in the electronics and apparel industries in tapping cheap overseas factory labour, according to a new McKinsey... [06 Apr 2005]
China set to lead tech market from the front
News The ability of Chinese companies to make computing and electronics gear has made them longtime favourites of firms looking to lower manufacturing costs. China's growth into a nation that leads in the use of broadband technology, and the changing... [21 Feb 2005]
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