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Handset keypad makers Ichia and Silitech both report record sales in October

Taiwan handset component makers had mixed revenues in October, with two keypad makers – Ichia Technologies and Silitech Technology – both reporting record sales while Merry Electronics suffered a slight setback in sales.

Game Makers Accusing Innocent People of Piracy in the UK

eldavojohn writes "It's a topic that a lot of game makers like Atari don't want the public hearing. Game makers wrongfully accusing clearly innocent people of piracy. From the article, 'According to Michael Coyle, an intellectual property solicitor with law firm Lawdit, more and more people are being wrongly identified as file-sharers. He is pursuing 70 cases of people who claim to be wrongly accused of piracy and has spoken to hundreds of others, he told the BBC.' If only a few are coming forward after receiving extortion letters ('Pay £500 OR ELSE!'), what's the actual number of those out there being wrongfully accused?"

Weak market means even price-cuts are having no impact on handset PCB or PV module orders, say makers

PV module orders have dropped 20% and demand for handset PCBs has also been sluggish in the fourth quarter due to production cuts by panel makers. However, cutting prices would not help bring in more orders because the market is too weak, according to PCB makers.

PC makers recall 100,000 Sony battery packs

SEATTLE - Computer makers are recalling 100,000 laptop battery packs made by Sony Corp. after 40 reports of overheating, according to a U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission notice Thursday.

Police arrest film-makers

Four film-makers were arrested in Australia after neighbours mistook an armed confrontation scene for the real thing.

PC Makers Try to Pinch Seconds From Their Boot Times

Some computers are never turned off, or at least rarely see any state less active than "standby," but others (for power savings or other reasons) need rebooting — daily, or even more often. The New York Times is running a short article which says that it's not just a few makers like Asus who are trying to take some of the pain of waiting computers, especially laptops, to boot up. While it's always been a minor annoyance to wait while a computer slowly grinds itself to readiness, "the agitation seems more intense than in the pre-Internet days," and manufacturers are actively trying to cut that wait down to a more bearable length. How bearable? A "very good system is one that boots in under 15 seconds," according to a Microsoft blog cited, and an HP source names an 18-month goal of 20-30 seconds.

Taiwan Digital Camera Makers Report Strong Results During Third Quarter This Year

Taiwan’s digital camera makers, which account for about 40 percent of the world’s production, turned in strong results during the third quarter even as the global economy headed into a downturn.

Leading PC makers recalling one-lakh batteries made by Sony

Tokyo (PTI): Sony Corp. on Friday announced that five leading personal computer makers would recall about one lakh of its lithium ion batteries due to 40 incidents of "overheating" concerns.

US Videogame Makers' Shares Fall Despite Strong Oct Sales (DJ)

By Ed Welsch Of DOW JONES NEWSWIRES NEW YORK -(Dow Jones)- Shares of videogame makers fell Friday despite a report of strong sales last month, as some analysts cast doubt on whether the trend could continue.

Social networking sites now a fad with handset makers

NEW DELHI: Cellphone makers are increasingly pre-loading their handsets with social networking applications to woo internet-savvy consumers. LG Mobile has tied up with Mobile 2.0 service provider RockeTalk which will upload a social networking application on its phones. Similarly, Samsung Mobile has a tie-up with ShoZu, provider of mobile social media services, which has pre-loaded social networking software on select Samsung phones.

Citigroup cautious on handset makers amid falling orders

As a result of declining orders from global handset vendors, Citigroup is cautious on the outlook for local mobile phone makers, which, along with components suppliers, could face severe margin pressure, it said in a client note last week.

Merrill, Monex To Be Market Makers For Barclays Mexico ETFs (DJ)

MEXICO CITY -(Dow Jones)- Barclay's Global Investors said Wednesday the local brokerage houses of Merrill Lynch (MER) and Grupo Financiero Monex will act as market makers for its Mexico-based exchange traded funds.

Beatles label taps 'Rock Band' makers for new video game

SAN FRANCISCO (Menafn - MarketWatch) - The Beatles are taking a tentative step forward into the digital media market with a new video game that will include the group's music and will be published in partnership with MTV Networks and Harmonix - makers of the popular "Rock Band" title.

Will release of ?Google Phone? mark beginning of new era when U.S. makers lead global mobile-phone market?

Will release of ¡ÆGoogle Phone¡Ç mark beginning of new era when U.S. makers lead global mobile-phone market?

A Sanyo acquisition for Panasonic would not significantly impact Taiwan-based digital camera makers

While media reports are indicating that Panasonic will acquire Sanyo's digital camera business operation, sources in Taiwan's digital camera industry noted that any deal would not have too much of a negative impact on Foxconn, Altek, Ability Enterprise and Asia Optical, the top four Taiwan-based ODM/OEM makers of digital cameras.

Apple sued over tech that helps iPhone surf Web

EMG has not considered suing the makers of G! Google phone and BlackBerry devices.EMG has not considered suing the makers of G! Google phone and BlackBerry devices.

Videogames and Vacation: Nintendo, Sony Corp and Apple

The Holiday travel season will soon be upon us, and video game makers have made sure that holiday makers are able to travel with their handheld games consoles as well as all the latest games to go with them. They are easy to carry, so ideal on planes, trains as well as boats.

Kodak Tackles LG and Samsung for Patent Violations

Eastman Kodak has filed patent infringement lawsuits against cell phone makers LG and Samsung claiming the two are violating some of Kodak's digital imaging patents. The patents in question concern image compression, image capture, data storage, and previewing video content. Both LG and Samsung said they will fight the lawsuits. Kodak licenses its imaging patents to many other handset makers.

Top-three Taiwan digital camera OEMs benefit as vendors look to increase production efficiency

As inexpensive digital cameras have been selling well worldwide, vendors have put more emphasis on ODM/OEM makers' economies of scale in an attempt to minimize production costs, according to industry sources in Taiwan. As a result, the top-three Taiwan-based makers, Foxconn, Altek and Ability Enterprise, are seeing the greatest benefits.

Goldman CEO says strategy won't change as bank

Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs & Co., speaks at the Wall Street Journal Deals & Deal Makers conference, held at the New York Stock Exchange in this June 27, 2007 file photo. Lloyd Blankfein, Chairman and CEO of Goldman Sachs & Co., speaks at the Wall Street Journal Deals & Deal Makers conference, held at the New York Stock Exchange in this June 27, 2007 file photo. (REUTERS/Chip East)

Video Game Without DRM Has Piracy Rates About The Same As DRM'd Games

Reader SteveD sent in this story a week ago, but I just got around to looking at the details. Apparently the makers of the video game World of Goo, which (as mentioned) was released without DRM, have roughly calculated the rate of piracy on the game to be about 90%. The calculation is certainly a rough one, and people can quibble with the number, but the basic reasoning seems sound. A lot of folks focused on that 90% number, but didn't pay as much attention to the more important comparison: how this compared to a DRM'd game. The game makers noted that it had almost no difference compared to another game released with DRM, showing that adding the DRM did absolutely nothing to prevent piracy. So why do video game companies keep insisting they need DRM?

Artists move to save Scottish Wildcat

Artists move to save Scottish Wildcat - The Scottish wildcat is Britain’s very own critically endangered wild feline with less than 400 individuals left in the wild. Whilst Government is working out what to do about the problem an unexpected mixture of film-makers, writers, sculptors and photographers, united by their interest in the species, have started working towards its conservation. Artists ranging from legendary authors to cutting edge film-makers are teaming with a new charity, the Scottish Wildcat Association, to bring public attention and much-needed funds to Scotland’s infamous wildcats. Private, solitary, wary and elusive, these 400 cats are top of every wildlife watcher’s list of must-see British mammals but could be gone within a decade.

Islamic banking challenges in spotlight

(MENAFN - Bahrain Tribune) With Islamic banking assets set to reach $1 trillion by 2010, the issues like harmonisation of shariah standards, regulations and supervision of the Islamic financial institutions are among the key challenges for regulators, policy makers and the major players in the industry. Bahrain being the Islamic banking centre in the Middle East is set to host the top experts, government officials, regulators, shariah experts at Accounting and Auditing Organisation for Islamic Financial Institutions (AAOIFI) and World Bank Annual Conference 2008 which opens tomorrow. AAOFI-World Bank 2008 will provide a rare opportunity to the regulators, policy makers and major players in the Islamic banking and finance to deliberate upon challenges, opportunities at time when the entire global economy is heading towards a slow down if n

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