News tagged with electronics products

Digital 'wallets' proliferate at cellphone show

Cash, coins and credit cards are so Twentieth Century. At least, that's the opinion of the electronics manufacturers, phone companies, banks and credit card issuers that expect cellphones to be the main way consumers pay ...

Technology / Telecom

created May 10, 2012 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Bend-it e-books get real with EPD in factory mode

(PhysOrg.com) -- LG Display has set the production clock ticking for a plastic EPD (electronic paper display) product which in turn is expected to set e-book marketability fast-forward. In an announcement ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 30, 2012 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (17) | comments 14 | with audio podcast report

Scientists produce graphene using microorganisms

The Graphene Research Group at Toyohashi University of Technology (Japan) reports on the synthesis of graphene by reducing graphene oxide using microorganisms extracted from a local river.

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created Mar 22, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (4) | comments 0

KIT: Fast and easy programming

An increasing number of electronics products such as smartphones are equipped with fast, energy-efficient multi-core processors. As a matter of fact, however, programming of the respective applications is ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Chairman says Samsung to focus on new products

South Korea's Samsung Electronics will this year focus on developing new products and tapping into new businesses to get ahead of competitors amid the global economic slowdown, its chairman said Monday.

Technology / Business

created Jan 02, 2012 | popularity 3 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Toshiba to shut three Japan semiconductor plants

Electronics and manufacturing giant Toshiba said Wednesday it is to shut three semiconductor factories in Japan as part of a reorganisation of its business, as it grapples with falling profits.

Technology / Business

created Nov 30, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Ericsson sells its Sony Ericsson stake to Sony

LM Ericsson and Sony Corp. announced Thursday they will go separate ways as Ericsson sells its 50 percent stake in mobile phone maker Sony Ericsson to Sony for euro1.05 billion ($1.46 billion).

Technology / Business

created Oct 27, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Moody's lowers Sony rating outlook

Ratings agency Moody's Tuesday lowered the outlook for Sony's A3 long-term debt rating to "negative" as the global electronics giant faces weakening demand for LCD televisions.

Technology / Business

created Oct 18, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Book fair to tackle challenges of digital age storytelling

Authors once just had to deal with a publisher but are now being forced to embrace the digital age and negotiate the rights to their works for TV, films and ebooks.

Technology / Internet

created Oct 09, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Apple design chief faces new world without Jobs

Printed on the back of every iPod, iPhone and iPad is "Designed by Apple in California."

Technology / Business

created Sep 08, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

High-performance 512GB SSDs with ultra-fast SATA revision 3.0 interface announced

Samsung Electronics announced today volume production of SSDs (solid state drives) that support the Serial ATA Revision 3.0 interface with data transmissions at six gigabits per second (6Gb/s). The new high-performance ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Aug 11, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 2

Expert help from a distance

When electronic devices refuse to work, you rarely find the solution in the manual. Technicians often face similar problems with industrial machines, and companies end up flying in experts from the manufacturer ...

Technology / Engineering

created Jul 11, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

Chinese firms sign solar power deals in Greece

Two Chinese energy firms signed deals totalling 2.8 billion euros aimed at boosting Greece's use of solar power, a Chinese trade association announced Monday.

Technology / Energy & Green Tech

created Jun 06, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Graphene: New electronics material closer to commercial reality

(PhysOrg.com) -- Researchers have developed a method for creating single-crystal arrays of a material called graphene, an advance that opens up the possibility of a replacement for silicon in high-performance ...

Nanotechnology / Nanomaterials

created May 26, 2011 | popularity 4.8 / 5 (8) | comments 7 | with audio podcast

Taiwan export orders jump 26.1%

Taiwanese export orders hit a historical high of $406.72 billion in 2010 on strong demand for computers, smartphones and other consumer electronic products, the government said Thursday.

Technology / Business

created Jan 20, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0