3 posts and columns on makers

A Phone That's a Beauty on the Outside–A Monster Inside

in Commerce on January 5, 2011 at 1:10 pm PT

Superphones are beautiful on the outside but a monster inside, thanks to the new high-speed processor announced today by Nvidia. The so-called Tegra 2 will bring superior graphics capabilities to a wide variety of devices this week at CES.

Japan No Longer Home For Panasonic?

in News on November 2, 2010 at 8:09 am PT

In Japan, if you buy a map of the world, it will probably have Japan right at the center –- with the Eurasia continent to the left, and the Americas to the right. That’s what the world used to look like to the country’s electronics makers. But now, Panasonic Corp., like many of its Japanese peers, is drawing a new map.

Green Dam Gets the Red Light

in News on June 30, 2009 at 6:39 am PT

China’s youth must face the corrupting influence of Internet porn without government guidance for a brief while longer. The Chinese government said Tuesday it will delay enforcing a new requirement that all new computers sold in the country include Green Dam/Youth Escort Web-filtering software.
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