Sony, Panasonic in TV Tie-Up Talks

Sony Corp. and Panasonic Corp. are in talks to jointly develop or produce next-generation flat-panel television sets, people familiar with the matter said Tuesday, in a move that aims to defray the heavy cost of manufacturing a new display technology.

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Silicon Valley Pioneer Kurtzig’s New Venture: “Her Timing Is Perfect”

Last August, Sandra Kurtzig — one of Silicon Valley’s first female chief executives and the first one to take a technology company public — emerged from retirement with $10.5 million in funding and a new start-up: Kenandy, a company based in Redwood City, Calif., whose software is designed to manage manufacturing processes from the cloud.

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AMD Posts $590 Million Loss

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. swung to a first-quarter loss as the chip maker continued to bear costs related to its spun-off foundry business, though its core earnings improved.

Nokia Completes Talks on Planned Job Cuts

Nokia Corp., the world’s largest handset maker by shipments, said Thursday it has completed negotiations with its labor unions over jobs cuts at its Salo plant in Finland. The cuts are part of a plan announced last month to cut about 4,000 jobs at smartphone manufacturing plants at Salo, Reynosa in Mexico and Komarom in Hungary, in a push to move device assembly closer to components suppliers in Asia.

Lying Apple Gadfly Mike Daisey Still Doesn’t Get It

Mike Daisey — the lying, Apple-attacking monologuist — is still trying to seize the moral high ground on the matter of Apple, Foxconn and workers’ rights in China.
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The Failures and Fallacies of Mike Daisey’s Apple Attack and the Media

Now we have to start the conversation about Apple and Foxconn and workers’ rights all over again, this time with real, verifiable facts at our command. Is that so much to ask?
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Apple’s New iPad Costs at Least $316 to Build, IHS iSuppli Teardown Shows

Another iPad release day spurs another round of teardowns, and at least one cost estimate.
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Nokia to Cut 4,000 Manufacturing Jobs as It Shifts Production Work

The Finnish cellphone maker plans to reduce the amount of work done at plants in Hungary, Mexico and Salo, Finland.
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The President of the United States Visits Intel Again (Video)

President Obama likes Intel. And why wouldn’t he?
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Former Nokia Plant in Romania to Start Cranking Out Toasters and the Like

Nokia said on Wednesday that it had sold a phone-making site in Romania to Italian appliance maker De’ Longhi. No terms of the deal were announced, but Nokia said it should be final this quarter and that De’ Longhi met the company’s goal of finding a buyer committed to creating manufacturing jobs at the site.

AMD’s Outlook Sinks Stock