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Sydney Morning Herald
Lamina Lighting, a seven-year-old LED lighting company, on Tuesday said that it is selling its assets to Lighting Science Group Corporation (LSG), which makes customized LED lighting fixtures.
CNET
Matsushita Electric will begin test production of next-generation displays for TVs next year with plans for commercial output as early as 2011, Japan's top business newspaper reported Tuesday.
AP (via Google)
Compound Semiconductor
As part of its move to Intel chips in early 2006, Apple abandoned its practice of using custom motherboard chipsets. Instead, it began to rely on slightly tweaked versions of industry-standard chipsets offered by Intel. However, with Apple striving to maintain Mac sales growth of more than two times the industry average, it's again looking to differentiate the architecture of its PCs through alternative technology.
Apple Insider
Coolest-gadgets.com
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Nextar brings pizzazz to the world of picture frames for children’s photos.
Company release
Samsung Electronics introduced a series of new frames with more sophisticated and premium functions.
Telecoms Korea
A joint research project by the University of Michigan and Princeton University has devised a new OLED technology which would induce the release of 60% more light.
PC Magazine
New York Times
Company release
The New York Times
Future Lighting Solutions announced today the availability of the new Linear Optic 210 from Polymer Optics Limited designed specifically for linear arrays of LUXEON Rebel LEDs.
Business Wire
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AP (via Forbes)
Business Standard
On Thursday, the nation's largest phone company filed a petition with the FCC, asking it to deny approval of the merger between Sprint Nextel and Clearwire. In its filing, AT&T argues that the proposed merger, "openly state[s] that they (Sprint Nextel and Clearwire) intend to compete with other national wireless providers--including AT&T--yet they fail to make the required showings necessary for the commission's review."
CNET
Infineon Technologies is examining the options of either selling all or part of its 77% stake in Qimonda, Infineon chief executive Peter Bauer said. In an interview with Sueddeutsche Zeitung's weekend edition, Bauer said: 'We are speaking currently with financial investors and interested companies from the branch regarding a sale.'
Forbes
You won't be able to buy a Gateway PC direct from Gateway anymore. The PC brand, now a wholly-owned subsidiary of Acer, is shifting its distribution model to focus exclusively on retailers, e-tailers and channel partners, according to Acer.
CRN
A typhoon packing wind gusts of up to 191 kph and forecast to dump up to a metre of rain in places was on course to hit Taiwan on Monday morning, prompting cancellation of work and market closures.
Reuters
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