LONDON — element14, the first collaborative global electronics community from Premier Farnell plc (LSE:pfl), has teamed up with Microchip and Matrix to introduce the new PIC18 Flowcode Developers Kit. This innovative development and demonstration kit is designed to offer a hands-on, easy approach to electronics design using Flowcode, one of the world’s most advanced graphical…
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We are finally winding down from the Christmas/New Year holiday season, although the Chinese New Year is still in full swing. During these holidays, people do a lot of shopping and exchange gifts. There are two groups of shoppers: the traditional shoppers who like to walk up and down the high streets browsing and buying,…
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“Uneasy lies the head that wears a crown.” In the tech industry, {complink 379|Apple Inc.} is the anointed king, and there is a lot of reason for unease: namely, Apple's relationship with EMS provider {complink 2125|Foxconn Electronics Inc.} A recent, in-depth series of articles in the The New York Times has exposed the ugly truth…
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ZURICH and MEMPHIS, Tenn. — ABB (NYSE: ABB), the leading power and automation technology group, and Thomas & Betts Corporation (NYSE: TNB), a North American leader in low voltage products, today announced that both companies’ boards of directors have agreed to a transaction in which ABB will acquire Thomas & Betts for $72 per share…
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A New Year brings the opportunity for us to resolve to improve ourselves. Now is the time to lose those extra pounds, make an effort to be nicer to distant relatives, and take care of those nagging home improvements that we always seem to put off. In our case, we resolve to be more critical…
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KYOTO, Japan — Kyocera Corporation (NYSE:KYO)(TOKYO:6971) today issued its third quarterly announcement of consolidated financial results for the fiscal year ending March 31, 2012. The results, summarized below, represent the nine months ended December 31, 2011. Read the full press release. {complink 3001|Kyocera Corp.}
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Timothy Cook of {complink 379|Apple Inc.} is having a sweet and sour moment. Apple posted the best quarterly financial performance in its history in the same week an article in The New York Times charged the company with turning a blind eye to violations of employee rights at its suppliers' manufacturing plants in China. The…
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Ask any design engineer what his greatest fear is, and you're likely to receive any number of responses, from unforeseen budget constraints to a sudden lack of innovation, not to mention the fear of losing time-to-market advantage and time wasted due to extended lead times. As you begin 2012 with an eye towards planning new…
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TORONTO — Celestica Inc. (NYSE, TSX: CLS), a global leader in the delivery of end-to-end product lifecycle solutions, today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended December 31, 2011. Read the full press release. {complink 987|Celestica Inc.}
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AUSTIN, Texas — Freescale Semiconductor Holdings I, Ltd. (NYSE:FSL) today announced financial results for the fourth quarter and full-year ended December 31, 2011. Read the full press release. {complink 2134|Freescale Semiconductor Inc.}
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