Japan's Renesas eyes 14,000 job cuts, chip plant sale - Nikkei

Source: Reuters.co.uk

The logo of Renesas Electronics is seen at its headquarters in Tokyo February 8, 2012. TOKYO (Reuters) - Struggling Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp (6723.T) is planning to slash as many as 14,000 jo ...
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Too Early to Call: Five Mobile Giants

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Google's East London web campus takes off

Source: The Sun

The internet giant yesterday said East London is turning into one of the leading centres for tech start-ups in the world. Just weeks ago Google launched a workspace called Campus — close to an area near Old Street dubb ...
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National › Japan eyes 15% of electricity needs from nuclear power

Source: Japan Today

Japan is leaning toward a policy of halving nuclear power’s share of electricity supply from pre-Fukushima levels to about 15% by 2030, but will likely stop short of pledging the long-term exit strategy that many voters favor, experts sa ...
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Japan’s Renesas Electronics To Axe 14,000

Source: International Business Times

Renesas Electronics (Tokyo: 6723),one of Japan 's biggest chipmakers, could fire as many as 30 percent of its payroll, or 14,000 workers. The move would follow the bankruptcy of Elpida Memories, a DRAM maker which is likely ...
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Emulex Named to CRN Virtualization 100 List

Source: iStockAnalyst

COSTA MESA, Calif., May 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Emulex Corporation (NYSE:ELX) today announced it has been recognized in CRN's 2012 Virtualization 100 list, which features the top 100 vendors in the virtualization industry. The Virtualization 100 is ...
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A 'cuddly' robot phone that hugs you back

Source: New York Daily News

Are your phone calls feeling a little cold and distant? Japanese robotic engineers are currently displaying a new soft, cuddly robot dubbed Hugvie that is designed to give users a feeling of interaction and touch when chatting on the phone to ...
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Smartphones with quad-core chips and 4G LTE coming soon

Source: NetworkWorld

Quad-core processors have not yet been combined with 4G LTE in smartphones, but that could change soon. Nvidia on Thursday said a quad-core Tegra 3 chip and a third-party LTE modem will be used in the Fujitsu Arrows X LTE phone, which will come to ...
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