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Photos: Print-at-home chocolate to robot snakes - 10 weirdest items made by 3D printers

...high-strength nylon powder and built using a process called additive-layer manufacturing. To make the bike, a computer-controlled machine sprinkles successive layers of... Read more

1 October, 2011 by Nick Heath

Foxconn in talks over $12bn Brazil investment

...Foxconn Technology Group, the company responsible for the manufacturing of Apple's iPod, iPhone and iPad, is said to be in... Read more

13 April, 2011 by Josh Lowensohn

Texas Instruments plant hit by Japan quake damage

...Texas Instruments has said its manufacturing site in Miho, Japan suffered substantial damage during the 9.0 magnitude... Read more

15 March, 2011 by Andrew Nusca

Intel to start making 22nm chips for others

...s latest 22nm chip fabrication plants, in the first instance of Intel manufacturing parts for a third party using a brand new process. On Sunday... Read more

2 November, 2010 by David Meyer

Intel announces billion-dollar investment in US facilities

...Intel announced on Tuesday that it is investing in next-generation manufacturing technology for its US facilities. The move will support up to 1... Read more

20 October, 2010 by Sam Diaz

Nokia axes 4,000 jobs as work shifts to Asia

...Nokia plans to cut 4,000 jobs as it moves manufacturing to Asia, the ailing mobile phone company announced on Wednesday. The cuts... Read more

8 February, 2012 by Stephen Shankland

Nokia plans 3,500 more job cuts

...adding that it would also "review the long-term role of its manufacturing operations in Salo, Finland, Komarom, Hungary, and Reynosa, Mexico". "We must take... Read more

29 September, 2011 by David Meyer

Semiconductor revenue jumps as recession recedes

Global semiconductor revenue has climbed 30 percent from 2009, and the industry is set to invest more as it recovers from the financial crisis, according to analyst reports Read more

18 April, 2011 by Jack Clark
Intel to invest $5bn in Arizona plant

Intel to invest $5bn in Arizona plant

...Otellini said on Thursday that it will invest in a new chip manufacturing plant at its Chandler, Arizona facility. The investment will be in the... Read more

21 February, 2011 by Sam Diaz

Windows Phone 7 released to manufacturers

...closer to launch, after Microsoft released its revamped mobile operating system to manufacturing on Wednesday. With most of the internal engineering done, Windows Phone 7... Read more

2 September, 2010 by Bonnie Cha

iPhone 4 parts cost $188, reports teardown analyst

The components that make up Apple's latest smartphone device cost a total of $187.51, according to a teardown analysis by research firm iSuppli Read more

29 June, 2010 by Erica Ogg

Photos: EADS Airbike, the bike that's grown not made

...process also uses about one-tenth of the material required in traditional manufacturing and reduces waste, according to the company. Weight reduction in components and... Read more

10 March, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

AMD cuts revenue forecast over manufacturing issues

...quarter revenue will be lighter than it expected and blamed its former manufacturing arm for the problems. In a statement after market close, AMD said... Read more

29 September, 2011 by Larry Dignan
Acumetrics, See how a plastics <endeca_term>manufacturing</endeca_term> company improved it's planning capabilities by integrating its sales, operations and financial forecasts

Acumetrics, See how a plastics manufacturing company improved it's planning capabilities by integrating its sales, operations and financial forecasts

See how a plastics manufacturing company improved its planning capabilities by integrating its sales, operations and financial... Read more

25 January, 2012
A Reputation-Based Trust Aware Web Service Interaction Pattern for <endeca_term>Manufacturing</endeca_term> Grids

A Reputation-Based Trust Aware Web Service Interaction Pattern for Manufacturing Grids

Integrated service systems such as service oriented Manufacturing Grids have become new promising paradigms for enterprises distributed computing and application... Read more

28 February, 2011

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

24 minutes ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

50 minutes ago by Horace Ontalhold on Fusion-io lays minefield with a billion IOPS
BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

2 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

4 hours ago by bobandroid on London Olympics: BT needs 25,000 more Wi-Fi hotspots
apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

5 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

6 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

6 hours ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

8 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

9 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

10 hours ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

11 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

12 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

13 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

14 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

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Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

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minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

20 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

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knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

1 day ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

1 day ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry