Stories by Dan Nystedt

Wall Street Beat: Markets recover from Japanese temblor

Global stock markets and industry supply chains have started recovering after a 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck off the coast of Japan and sent a massive tsunami roaring ashore to sweep away towns and factories.

By Dan Nystedt | 01 April, 2011 22:10

Tags: business issues

Acer CEO Gianfranco Lanci resigns from company

Acer President and CEO Gianfranco Lanci has resigned from the company, Acer said Thursday, without saying why.

By Dan Nystedt | 31 March, 2011 18:36

Tags: business issues, personnel, hardware systems, laptops, acer

Japanese DRAM makers' woes echo rest of industry after quake

Japanese DRAM maker Elpida Memory on Monday said its factories are operating "at close to normal levels" two weeks after the 9.0-magnitude earthquake in Japan, and that it has "sufficient parts and materials to continue supplying out customers as usual until the end of July."

By Dan Nystedt | 28 March, 2011 21:17

Tags: Sumco, MEMC Electronic Materials, Renesas Technology, Elpida Memory, Shin-Etsu Chemical, Components, Tohoku-Electric Power Co, Tokyo Electric Power Company, memory

Google: Android 3.0 needs more work to be smartphone ready

Google will not release the source code for Honeycomb, the version of its Android mobile OS optimized for tablets, until it completes work to make the software better for smartphones and other devices, the company said Thursday.

By Dan Nystedt | 25 March, 2011 19:35

Tags: open source, consumer electronics, Google, Phones, Android, software

Google launches online magazine, Think Quarterly

Google has launched its own quarterly online magazine, Think Quarterly, out of its operations in the U.K. and Ireland, saying that "in a world of accelerating change, we all need to take time to reflect."

By Dan Nystedt | 24 March, 2011 17:55

Tags: Google, IT management, internet

Samsung Apps store hits 100 million downloads

Over 100 million apps have been downloaded from Samsung Electronics' mobile and TV app store in less than a year after its launch, the company said Thursday.

By Dan Nystedt | 24 March, 2011 17:42

Tags: Apple, applications, Samsung Electronics, software

Oracle stops developing software for Intel's Itanium chips

Oracle on Tuesday became the latest software maker to say it will stop developing applications for Intel Itanium microprocessors, following a similar announcement by Microsoft last year and Red Hat the year before.

By Dan Nystedt | 23 March, 2011 16:46

Tags: business issues, applications, Components, software, processors, intel, Oracle

Apple sues Amazon over App Store name

Apple sued Amazon.com on Friday, claiming rights to the name App Store, which Amazon tagged on its new application store.

By Dan Nystedt | 22 March, 2011 16:36

Tags: Apple, amazon.com, Civil lawsuits, legal

Japanese chip makers begin recovery after devastation

Some Japanese chip makers are starting to pick themselves up and resume operations in the earthquake and tsunami-torn northeast.

By Dan Nystedt | 18 March, 2011 21:00

Tags: business issues, Elpida Memory, Shin-Etsu, Shin-Etsu Chemical

Asian tech companies chip in relief to Japan quake victims

Technology companies across Asia have found ways to help people in Japan left devastated by the 9.0-magnitude earthquake last Friday, the 7-meter tsunami it spawned, and displacement caused by troubles at a nuclear power plant there.

By Dan Nystedt | 16 March, 2011 20:38

Tags: business issues, Mitsubishi Electric, Zynga, Panasonic, Alibaba.com, Samsung Electronics, sony, Fujitsu

Flash, DRAM prices spike on worries over supplies from Japan

Prices of widely used chips, including NAND flash memory and DRAM, have both risen sharply since the 9.0-magnitude earthquake struck and hurled tsunami waves at the northeastern part of Japan.

By Dan Nystedt | 15 March, 2011 22:26

Tags: business issues, risk management, Elpida Memory, Shin-Etsu Chemical, Components, toshiba, business management, Sumco Corp.

Rolling blackouts, tsunami damage try Japanese companies

A day after Japan's biggest earthquake ever caused widespread destruction and as-yet uncounted deaths, Japan's biggest electronics companies are trying to ensure that employees in disaster areas are safe and facilities remain intact.

By Dan Nystedt | 13 March, 2011 03:00

Tags: Japan, Elpida Memory, Earthquake, Japan earthquake, Components, toshiba, sony

Sony airlifts supplies to tsunami-stricken factory

Japanese electronics giant Sony airlifted emergency supplies by helicopter to hundreds of employees stuck at a Blu-ray Disc factory in Miyagi, Japan, on Saturday, a day after an 8.9-magnitude earthquake sent a massive tsunami rolling through the facility.

By Dan Nystedt | 12 March, 2011 20:14

Tags: business issues, sony

Report: HP CEO, directors broke rules in new board nominees

HP CEO Leo Apotheker and three directors broke company rules by participating in the nomination of five new board members, according to a report by the Wall Street Journal.

By Dan Nystedt | 10 March, 2011 15:15

Tags: business issues, SAP, Hewlett-Packard

AU returns fire at Sharp with LCD display patent suits in US

Taiwan's AU Optronics, one of the biggest LCD screen makers in the world, said Thursday it filed two separate lawsuits in the U.S. against Sharp, alleging the infringement of nine LCD screen-related patents in all.

By Dan Nystedt | 03 March, 2011 14:44

Tags: intellectual property, sharp, legal, patent, AU Optronics

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