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March 11, 2010

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HP Turns Steve Jobs' Flash Snub Against Apple's iPad
No watered-down Internet. No sacrifices. That's the promise Hewlett-Packard Vice President and CTO Phil McKinney offered consumers in a ...
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Google CEO: Development in China Dispute 'Soon'
Google Inc.'s CEO said the Internet search company is in active negotiations with the Chinese government and expects some resolution ...
The Washington Post
ARM exec: More than 50 tablet PCs coming in 2010
The launch of Apple’s iPad next month will pave the way for the arrival of more than 50 tablet PC devices this year, an ARM executive said on ...
ZDNet
Apple's patent offensive sends message to rivals
Apple's patent infringement case against HTC is part of a larger effort to give rival smart phone manufacturers pause as they pursue iPhone- ...
San Francisco Chronicle
10 big dot.com flops
The Pets.com sock puppet has become synonymous with the dot.com bust. The pet food and supplies company is perhaps the most recognized flop from ...
CNN Money
Toyota supplier Denso says FBI raided U.S. office
Toyota Motor Corp supplier Denso Corp said Wednesday that its U.S. office had been raided by FBI agents as part of an investigation into alleged ...
Calgary Herald
Foxconn denies promises to invest in Kaohsiung Harbor
Foxconn Electronics has issued a filing with the Taiwan Stock Exchange (TSE) commenting on recent reports stating that the company has backed ...
Digitimes
Samsung: Consumers Are Ready For 3D TV
Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. introduced three series of 3D televisions Tuesday featuring light emitting diode-backlit technology and said it ...
ChannelWeb
3D TV is here
After all the hype prompted by the success of Avatar in cinemas and the flood of 3D technology unveiled at trade shows like CES 2010, 3D TV is ...
Gizmag
HP Flashes a Few Slate Details
When HP's Slate tablet joined Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on stage at CES last January, the device aroused some curiosity, but few details were ...
TechNewsWorld
Sony's Purchases of Taiwan-made Electronic Products to Exceed US$10 B. in 2010
Sony is going to raise its budget on outsourced electronic products, especially Play Station 3 and LCD TVs, made by Taiwanese contract ...
Taiwan Economic News
The iPad changes everything
Chipmaker Nvidia is helping invent a slew of cool technologies that hold the potential to change the way we work and play. The company, which ...
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Rob Glaser Thinks Mobile Is the Next Big Thing
In his first speech since stepping down in January as CEO of the company he founded, RealNetworks Chairman Rob Glaser encouraged startups to look ...
PC World

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The connected car becomes a reality
In-car entertainment is usually a sideline event at car shows and almost unnoticeable at electronics shows. But in the first two months of 2010 ...
The Independent
DARPA sets sights on revolutionary advancements in non-volatile logic IC technology
Military microelectronics experts at the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) in Arlington, Va., are launching a leap-ahead ...
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Enhanced reflow cooling technology introduced by Rehm
Rehm Thermal Systems has introduced new cooling zone designs for their Vision Series convection reflow ovens. The new technology is ...
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Milara Integrates CyberOptics’ 3-D Inspection Head
Milara Incorporated announces the integration of the CyberOptics 3-D post-print inspection head on its TouchPrint Digital TD2929 inline printer ...
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Nordson DAGE Announces the Appointment of Hal Hendrickson
Novellus Develops Advanced Copper Seed Technology For Through-Silicon-Via (TSV) Packaging
Europlacer to Exhibit its new XPii SMT and iineo SMT Platform at NEPCON China
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American Standard Circuits, Inc Achieves ISO9001:2008 Certification
Calumet to Exhibit at IPC APEX Expo 2010

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Re-plating lead-free components for tin/lead assembly
We work with an aerospace manufacturer on a PCB assembly that includes Pb-free components (no BGAs). The device is ...
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  • Chris Palin, European Manager, HumiSeal
  • Terry Munson, President/Senior Technical Consultant, Foresite
  • Bryan Kerr, Principal Engineer - CMA Lab, BAE Systems
Mar 8, 2010    Contamination Prior to Conformal Coating
Mar 3, 2010    When Should We Use Underfill?
Mar 1, 2010    Is Baking Required After Aqueous Cleaning?

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Mar 8, 2010    Developing Optimized Reflow Profiles Automatically
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Feb 16, 2010    How 'Free' is Your Halogen-Free Solder Paste?
Feb 12, 2010    Water Management Techniques for Aqueous Cleaning Process
Feb 9, 2010    Solutions for long-term storage of electronic components
Feb 8, 2010    Conformal Coatings – Non-VOC
Jan 29, 2010    Trace, Track and Control: High Production Output at Low Costs
Jan 20, 2010    DFx Collaboration Yields Positive Results
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Feb 24, 2010    BGA Site Modification - Once Impossible, Now Possible

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