10 Commandments for Consumer Electronics Component Makers

May 16th, 2006 Ten commandments for computer security: Thy shall create strong passwords Thy shall use good antivirus software Windows users shall regularly update critical updates Thy shall download online forms after verifying URL https:// or forms with lock icons Thy shall use secure shell (ssh or sftp) for file transfers Thy shall not open unnecessary emails Thy shall regularly back up important files Thy shall set a password protected screen saver to activate after 10-15 minutes Thy shall shutdown thine computer at night Thy shall schedule monthly scanning of hard disk Heavily modified from BSNL list (by email).

November 9th, 2005 LG Electronics and SavaJe Technologies Inc. announced that LG Electronics completed development of a fully Java powered cell phone using SavaJe OS™, SavaJe Technologies' Java™ Platform, Micro Edition (Java ME) Connected Device Configuration (CDC) based open OS.

July 21st, 2005 Cell phone sales will exceed one billion handsets a year by 2009 as they become the most common consumer electronics device with 2.6 billion people using one by then, according to a survey published on Wednesday. Around 1.04 billion cell phones will be sold in 2009, up from an upwardly revised estimate of 779 million this year and 674 million handsets in 2004, research group Gartner said.

July 21st, 2005 When Java software developers consider portable devices as platforms for their applications, they often see cell phones as the only real option. Cell phone only focus is now changing.

June 9th, 2009 China defends Web-filtering software requirementBEIJING — China on Tuesday defended a new requirement that personal computers sold in the country carry a software that filters online content, saying the program is targeted at preventing the spread of pornography and other "unhealthy" content. The Ministry of Industry and Information Technology posted on its Web site Tuesday a notice to all PC makers that they will be required to pre-load the "Green Dam-Youth Escort" filtering software on units to be sold in China as of July 1, including imported PCs.

July 2nd, 2009 PC makers voluntarily supply Web filter in ChinaBEIJING — Several PC makers were including controversial Internet-filtering software with computers shipped in China on Thursday despite a government decision to postpone its plan to make such a step mandatory. Beijing's decision this week to delay the requirement that the filtering software — known as Green Dam — be pre-installed or supplied on disk with all computers sold in China averted a possible trade clash with the United States and Europe.

May 1st, 2009 Microsoft's Windows 7 test implies holiday launchSEATTLE — Microsoft Corp. has released a near-final version of the Windows 7 operating system that adds a few new features, including a way to run Windows XP applications.

June 4th, 2009 Intel to buy software maker Wind River for $884MSANTA CLARA, Calif. — Intel Corp.

June 19th, 2006 Microsoft Corp. is developing a music and video device to compete with Apple's iPod and creating its own music service to rival Apple's iTunes, sources familiar with the plans said on Friday.

June 26th, 2007 Seagate announced availability of Terabyte disk drives at 7200 rpm; separate models targeted for enterprise and consumer desktops. The enterprise drives features serial attached SCSI interface option.

February 21st, 2006 Amazon is preparing to launch its own portable digital music player in direct competition to Apple's iPod. The plan is interesting for its business model.

April 28th, 2005 UCLA scientists led by Dr. Seth J. Putterman are reporting today that they have produced nuclear fusion in a footlong cylinder just five inches in diameter.

January 8th, 2007 Samsung Electronics announced today that it has created the first LCD panel that can produce independent images on each side (front and back) of a mobile LCD display. This will replace traditionally used dual display panels with one, thereby reducing overall thickness of mobile products by at least 1mm.

June 20th, 2006 Foxconn Electronics (the registered trade name of Hon Hai Precision Industry) has sternly denied a report insinuating that the company was making iPods for Apple Computer in sweatshops. Edmund Ding, spokesman for Foxconn - chief maker of iPods - said there were huge discrepancies between the truth and the claims in the report, which he said seems like a vicious attack on the company.

June 10th, 2009 Software makers Symantec, McAfee settle with NY AG NEW YORK — Two of the nation's largest security software companies have agreed to clearly detail the terms of subscription renewals and pay penalties totaling $750,000 in a settlement with New York's attorney general. New York Attorney General Andrew M.