Ex-BT CTO and futurist Peter Cochrane believes Microsoft's acquisition of Nokia could be "like bolting two sinking ships together" as he urged the company to rethink its "gaudy and horrible" branding strategies. Following up his Computing ...
Burberry announces that Angela Ahrendts will step down as Chief Executive Officer by mid-2014 to take up a new position with Apple. Christopher Bailey is to be appointed to the position of Chief Creative and Chief Executive Officer. This ...
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Bob Sherman, who built Serta into the nation's largest bedding producer, is leaving Serta to pursue other interests, officials announced. His wife, Barbara Bradford, a senior Serta official, is also leaving. No reason for the departures, ...
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Variable transformer is a device whose output voltage can be varied between zeros to maximum. It basically transforms voltage through magnetic coupling with no moving parts. The transformer is generally consists of a magnetic core that is ...
Thomas Research Products, a leading manufacturer of SSL driver solutions, now offers custom LED Light Engine design through a partnership with Norlux. Norlux specializes in engineering custom LED light engines and complementary products. ...
Larson Electronics has announced the release of a two foot long hazardous location LED work light that provides better performance and reliability than standard incandescent and fluorescent work lights. The EPL-FL1524-LED-120X12-C1D2-50 ...
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A week after Steve Ballmer said he plans to step down as CEO of Microsoft, ValueAct Capital, one of its biggest investors, has secured the right to appoint its president to Microsoft's board. Microsoft has signed a "cooperation agreement" ...
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OrotonGroup announced that, Sally Macdonald, who has served as CEO and MD for 7 years, has resigned and advised the Board that she will step down from her role, effective immediately. Ms Macdonald will work through a brief transition ...
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New Diageo boss Ivan Menezes has confirmed the drinks giant's commitment to premium local brands and Scotch whisky, as the firm released its preliminary results for the full-year ended June 30 2013. Premium brands such as Johnnie Walker ...
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Dimmable, multi-topology DC/DC constant-current controller features low-side current sense Texas Instruments (TI) today introduced a high-power, multi-topology DC/DC LED driver with adjustable switching frequency and current sense ...
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E Craftsmen is proud to announce earning the distinguished UL approval on their new "Slim-Line" brand of 480V and 347V input step-down transformers for LED power applications. As leaders in transformer technology with over 50 years of ...
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The Chinese government has been busy probing Western firms this week. On Monday, the country announced it would investigate EU wine dumping into the Chinese market, an action that could see prices hiked on imported wine this year. On ...
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In general, a power supply converter is used to change the voltage levels to step-up, step-down, or invert. The best illustration under this subject is the DC-DC converter that has multifarious wide-ranging uses in the electronics industry. ...
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Alcatel-Lucent will refocus on IP networking and ultra-broadband access in mobile and fixed-line networks as it seeks to return to profitability by 2015. Announcing the company's "Shift Plan" in Paris on Wednesday, CEO Michel Combes said ...
Hewlett-Packard has shuffled the management of its PC division as it tries to sharpen its focus on growth markets. HP said that top executive Todd Bradley will step down from his role as executive vice president of the Printing and ...
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