Arrow to Showcase Turnkey Solutions at Freescale IDH Solutions Show Sep 5, 2007
5 /Xinhua-PRNewswire/ -- Arrow Asia Pac Ltd., a business unit of Arrow Electronics, Inc. (NYSE: ), announced it will showcase a number of turnkey independent design house (IDH) solutions at the Freescale Solutions Show to be held in Shenzhen, China, on Sept. 7, 2007. Arrow Asia will present hands-on demonstrations of solution platforms for devices including MP4, iPOD smart dock, personal global positioning system (GPS) navigation, portable media player (PMP) and WiFi VoIP phones. (PR Newswire)
Ex-CEO sues Post Office for millions Aug 30, 2007
Criminal charges were initially laid against Manyatshe for his role in a suspicious contract between the Post Office and a company called Vision Design House. Mampeule sacked. (iAfrica.com)
More of this story Aug 24, 2007
Pitt tours construction of winning design house. Brad Pitt toured the construction site of a house in New Orleans' Lower 9th Ward that is based on the winning design in a competition he launched to help the area recover from Hurricane Katrina. (Auburn Citizen, NY)
Nikon's Flagship D3 DSLR is Fastest Ever, Has Insane ISO 25600 Aug 24, 2007
Designed for ergonomics, by Giugiaro The D3 is built around the central theme of ergonomics and the camera's exterior form is designed by world renowned Italian design house, Giugiaro. Every aspect of the D3 is fine-tuned to be ergonomic and help photographers seamlessly work with the camera. (Gizmodo.com)
All Linux Devices Aug 16, 2007
(Jul 17, 2007, 21:00 UTC) (1241 reads) (0 talkbacks) (Posted by ) Electronics Weekly: "Simplifying the design of embedded TFT display and comms controller systems through the use of CLinux is the aim of a partnership between Renesas Technology and software design house MPC Data...". (Jul 17, 2007, 20:00 UTC) (1288 reads) (0 talkbacks) (Posted by ) internetnews. (IntranetJournal)
TI buys RF design house Aug 16, 2007
(08/15/2007 2:28 PM EDT). eeking to expand its product portfolio, Texas Instruments Inc. (TI) has acquired Integrated Designs Inc. (ICD), a developer of radio-frequency chips. (EETimes)
Facelift time: city braces for pain before gain Aug 4, 2007
The French design house Hermes has moved to a much larger store in Castlereagh Street, opposite David Jones. A few blocks away is the newest kid on the block: the Hemmes Ivy project, scheduled to open in December. (The Age, Australia)
Oilsands spurred to gains by soaring crude oil prices Aug 1, 2007
The fashion design house is up 80 per cent from its IPO price in just three trading sessions. Tech stocks had a rough session. (Vancouver Sun)
Watts & Schreiber: Meet the Parents Jul 28, 2007
The news of Watts' pregnancy unintentionally slipped through her fingers back in February, when a press release circulated by Italian design house Escada which provided Watts, 38, with her Academy Award duds prematurely spilled the beans. "The Escada gown sets off her most precious new asset the baby she is expecting with longtime boyfriend Liev Schreiber," read the statement sent to various media outlets, including E. (E! Online)
Use grade beams to brace deck Jul 20, 2007
While you are purchasing your fasteners, consider using a special decking screw by Design House (1-800-558-8700). It is knurled above the screw threads so it bores its own pilot hole. (The Clarion-Ledger)
The bigger the potential profits, the bigger the potential losses. Jul 9, 2007
But Pininfarina, which leaped into the engineering and low-run production of cars as far back as 1954, when it turned out 27,000 Giulietta Spiders for Alfa Romeo, is by far the largest design house to have pivoted to the contract-manufacturing business. And it may have had little choice. (FastCompany)
Designer hotels find a niche beyond fashionistas with drama and daring Jul 8, 2007
Conflicts may arise as the design house emphasises selling its products while the hotel company wants profits from lodging, he says. Robert Burke, the founder of a luxury consulting firm in New York, says the designers most likely to succeed are those with strong images who have established home-goods businesses, such as Armani and Missoni. (Business Report, South Africa)
Knocking on Haute Couture's Door Jul 7, 2007
In the atelier of her Paris design house, Anne Val;rie Hash watches intently as a seamstress fastens an embroidered silk belt to a dark blue gown with a plunging neckline ... To qualify for official couture designation, a design house must have at least 15 full-time employees in its atelier and put on a couture show of at least 35 outfits, twice a year. (BusinessWeek)
Pimping your pour - for what? Jul 5, 2007
And eschewing semi-precious stones for a space-age metal, Russian distiller Veda announced last month that it had signed a deal with Pininfarina, the iconic Italian design house best known for its work with Ferrari, Lamborghini, Maserati and Alfa Romeo. The special edition package, due out in September, is reported to involve a combination of Chinese lacquers and titanium. (Globe and Mail)
A good-looking headset (for real) Jul 2, 2007
AccessoriesThe industrial design house Ignition (go to ) has developed a small, light, and righteous-looking headset for fashion-conscious Bluetooth users. The Invisio G5 (about $300), has a black finish and a military look, and measures less than 1. (Boston Globe)
Wingdings and gunk Jun 30, 2007
"That 'clean' or 'modern' look of Facebook," she wrote, "is akin to West Elm or Pottery Barn or any poshy Scandinavian design house.". Facebook, she says, appealed to "hegemonic" youth; people interested in getting ahead among the powers that be. (Globe and Mail)
Liz Claiborne, 78, Founded Design House Jun 28, 2007
June 27, 2007 edition. By Staff Reporter of the Sun June 28, 2007. (New York Sun)
Facebook is IKEA and MySpace is Las Vegas Jun 27, 2007
" What hegemonic teens call gaudy can also be labeled as "glitzy" or "bling" or "fly" (or what my generation would call "phat") by subaltern teens... that "clean" or "modern" look of Facebook is akin to West Elm or Pottery Barn or any poshy Scandinavian design house (that I admit I'm drawn to) while the more flashy look of MySpace resembles the Las Vegas imagery that attracts millions every year. I suspect that lifestyles have aesthetic values and that these are being reproduced on MySpace and... (Globe and Mail)
* Business Briefs Jun 26, 2007
To inject the "fashion" element into Buick cars to make them attractive to a wider audience, Yulon GM Motors Co (q) yesterday announced a tie-up with local design house Dem Inc (G). More exquisite designs in vehicle exterior and interior giving the a "Gucci" feel can now be found in upcoming small sedan Excelle Casa 1. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
With an Installed Base of 340 Million TV Units, China is Becoming a Major Set-Top Box Market Jun 19, 2007
DUBLIN, Ireland--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets () has announced the addition of Product Strategies of Chinese STB IC Design House to their offering ... Current status of leading Chinese STB IC design houses, including Haier IC, HiSilicon, Guoxin Science & Technology, Fullhan Microelectronics, Celestial Semiconductor, Image Silicon comparison of the Chinese STB IC design houses technologies and product positioning ... Table 1 Haier ICs STB IC Product Line-up Table 2 HiSilicons Digital... (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Father's Day Gift Guide Jun 12, 2007
Another entry from the world of gadgetry: check out this from Japanese design house Takumi. It s basically the coolest LED clock available to mankind. (Fox News)
Costume Jewelry by Judith Miller Jun 9, 2007
Unsigned pieces As the name of the section implies jewelry not signed by the jewelry artist or stamped with a design house trademark. This section is organized by type: pins/brooches, bangles/bracelets, necklaces and earrings with additional information about Art Deco, rhinestone and ethnic jewelry. (Suite101.com)
* Etron shares fall after offices raided Jun 8, 2007
Shares of Etron Technology Inc () plummeted by the 7 percent daily limit yesterday after prosecutors raided the integrated circuit design house on Wednesday. Etron shares closed at NT$37. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- Business)
NXP and Afa Technologies Collaborate to Deliver Ultra-Low Power DVB-T Front-End Solutions for Portable TV Jun 5, 2007
TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)--NXP, the independent semiconductor company founded by Philips, today announced its collaboration with Taiwan-based design house, Afa Technologies to develop ultra-low power DVB-T front-end solutions for portable devices ... Afa Technologies, Inc. is a fabless IC design house excelling in high performance DTV receiver SOC. Afa offers a complete product line covering various digital multimedia broadcasting markets in applications of high mobility car TV, low power... (BusinessWire)
Designers provide 'wish list' for EDA houses Jun 4, 2007
Prasad Subramaniam, vice president of design technology at fabless design house eSilicon Corp. (Mountain View, Calif. . (EETimes)
Nokia calls on TD-SCDMA May 30, 2007
Nokia, along with Texas Instruments and LG Electronics, is an investor in Commit Inc., a local chip design house that has silicon for TD-SCDMA. That was the early signal that they would be a player in the market. But Nokia hasn't said how many phones they will design to support the standard. (EETimes)
Interior Motives May 23, 2007
Despite a production capacity of 750,000 per year, he is totally dependent on external design services; three of the current production cars come from the same well known Italian Design house ("personally I'm not very happy, because I paid 3 times but got the one design!"). He talked also of how Chery exported 50,000 cars per year and was looking to grow and how this necessitated their dependence on "foreign styling" "we need your guys help" he asserted to the audience. (BusinessWeek)
Read more at Linux.com May 19, 2007
Despite these limitations, one advantage that the Liberation fonts have over those they are intended to replace is that they are the work of one design house. Although the serif, sans serif, and monospaced versions are not identical, you can see by looking at a specimen sheet that the letters in all of them are more similar to each other than the letters in Arial, Courier New, and Times New Roman, which were designed independently of each other. (NewsForge)
Houstonian Mourns Yolanda King May 17, 2007
The actress wore a one-shoulder dress from the design house paired with a belt cinched at the waist and strappy sandals. KERRY WASHINGTON showed her softer side in a lavender V-neck top, white full skirt, neutral T-strap sandals and classic tote. (Click2Houston, TX)
Beijing sets up $1.3 billion war chest for innovation May 10, 2007
The park said it has targeted ten firms as candidates this year, so-called "diamond enterprises," including mobile communication chip provider Spreadtrum Communications, memory design house GigaDeivce Semiconductor and digital video system designer Sumavision Technologies. The fund is largely composed of park-guaranteed loans from five local banks, which comprises about $1 billion and may or may not be fully utilized during the next four to five years. (EETimes)
A Fashion Fairy Tale May 9, 2007
May 9, 2007 -- New York design house Proenza Schouler is close to sewing up a deal for a partial sale to a European luxury firm, The Post has learned. Proenza Schouler's founders Jack McCollough and Lazaro Hernandez have experienced an almost meteoric rise in fashion circles, yet they face a dilemma similar to other hot young talents whose fame has exceeded their finances. (New York Post -- Business)
Profit? It's all in the bag May 8, 2007
Several years ago, Melbourne web and graphic design house Square Circle Triangle came to the realisation that just because you're busy doesn't mean you're profitable and directors Paul Wilson and Brad Smith decided to overhaul the way they managed their business. "The design industry in general is awash with people doing it for the passion, rather than necessarily for the business of it. The passion is great but many are not focused on their business outcome or their clients' business outcome.... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Technology)
Sunday Business May 6, 2007
Harvey Weinstein plans to drape actors in his films in Halston fashions and possibly open a Manhattan store for the legendary design house and stage a fashion show at Cannes next year - all part of. . (New York Post -- Business)
Harvey's Halston Hankering May 6, 2007
May 6, 2007 -- Harvey Weinstein plans to drape actors in his films in Halston fashions and possibly open a Manhattan store for the legendary design house and stage a fashion show at Cannes next year - all part of his plan to breathe some life into the vintage brand whose heyday was 70s-era Jackie O glam and Studio 54. Weinstein, along with his brother Bob and a private-equity firm, purchased the iconic Halston brand last March for about 20 million. (New York Post -- Business)
Mampeule 'failed to disclose criminal charge' May 6, 2007
" Mampeule alleged that Manyatshe and the two executives were behind an irregular appointment of Vision Design House (VDH) to create a new image for the Post Office at a cost of R100 million. The Post Office claimed it had been overcharged by R31 million by VDH, while VDH alleged that it was owed R5 million by the Post Office as a result of a breach of contract. The arbitrators on the matter dismissed the Post Office counterclaim, saying the parastatal had only itself to blame. The arbitrators... (Business Report, South Africa)
Future Waves Secures Strategic Design-Win with Pure Digital Apr 27, 2007
"Future Waves' strength in multi-standard CMOS RF solutions and technical performance of its solution makes it a valuable strategic supplier to PURE. The alignment of Future Waves' roadmap with the product roadmap of PURE also enables a long term relationship which will allow PURE to maintain its leadership position in the digital radio market." Professor Chris Toumazou from Imperial College London and Executive Chairman of Future Waves says: "I am delighted to see a core semiconductor... (PR Newswire)
John Lindgren succeeds George Cwynar as Mosaid's CEO Apr 10, 2007
Mr. Cwynar has served as Mosaid's chief executive since 1994, guiding the company's transition from being a semiconductor memory design house and tester manufacturing operation to its current guise as an intellectual property company. Mr. Csathy has been a director of the board since 1991 and has served as chairman since 2002, advising on the company's initial public offering in 1993. (Ottawa Business Journal)
Xenitis to enter mobiles market Apr 9, 2007
Xenitis chairman Santanu Ghosh told Times of India that the group would sign a technical collaboration deal with China's Longcheer, an independent design house for mobile handsets, on April 28 to mark its foray into the ever fast growing telecom arena. "We intend to sell mobile phones, of both the GSM and CDMA variety under our own brand, and also supply to large mobile phone handset makers," Ghosh said. (India Times, India -- Intl Business)
P&G Unit to Publicis Groupe Apr 3, 2007
Publicis Groupe will also work with independent design house LPK on the account as well. Global billings on the entire marketing account were not disclosed. (MediaWeek.com)
Shopping in Stockholm Sweden Mar 27, 2007
Like any European capital, styles are trendy, but with a softness that Patrik Kihlborg, General Manager of design house Filippa K (and Filippa s husband) says is owing to that age-old Scandinavian love of simplicity. Calling IKEA brilliant and wishing he could come up with a way to sell assemble yourself clothes, Kihlborg says Filippa K s body-skimming, well-cut basics sell like hotcakes because, like any good Scandinavian product, they work. (Suite101.com)
K-One raising working capital Mar 24, 2007
K-One also plans to buy at least two companies, including a design house based in Europe, within a year ... The acquisition (of the design house) will enable us to immediately expand our customer base,'' he said, adding that the company was actively pursuing opportunities to supply equipment to other mobile-phone makers like South Korea's Samsung and LG.. (The Star Online, Malaysia -- Business)
Technology Meets Fashion Mar 23, 2007
LOS ANGELES, March 22 /PRNewswire/ -- On Thursday, March 22, 2007 at 6:00 pm, Los Angeles-based fashion design house Thrive will show their Fall/Winter 2007 collection during Mercedes Benz Fashion Week at Smashbox Studios. ADVERTISEMENT. (Yahoo! Wire -- Entertainment News)
Taiwan's MediaTek rejects reports it is planning to acquire Trident Microsystems Mar 15, 2007
TW) said it has no immediate plans to acquire Trident Microsystems Inc, rejecting reports and speculation that Taiwan's leading integrated circuits design house is interested in the US firm. The Commercial Times has reported that Trident shares have surged on rumors of MediaTek's interest in the US company. (Forbes -- Technology)
The normal way of living Mar 15, 2007
She papered a wall with a roll of black-and-white wallpaper from the design house Osborne e and strung up a vintage chandelier she discovered in a junk shop in York. All very boudoir-ish. (Guardian Unlimited)
Curves are hip Mar 9, 2007
Fashion industry takes notice of real women figures. Issue date: 3/9/07 Section. (The Battalion, TX)
Elizabeth Hurley's wedding dress Mar 8, 2007
Elizabeth Hurley wears her wedding dress in a sketch provided by Italian design house Versace March 7, 2007. Hurley wore a low-cut, full-length white dress with an ocean of ruffles for the skirt when she married Indian businessman Arun Nayar on Saturday, according to a sketch from designer Versace. (Xinhuanet, China)
Design House 2007 Mar 7, 2007
Stuttgart Daily Leader - News. Tuesday, March 06, 2007. (Stuttgart Daily Leader, AR)
ForbesAutos: New models debut at Geneva auto show Mar 1, 2007
That classic was the company's first production car and was designed by Mr. Giovanni Battista Pinin Farina, namesake of the famous Italian design house Pininfarina that created the look of the new model. The current Maserati two-doors, the Coupe and GranSport, were designed by Giorgetto Giugiaro of ItalDesign and have been criticized for not upholding the brand's design heritage. (MSNBC -- Business)
Naomi's Bump Riddle Feb 26, 2007
Her pastel yellow dress was by Escada, and a rep for the design house sent out a press release on Sunday saying. "The Escada gown set off her most precious new asset - the baby she is expecting with long-time boyfriend Liev Schreiber.". (Sky News)
HelloSoft Licenses VoIP Technology to Cellon Feb 13, 2007
Cellon International a leading provider of end-to-end design and systems integration services for the wireless handset industry Licenses HelloSoft's Award Winning VoIP Technology BARCELONA, Spain, Feb. 13 /PRNewswire/ -- HelloSoft, Inc. a leading provider of VoIP software for mobile devices announced today that Cellon, the world's largest independent design house for wireless terminals and modules has licensed HelloSoft's HelloDual-Mode(TM) VoIP Technology for use on it's Dual-Mode mobile... (PR Newswire)
A Field Guide to Young American Designers: Feb 10, 2007
Josh Patner was a founding partner of the design house Tuleh and has worked for Bergdorf Goodman and Donna Karan. He has written for the New York Times and is currently working on a book. (Slate)
Oscarquestions? We have answers Feb 6, 2007
Smaller-name celebrities have their stylists reach out to the design houses ... Its the responsibility of the design house to keep records of who wears what. (MSNBC -- Movies)
Panelists: Front-end design needs overhaul Feb 3, 2007
In some ways, EDA has progressed significantly, observed Brendan Farley, CTO at design house He noted that and mixed-signal circuitry can be integrated into large systems-on-chip, that considerable intellectual property (IP) is available, and that it's possible to synthesize flat multi-million gate designs. Farley said, however, that IC physical verification has remained static, and that it continues to use a rules-based approach. (EETimes)
Atheros tips plan for Bluetooth chips Jan 30, 2007
For the software, Atheros worked with another design house, which Pattamatta declined to mention. He said engineers augmented the code to optimize for and up during a PC start-up cycle. (EETimes)
Latest home trends borrow from ancient times Jan 12, 2007
Connie LeFevre, a Houston interior designer, looks for one-of-a-kind items that speak to the public's ongoing romance with environmental objects to stock her upscale design studio and showroom, Design House Inc.. One of her favorite home accessories: ammonite fossils from Europe. (AZCentral -- Home)
What Entrepreneurs Need to Know Jan 9, 2007
As an example, she points to "a startup with a great wireless technology that spent 10 years going through periodic changes in market focus and in its management team. It was always on the cusp of but never reaching viability. Its roster of minority investors consists of a who's who of famous U.S. consumer electronics companies. Each time several large industry players would be enthusiastic about incorporating the technology into its products, the startup had to provide significant engineering... (BusinessWeek)
Cars defaced with religious-themed messages Jan 7, 2007
Kim Barriga, an interior designer at the neighboring Design House Furniture, said the complex has been hit with fire from paintball and BB guns in the past week. Barriga said that as a Christian, she finds the graffiti disturbing. (FOX 11, AZ)
Cirrus buys Chinese IC design house Jan 4, 2007
(01/03/2007 5:57 PM EST). irrus Logic Inc. has purchased all of the outstanding stock in Caretta Integrated Circuits Inc., a fabless integrated design company based in Shanghai, China. (EETimes)