Woodstock Wire: Industry News

MIT Sloan Mgmt. Review -- The science of how we develop habits is used by companies both to mold consumer preference and to shape company culture. Details from Charles Duhigg, author of "The Power of Habit."

Harvard Business Blogs -- Three-quarters of the world's CEOs say more emphasis should be placed on measuring the value of non-financial assets such as...

eWeek -- Mark Hurd, Ann Livermore and Safra Catz also are potential witnesses in the upcoming trial over the dispute between HP and Oracle over Intel's Itanium platform. - Intel CEO Paul Otellini,...

ReadWriteWeb -- On LinkedIn's blog today is a post about the top 10 most sought-after engineering startups in Silicon Valley. And no, Facebook and Google didn't make the cut because this was a list of companies...

U.S. News -- Rep. Rogers warns a big cyber attack soon, and says the government and industry need to share data.

BARRONS.com: Tech Trader Daily -- Hewlett-Packard (HPQ) may cut up to 25,000 jobs, or 8% of its workforce, writes Aaron Ricadela of Bloomberg this afternoon, citing unnamed sources that have apparently been briefed on the...

PR Newswire: Computer and Electronics -- TechNet, the bipartisan policy and political network of technology CEOs that promotes the growth of the innovation economy, today hailed the U.S. Senate introduction of the SMART (Sustaining...

Business Wire: Distribution -- Building on nearly 2 decades of reporting on its environmental commitments and performance, Intel Corporation today released its 2011 Corporate Responsibility Report, which includes new 2020...

Business Wire: Software -- Intel Corporation today announced the results from votes at the company's annual stockholders meeting. Stockholders approved the following proposals: The re-election of Charlene Barshefsky,...

FastCompany -- About 2,000 years before Clayton Christensen coined "disruption" or Renee Mauborgne the "blue ocean," Chinese strategists passed down a fable about a peasant who stole a sheep. The fable defines...

Silicon Valley / San Jose Business Journal -- Intel Corp. CEO Paul Otellini said on Tuesday that he expects his replacement will eventually come from within the company, saying Chief Operating Officer Brian Krzanich is one of a number...

EBN Online -- In a survey, CEOs called Texas the friendliest US state for business. California limped in at No. 50.

Intel Newsroom -- "iQ by Intel," launched today as a public beta, is a new publishing platform curated by researchers, engineers and visionaries at Intel. The site, at iQ.intel.com, is inspired by technology...

TTI MarketEye -- Taiwan/China April Update; 1Q'12 Electronic Supply Chain Global Growth by Sector; 1Q'12 Silicon Wafer Shipments and 4Q'11 Photovoltaic Equipment Book/Bill; Flexible PCB Forecast for 2012; Semiconductor...

TTI MarketEye -- 1Q'12 Growth by Sector for Global Electronic Supply Chain; March Semiconductor Shipments up 1.5% Sequentially; Improved Global Manufacturing Activity in April but Europe Lags; March U.S. Electronics...

TIME -- The massive vehicle assembly building gets a much needed makeover.

EBN Online -- Within the electronics industry, there is always discussion about whether tradeshows are extinct. I think it depends on the show and whether it serves its audience.

EBN Online -- Site fatigue is forcing people to question why they should like, follow, or link up with companies on social media.

EBN Online -- US companies and the investment class are hoarding and wasting much of the productivity gains that fueled the economy's growth.

U.S. News -- Find out how big data, cloud computing, social technologies, and mobility solutions are driving the world's biggest companies.

PR Newswire: Business Technology -- SparkFun Electronics (http://www.sparkfun.com), a provider of parts, knowledge and passion for electronics creation, is proud to announce its seventh year of participation in Maker Faire Bay...

BGR -- Sterne Agee analyst Shaw Wu said in a note to investors on Tuesday that Apple has reduced iPhone orders by between 20% to 25% from the 35.1 million units the company shipped in the March quarter....

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TIME -- Despite the Dow's losses over the past few trading days, stocks are still close to their highest levels since the recession ended. Blue chips have almost doubled, in fact, from their 2009 lows....

IPC Blog -- A memorial service will be held at 11 am on Saturday May 26, at Lower Brandywine Presbyterian Church, 101 Old Kennett Road, Wilmington, Dela. for Dr. Bill Kenyon, member of the IPC Hall of...

DigiTimes -- As the labor shortage in Eastern China (coastal area) is turning worse and the summer season when powers shortages are common is approaching, notebook component supply in the second half of...

Design News -- A dramatic increase in demand for smart meters is going to create a big growth opportunity for makers of embedded electronic products.

Channelnomics -- Cisco CEO John Chambers raised a red flag during the company's latest earnings report, saying the summer quarter's would be softer than previously expected. Intel CEO Paul Otellini countered,...

CSR@Intel -- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania will be ground zero this week if you want to meet the brightest and most aspirational young adult scientists on this planet! Yes, Pittsburgh is playing host to the...

The Domains -- The CEO of Yahoo Scott Thompson resigned tonight after news came out that Mr. Thompson included on his resume a science degree which he did not have.

Ross Levinsohn was named as interim Chief...

BYTE -- Former President Bill Clinton gave a keynote talk at the CTIA conference in New Orleans to a room full of mobile industry folks, where he sang his praises to the mobile phone industry for keeping...

IndustryWeek.com -- A slowdown in imports 'points to a real weakness in the domestic economy,' commented Alistair Thornton, economist for IHS Global Insight.

Forbes - Business -- On June 1, a group of wealthy Indians and one (very) wealthy American will meet in Bangalore to discuss how philanthropy can be scaled up in India. The private gathering, to be held in a Bangalore...

Electronics Weekly -- Yorkshire-based Peratech has built a prototype electronic nose using its quantum tunnelling composite (QTC) as the sensor. QTC is a displacement-sensitive elastomer whose resistance changes...

EBN Online -- Thailand is recovering from last year's floods, and with IT spending rising, the country offers a growing sales opportunity for high-tech firms.

EDA360 Insider -- Here's a video about a completely non-electronic product that's intimately interwoven into the success of a highly electronic product. The non-electronic product is durable, scratch-resistant...

PR Newswire: Aerospace and Defense -- Autonomous robots created by 11 teams of engineers from across the country will compete for a NASA prize purse of $1.5 million on the campus of Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI), in Worcester,...

Business Wire: Technology News -- IHS Inc. (NYSE: IHS), the leading global source of information and analytics, announced today that it has acquired XeDAR Corporation, a leading developer and provider of geospatial information...

CNN - Top Stories -- Networking giant Cisco late Wednesday offered a very cautious outlook for the near future. As CEO John Chambers sees it: The global economy isn't yet getting worse, but businesses around the...

EBN Online -- Cisco's John Chambers on why high-tech firms are worried about fiscal problems in Europe and economic conditions elsewhere.

PR Newswire: Business Technology -- UBM Electronics, the daily source of essential business and technical information for the electronics industry's decision makers, today announced that it has added brand leadership to the management...

PR Newswire: Business Technology -- Electronic Components Industry Association, internationally recognized as representing the world's largest electronic components distributors, manufacturers and their independent representatives,...

MarketWatch.com - Top Stories -- U.S. stock-index futures lose ground, pointing to a weaker start on continued worries about Europe, lackluster guidance from Cisco Systems and weak Chinese trade data. Investors also await...

Forbes - Technology -- This week Forrester Research released Q1 survey results of 99 CMOs and marketing VPs voicing concern on social media's impact on brand-building. 92 percent of respondents agree that social...

EBN Online -- Problems in the US airline market are hitting, not just passengers, but also businesses in the high-tech and manufacturing sectors.

EBN Online -- The new Brazilian government is removing bureacratic hurdles and encouraging IT companies to invest in South America's biggest economy.

Business Wire: Hardware -- Intel: WHAT: The world's largest high school science research competition, the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair 2012, a program of Society for Science...

Wired News -- A new kind of manufacturing process cooked up by Applied Materials means we can finally sculpt chips from individual atoms.

EBN Online -- Amazon is stocking parts that may be of interest to electronic buyers. Is there something here for your purchasing department?

EBN Online -- Businesses can improve their operating efficiency and sales by integrating social media with other marketing initiatives.