Taiwan Travel Guide News

  • Teach you how to mix the community Friday, August 6, 2010 @ 8:21PMDisclaimer: The author of this book Wang Jing Diwa. Only you read. Prohibited reserved. I personally authorized by the frog king. Why it reproduced one of his introductory remarks. Please follow the rules. Or else you will become a defendant.
  • Chalong Police arrest murder suspect Tuesday, June 22, 2010 @ 8:59PMPHUKET: Police have arrested a man wanted for shooting dead an 18-year-old student on Wiset Road in Rawai last week.Chalong Police led by Superintendent Wichit Intorrasorn held a press conference yest...
  • Cleo Paskal: Global Warring: How Environmental, Economic, and Political Crises Will Redraw the World Map Friday, June 18, 2010 @ 1:59PMTo China, and others, this was piece on a geopolitical chessboard. To the people here, it was a sinking ship.
  • Top 10 best and worst of Computex Friday, June 4, 2010 @ 3:30AMSo, another Computex trade show is over for this year, with no major announcements from any of the big-name vendors present but lots of opportunities for demos of the latest tablets and 3D kit.
  • The Top 10 best and worst of Computex Friday, June 4, 2010 @ 3:04AMRob Coppinger THE INQUIRER Computex 2010 What we saw in Taipei
  • Exploring the night markets and temples of Taiwan Friday, June 4, 2010 @ 3:03AMIf I was bitten by a Taiwanese cobra, the venom could kill me. Knowing that, I put the shotglass of cobra venom and liquor to my lips and with an inner shout of "gan bei"-- Chinese for "bottoms up."
  • Kilopass unveils programmable 4-Mb non-volatile IP Wednesday, June 2, 2010 @ 12:12AMKilopass Technology unveiled a one-time programmable 4-Mb non-volatile memory IP product large enough to store the firmware and boot code that is traditionally stored in external serial-flash EEPROM chips. Non-volatile memory - Flash memory - Programmable read-only memory - Kilopass - Components
  • Taiwan - lanterns, fortunes and tea Tuesday, June 1, 2010 @ 4:32PMAcross the strait from mainland China, Anthony Dennis enjoys soothing infusions and splendid isolation.
  • Hynix raises capex, breaks with Numonyx Monday, May 31, 2010 @ 4:12AMSouth Korean memory maker Hynix Semiconductor Inc. has said it plans to raise its capital expenditure for 2010 to 3.05 trillion won (about $2.5 billion) from an earlier planned 2.3 trillion won (about $1.9 billion). The company is also planning to spend 522 trillion won (about $425 million) to buy Numonyx NV out of a joint-venture wafer fab in China. South Korea - Hynix - Numonyx - China ...
  • Holy Hannah! Georgas is good Friday, May 28, 2010 @ 5:36PMHannah Georgas performs May 22 at Venue in support of her new album This Is Good.
  • Japan`s Rakuten agrees to buy Buy.com for $250 million Thursday, May 20, 2010 @ 12:55PMJapanese Internet marketplace operator Rakuten Inc. today announced it has reached an agreement to purchase online general merchandise retailer Buy.com for $250 million.
  • Analyst: Samsung devising MOCVD tool Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 9:40AMTwo LED equipment makers--Aixtron and Veeco--are both seeing huge growth amid the LED boom.
  • Initiative forms around anti-counterfeiting technology Tuesday, May 18, 2010 @ 2:10AMA group of electronics firms announced the formation of a security initiative around a technology designed to combat electronics counterfeiting. Counterfeit - Security - Technology - United States - Consultants
  • Samsung to invest $21 billion in green, health businesses Tuesday, May 11, 2010 @ 5:45AMThe Samsung group of companies has said it plans to invest about 23.3 trillion won (about $20.6 billion) in five emerging businesses over the next decade, according to reports. Samsung Group - Business - South Korea - Samsung - Asia
  • TSMC tries to rally support for 450-mm wafers Monday, May 10, 2010 @ 7:59AMA transition to manufacturing on table-top sized 450-mm diameter wafers is an important enabler for cost reduction, according to Jack Sun, chief technology officer of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. TSMC - Business - Semiconductor - Components - Electronics and Electrical
  • TSMC reports strong April sales Monday, May 10, 2010 @ 3:29AMFoundry giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (TSMC) said its unconsolidated April sales were approximately NT$32.68 billion (about $1.04 billion), an increase of 6.0 percent over March 2010 and an increase of 50.3 percent over April 2009. TSMC - Taiwan - New Taiwan dollar - Semiconductor - Business
  • Bicycles for rent, cycling tours to explore George Town Sunday, April 25, 2010 @ 11:27PMWANT to explore George Town’s Unesco World Heritage enclave but not keen on driving or walking?
  • Must Do Wednesday, April 21, 2010 @ 10:43AMTourists should visit Maesa Elephant Camp in Chiang Mai, a famous hilly area in north Thailand that is blanketed with beautiful greenery. Tips: Creating tourism products IF we are creative, almost anything can be turned into a tourism product or attraction, prisons included.
  • TSMC stresses automotive embedded flash qualifications Wednesday, April 21, 2010 @ 5:36AMTaiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan) claims to have shipped nearly 600,000 200-mm diameter wafers containing 0.25-micron AEC-Q100 qualified embedded flash ICs.
  • Asian consumer networking startup raises $10.5 million Tuesday, April 20, 2010 @ 3:36AMSynerchip Co. Ltd. (Hsinchu, Taiwan), a fabless chip company providing high-speed digital interface semiconductors, has announced it has closed a $10.5 million Series C round of financing.
  • Call to reopen European airspace Monday, April 19, 2010 @ 6:10AMAirline industry group IATA called on Monday for steps to reopen European airspace shut down by a volcanic ash cloud and the European Commission said it may approve compensation for airlines losing $US250 ($NZ353.01) million a day.
  • Altera details Stratix V innovations Monday, April 19, 2010 @ 5:15AMProgrammable logic vendor Altera disclosed more details about its 28-nm high-end Stratix V FPGA family, saying the devices will offer up to 1.6 terabits per second of serial switching capability, 1.1 million logic elements and 53 megabits of embedded memory.
  • Update: Altera details Stratix V innovations Monday, April 19, 2010 @ 5:15AMProgrammable logic vendor Altera disclosed more details about its 28-nm high-end Stratix V FPGA family, saying the devices will offer up to 1.6 terabits per second of serial switching capability, 1.1 million logic elements and 53 megabits of embedded memory.
  • Lots of action in passives Sunday, April 18, 2010 @ 9:16PMThe knives are never sheathed in the passive components market.
  • Patients Beyond Borders® to Release FOCUS ON: Barbados Fertility Center Thursday, April 15, 2010 @ 12:00AMNew digital offering will increase awareness of full-service, American-accredited fertility center in the Caribbean
  • Intel, Samsung, others form WiMax 2 consortium Monday, April 12, 2010 @ 9:58AMAlvarion, Beceem, GCT Semiconductor, Intel, Motorola, Samsung, Sequans, XRONet and ZTE as well as the Taiwanese research organization, ITRI, have launched the WiMax 2 Collaboration Initiative (WCI).
  • Offbeat Taiwan 滿腦子都是小籠包的日本人 Monday, March 29, 2010 @ 9:34AMOriginal English-language news coverage of Taiwan.
  • The brothers Cairnes send out calling cards Monday, March 22, 2010 @ 9:11AMSix short films are having their local premiere at Flickerfest.
  • Opinion: ChipMos is next shakeout victim Wednesday, March 17, 2010 @ 5:32PMSigns of the long-awaited shakeout in the IC-packaging market are finally taking place.
  • China Mobile gets first use of Sequans LTE chip Tuesday, March 16, 2010 @ 7:35AMSequans Communications SA has announced that it is preparing to sample its first LTE chip, the SQN3010, to China Mobile, a leading Chinese mobile phone service provider and the leading proponent of time-division LTE technology.
  • Applied continues to expand in Asia Thursday, March 11, 2010 @ 11:15AMFab tool giant Applied Materials Inc. has opened its expanded Tainan Manufacturing Center in Tainan, Taiwan.
  • Taiwan deports 23 Chinese tourists after scuffle Wednesday, March 10, 2010 @ 11:45PMTAIPEI, March 11 (Reuters) - Taiwan border guards blocked Chinese tourists at an airport for not possessing visitor permits and scuffled briefly with the guide who brought them, immigration officials said on Thursday.
  • Boil Water Advisory on for Parts of Dunbar Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 10:08PMSome West Virginia American Water customers in Dunbar will need to boil their water for at least one minute before using.
  • Violence Up Among Homeless Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 9:23PMIn the last four months, there has been a significant increase in violence among the homeless -- and the cold weather may be to blame. One man has died from the violence.
  • U.S. Census Underway; Workers Needed Locally Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 4:38PMOn Monday, some Charleston residents started to receive their 2010 Census forms, nearly two weeks in advance of the rest of the nation.
  • Police Looking for Good Samaritan Following Assault Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 1:53PMHuntington Police say that around 1 a.m. on February 21, 19-year-old James Padgett was assaulted outside a night club in the 1300 block of 4th Avenue.
  • Road Crews on Pot Hole Patrol Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 1:52PMA break in the weather is giving road crews a chance to patch up pot holes.
  • Suspicious Package Found in Athens Parking Garage; All Clear Given Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 12:07PMThe package was found on the first floor of the Municipal Parking Garage Monday morning.
  • Most Sex Offenders in Compliance in Lawrence County, Ohio Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 9:53AMAccording to the U.S. Marshals Office only ten of the 105 registered sex offenders in Lawrence County, Ohio were found to be out of compliance.
  • Rebuilt "Rock Crusher Curve" Dedicated Monday Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 9:53AMThe $12 million road project runs nearly a mile and half along U.S. 60 between Olive Hill and Interstate 64.
  • Toddler Killed in Mobile Home Fire; Name Released Monday, March 1, 2010 @ 8:53AMThe Ohio State Fire Marshal’s Office says the fire happened in the 400-block of Tram Road in Stout around 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
  • ACT Test Canceled in South Charleston Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 5:38PMThe ACT Test scheduled on Saturday, Feb. 27, in South Charleston has been canceled, organizers say.
  • W.Va. Agency Issues Permit for Coal-to-Gas Plant Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 3:52PMWest Virginia regulators have approved an air pollution permit for a proposed coal-to-gasoline plant in Mingo County. The facility is expected to turn 3 million tons of coal a year into methanol that would then be converted into as many as 756,000 gallons of gasoline a day.
  • Bunning Criticized for Stand on Jobless Benefits Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 3:37PMKentucky Democrats are criticizing Republican U.S. Sen. Jim Bunning for blocking an extension of unemployment benefits for workers who lost jobs in the economic recession.
  • Warden Named for Otter Creek Prison Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 3:08PMNashville, Tenn.-based Corrections Corp. of America says in a news release that Randy Stovall has been appointed as warden of Otter Creek Correctional Center in Wheelwright, Kentucky.
  • Feds Investigate Faulty Mine Emergency Air Packs Friday, February 26, 2010 @ 3:07PMA breathing device that coal miners count on to save their lives during fires and other accidents is being recalled because of a problem with the oxygen starter.
  • SiPort names new CEO Thursday, February 25, 2010 @ 10:06AMSiPort Inc., a supplier of integrated circuit platform solutions for digital terrestrial broadcast receivers, announced the appointment of David Rolston as chief executive.
  • HealthTraveler™ is World’s First Mobile App for Medical Tourism Tuesday, February 23, 2010 @ 6:05AMHealthy Travel Media to release medical travel application for international patients.
  • Xilinx confirms move to TSMC at 28-nm Monday, February 22, 2010 @ 3:21PMXilinx said it will use TSMC as one of two foundry suppliers for its 28-nm FPGAs, a major strategy shift that has been the subject of industry rumors and analyst speculation for weeks.