Logitech to cut 15 percent of global work force
Logitech International has withdrawn its fiscal 2009 sales targets and is planning a restructuring that includes cutting approximately 15 percent of its work force. (LOGI)

Obituaries : 12/24/08
Lorraine Francis Monice ?Tibbedeaux-Alameda peacefully passed from this life Dec. 3, 2008, at 93 years young. Lorraine was born July 12, 1915, to Eugenia ?Jennie? Monice and John De Abreiu and was sister to eight siblings.

Roadshow: Gas prices jump again
An overnight increase of 10 cents is reported at some stations.

Avanex Corporation Receives Tellabs, Inc. Value Engineering Award for 2008
Avanex Corporation (NASDAQ:AVNX), a pioneering provider of intelligent photonic solutions that enable next-generation optical networks, announced today that it had received the Tellabs, Inc. Value Engineering Award for 2008. The award was presented to Avanex at the Tellabs Supplier Alliance Day event, held at Tellabs? headquarters and was given in recognition of Avanex?s contributions to cost ...

ESS Technology Announces Sabre32 Reference ADC World?s First 32-bit Audio A/D Converter with -120dB THD
ESS Technology, a leading provider of high performance audio/video solutions, today announced the addition of the Sabre 32 Reference Audio ADC to its Vista? family of high-definition audiovisual product line.

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Switzerland's Logitech cuts 15% of workforce
Switzerland's Logitech cuts 15% of workforce

Series news 2009-01-05
GLENDORA, Calif. (Jan. 5, 2009) -- Two new venues and the addition of an extra event are among the highlights for the 2009 NHRA Hot Rod Heritage Racing Series schedule, it was announced today by NHRA officials.

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Richardson's withdrawal a mixed blessing for Silicon Valley activists
The day before an influential group of Chinese-American activists in Silicon Valley was set to release a detailed document building a case against Bill Richardson, the New Mexico governor stunned the political world by announcing he was withdrawing his bid to become commerce secretary.

Eastday-China curbs overseas trips on public expense
China banned nearly 4,000 Party and government officials from joining more than 550 overseas group trips on public expense in the six months to the end of November, a top discipline official said here Monday.

China curbs overseas trips on public expense
China banned nearly 4,000 Party and government officials from joining more than 550 overseas group trips on public expense in the six months to the end of November, a top discipline official said here Monday. Ma Wen, deputy secretary of the Central Commission for Discipline Inspection of the Communist Party of China, said 830,000 official passport-holders went abroad in that period, down18.9 ...

New Video Memory Cards from Lexar Media Provide Extended Recording Capabilities for Growing Number of Consumers ...
Lexar Full-HD Video Memory Cards Offer Reliable Solutions for Consumers Recording with Digital Camcorders and Digi...

AXT cuts Q4 guidance
AXT Inc. on Monday lowered its fourth-quarter guidance because of weak economic conditions. (AXT)

Supes set to pick board chair
The county board Tuesday is set to hold an election for the chair position, with Supervisor Anthony Botelho the likely successor to Supervisor Jaime De La Cruz.

ClearSight Networks Provides Interoperability With Wireshark
ClearSight Networks, a worldwide provider of award-winning application and analysis tools for today?s dynamic networks, today announced that it has expanded the capabilities of its market-leading network capture appliance, Network Time Machine® (NTM). This latest enhancement to the market-leading NTM family provides improved performance, integration with ClearSight Apex® and a new level of ...

Mystery solved: Source of snake-pit photos found
Photos of a tangled pile of ?Mohave green? rattlesnakes ? supposedly taken around Lucerne Valley, then Lancaster and then Phelan ? have bounced around the Internet for nearly a year.

New Video Memory Cards from Lexar Media Provide Extended Recording Capabilities for Growing Number of Consumers ...
Lexar Media, a leading global provider of memory products for digital media, announced today a new line of memory cards specifically designed for extended, standard- and high-definition (HD) video capture. The Lexar® Secure Digital High Capacity (SDHC?) Full-HD and the Lexar Memory Stick PRO Duo? Full-HD Video memory cards give consumers a wide selection of easy-to-use memory solutions for ...

Oplink to Present at Needham 11th Annual Growth Stock Conference
Oplink Communications, Inc. (Nasdaq:OPLK), a leading provider of photonic components, intelligent modules and subsystem solutions, today announced that it will present to the investment community at the Needham 11 th Annual Growth Stock Conference on Thursday, January 8 th , 2009 at 9:30am ET. The conference will take place at the New York Palace Hotel, in New York City, NY.

ESS Technology Announces Sabre32 Reference DAC ? World?s Best 32-bit Audio D/A Converter with 135dB Dynamic Range
ESS Technology, a leading provider of high performance audio/video solutions, today announced the addition of two new Sabre 32 Reference 32-bit Audio DAC parts to its Vista? family of high-definition audiovisual product line.