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more about #taiwan more comments → r0cketman22: ...applying at Yahoo.. #yahoohackdaydancersapology more » ALL GLORY TO THE HYPNO-TOAD: Will someone hurry up and post this video? #yahoohackdaydancersapology more » met2art: Baby got hack! I like tight code and I can not lie You other coders can't deny That when an app compiles to an itty-bitty file And a icon in your fac... more » ripfire: What the... Matt? Is that you? #yahoohackdaydancersapology more » OCEntertainment: Absolutely despicable. This is a total mockery of everything the tech industry stands for. The tech boys are supposed to be too awkward to get near a... more » Dr. H. F. Danger: Next time, they should include the donkey. Where is the alcohol? more » Noobs-R-Us: This reminds me of the Zune, seriously, who the heck will buy this crap? more » jonnythan: WinMo? Really? This seems like just another WinMo phone, but with Garmin XT preinstalled.. more » Justapspfan: So what about the girlfriend, does she get a PC now? more » player_of_games: So really Foxconn are admitting responsibility for the man's death? I'm sure things work differently in China then here in Western Europe but isn't th... more » pdditty: A lump sum payment of $52K and $4K on an annual basis aint bad at all. They dont get paid a lot over there so I'm equating this as the family hitting ... more » Hi, I'm God: 50 grand is a ton of money in China. You could buy... 150 iPhones, a bottle of scotch, a sweatshop, and Tawain. more » cpthook: If you work at apple and kill yourself, do you think Jobs provides you with a sleek aluminum casket, or does he just yell at your corpse until it spon... more » eagles3 speeeedin: BREAKING Foxxconn employee kills himself, after being interrogated for releasing sensitive information regarding compensation of previous suicide vic... more » Bokusatsu_Tenshi: They can call it what they want to, but I'll call it "world's largest interrogation point". wut? more » -
#yahoo
Yahoo's "Hack Day" Lap Dancers Get the Web's Panties in a Twist
Ruh oh! Yahoo has been forced to apologize after hiring scantily clad dancers for its "Hack Day" in Taiwan last weekend. These pictures (pretty tame, but not necessarily SFW) are from a now-removed video posted on its Developer Network Blog. More » -
#garmin
Garmin's WinMo Nuvifone M20 Finally Launches In Taiwan
Despite repeated delays, Garmin / Asus have managed to get their Windows Mobile-powered Nuvifone M20 out on the Taiwanese market. The HSDPA phone features a 2.8-inch touchscreen, 3 megapixel camera and, of course, Garmin GPS navigation. More » -
#iphoneleaksuicide
Foxconn Increases Compensation For iPhone Suicide Employee's Family
Foxconn just increased the compensation for their worker that killed himself as a result of possible beatings and interrogations over a lost iPhone. More » -
#garmin
Garmin
Garmin, which has been fairly frank about how totally, like, hard it is to make a new smartphone, has finally announced they'll be shipping the Nuvifone S60 to Taiwan on the 27th. It only took the—wait, 19 months? More »NeverfoneNuvifone G60 Ships Next Week To Someone, Somewhere -
#solar
World's Largest Solar Audio System Delivers 105dB to 40,000 Spectators
Earlier this month, Grzebik Design completed work on what they are calling the "world's largest solar powered loudspeaker system" in the Taiwan National Stadium in Kaohsiung. It is capable of cranking out 105 dB of sound to 40,000 spectators. More » -
#architecture
Tornado Tower Looks Like a Cloud, Makes Its Own Energy
The Tornado Tower is a design for a performing arts center in Taipei, Taiwan, and man is it crazy. That huge bubble on top is where the theater sits, and the whole thing harnesses the wind for energy. More » -
#sales
Dell Forced to Honor Accidental $15 Monitor Listing
Dell Taiwan accidentally priced one 19-inch monitor, normally costing around $150, at only $15, and received a whopping 140,000 orders within the 8 hours it was live. Now, the Taiwanese government is forcing them to honor the sales. More » -
#acer
Acer Quietly Poised To Surpass Dell As Second-Largest PC Maker
Don't look now, but Acer—yes, that Acer—is on the verge of unseating Dell as the second-largest PC maker. More » -
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#eink
Taiwanese Company Buys E-Ink Maker, Will Pursue Color Screens
E Ink, the company that invented and produces the e-ink displays for Amazon, Sony, and others, was recently acquired for $215 million—providing the means, said the company's president, to keep color e-ink displays on track for release in 2010. More » -
#netbook
A-View Netbook With Detachable Tablet Screen For $150
Details are scarce, but it appears that Taiwan-based Aware Electronics is planning to release a netbook with a detachable screen (similar to the Touch Book) for only $150. More » -
#tools
eTape Measuring Tape Features iPod Design, LED Screen
The old-fashioned tape measure is getting a 21st century upgrade with, what else, an iPod inspired design—but the LED screen is the feature worth getting excited about. More » -
#robots
Robots Cast in The Phantom of the Opera
While robots haven't invaded Broadway just yet, they are taking the main stage in a Taiwanese rendition of The Phantom of the Opera. -
#smartphones
ITRI Bringing Folding TFT-EPD Displays to Smartphones Next Year
This Pilotfish mock-up illustrates a new product that Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) hopes to integrate into smartphones starting next year—a folding, Thin Film Transistor Electrophoretic Display (TFT-EPD). More » -
#ohnoyoudint
Cnet Columnist Says Asus Screwed Eee Brand Because It's From Taiwan
Jonathan Gardner of Cnet Asia had an interesting take on Asus' over-stretching of the Eee brand, blaming it on the company's inability to change their local, “Confucian” corporate culture. Gardner, a columnist who apparently knows people, declared that “Asus will not be the next Samsung,” mainly because they're following the path of a “typical” Taiwan business story. So, by interesting, I mean arguably incorrect and also kind of racist. More »
