Word: samsung
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...Java's richest promise may lie in devices that resemble today's computers even less than the iron-shaped JavaStation does. Hardware giants like Samsung and Motorola are already devising a raft of Java-enabled gadgets, from Java palmtops to Java cell phones. Get busy, Redmond...
...John and his three partners took their wares to a fashion trade show in Las Vegas; they sold $300,000 worth of clothing in just a week. Soon after, Samsung America agreed to distribute their $69 shirts and $800 bubble jackets to hip boutiques like Dr. Jay's and Casual Male on the East Coast. Last summer Macy's began carrying the line in its 10 East Coast stores. "That was like cutting our own album and headlining above Michael Jackson at Wembley Stadium," says John...
...Menlo Park, Calif.-based Diba, Sun found an affordable (estimated purchase price: $30 million to $50 million), scrappy partner with the know-how to direct the consumer push. Though Diba's enabling software for smart phones and televisions has received mixed reviews, it's building Internet-browsing TVs for Samsung in Korea. The Sun deal is "a way of playing catch-up," says Dataquest principal analyst Allen Weiner. "Sun is mostly buying Diba's relationship with electronics companies." And with Bill Gates sitting on $9 billion in reserves, Sun is going to need all the help...
Over time, the cost of these sets should fall considerably. Still, you won't be able to cling to your Samsung forever...
...Texas capital of Austin, the hub of a section of the Lone Star State that is studded with 500 software companies and 1,000 high-tech manufacturers such as IBM and South Korea's Samsung. (The electronics giant broke ground last year on a $1.3 billion semiconductor plant with a Texas-size rodeo and hoedown.) Such employers are looking to hire 15,000 people this year, notably experienced programmers and top-level managers. Entry-level slots are also available: high school grads with some technical training can pull down $26,000 to $28,000 a year as technicians at semiconductor...