Taiwan’s manufacturers of solar cells used to generate electricity reported more than doubled revenues in the third quarter of 2008.

University of Sydney scientists have developed a photonic integrated circuit that can not only increase internet network speeds making them 60 times faster but can act as traffic monitors to keep the speed high and error free.

Rapid transfer of a high-definition movie from a PC to a mobile phone — plus a host of other media and data possibilities — is approaching reality.

IMEC and Plextronics, a company specialising in printed solar, lighting and other organic electronics, have signed an agreement to collaborate on materials and inks for organic solar cells.

Researchers in China and Britain have made a type of nanometre-sized rotor with an off-centre axis of rotation.

Kontron has won a further multimillion-euro order, this time from the Walloon Transport Company in Belgium.

The international TETRA community will meet in Munich for its world congress 26–29 May.

The Australian government's recently announced 10% investment allowance for capital equipment purchases — including manufacturing-related products and equipment — could act as an incentive to buyers.

Research In Motion, the company behind the BlackBerry wireless solution, has opened a regional headquarters in Sydney to serve customers in Australia.

Fluke has established a web forum, Action Eco, to give managers a place to learn low-cost, energy-saving techniques and share their own ideas and experiences.

Paqworks Business has joined Madison Technologies in its Industrial IT & Communications division.

Digi-Key has expanded its current franchise agreement with Tyco Electronics to a worldwide deal.

Fuji Electric Device Technology and Semikron International have signed a supply and license agreement.

Symantec has released a report that details an online underground economy that has matured into a global market in which stolen goods and fraud-related services are regularly bought and sold and where the estimated value of goods offered by individual traders is measured in millions of dollars.

WL Gore's range of surface-mountable EMI shielding materials is now available from Richardson Electronics.