Technology briefs
Job fair hopes to woo kama'aina
The Maui Economic Development Board Inc.'s Women in Technology Project is partnering with Jon Sakurai-Horita of Kama'aina Careers to hold a "High Tech Maui Holiday Job Fair," 2-6 p.m., Dec. 30.
The technology-focused job fair will showcase Maui-based employers and is designed to allow them to provide company information and recruit kama'aina who are in Hawai'i during the holidays. The job fair is being promoted through local high schools, colleges and related organizations, as well as on the Mainland.
Company participants include the Boeing Co., Northrop Grumman, Maui High Performance Computing Center and Oceanit.
The event will be held at the Maui Research and Technology Center, Building B, at 590 Lipoa Parkway in Kihei.
For more information, contact Claire at 808-875-2341 or by email at claire@medb.org
Palm Inc. to sell devices in China
Palm, Inc. announced it will begin selling its handheld computers in China beginning in the next six months.
Palm Solutions Group vice president Philip Chan made the announcement last week in Beijing at the PalmSource China Forum.
Palm units account for nearly 40 percent of the world's handheld computer device market, according to market researchers IDC, though similar devices running Microsoft's PocketPC software are making inroads.
The announcement follows an agreement between PalmSource, Inc. and Legend Group Limited, a leading computer maker in China. Under the agreement, the Palm operating system software will be incorporated into a new line of Legend products.
Work on cooler laptop under way
Imagine a lighter, more powerful notebook computer that doesn't feel like it's burning up in your lap.
Sandia National Laboratories and the Georgia Institute of Technology are in final development for such a device.
Researchers say it could replace current laptop cooling technology, a heavy chunk of heat-absorbent metal that often dissipates heat right onto a user's thighs. The new device instead moves heat generated by the laptop's microprocessor to the sides of the machine.
Lead Sandia engineer Michael Rightley said the team stumbled onto it while working on cooling devices for radar systems. But the new technology may break the pocketbook, and that might impede a successful commercial future, said Jess Blackburn, a spokesman with Texas-based computer retailer Dell.
