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Kaedar manager suspended in kickback brouhaha

Posted by | Aug 17, 2010 | , |

Pegatron Corp. has suspended the head of a Chinese unit after an Apple mployee was charged with accepting payments from the subsidiary for confidential information, reports “Bloomberg” (http://macosg.me/2/py).

Pegatron is the parent of Kaedar Electronics Co., one of the six companies named in an indictment of an Apple employee as having paid kickbacks to land Apple orders. It was acknowledged Monday that Kaedar did pay brokerage commission to an intermediate trading company for its business with Apple between 2005 and 2008,

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China Unicom signs iPad deal

China Unicom signs iPad deal

Posted by | Aug 17, 2010 | , |

China Unicom, the exclusive provider of the iPhone in China, has made a deal to sell the iPad in the country. Quoting a source from China Unicom, “Caixin Online” (http://macosg.me/2/px) reports that the company secured the deal with Apple to introduce the Apple tablet, though no timetable has been announced.

China Unicom is also slated to launch the iPhone 4 in China in early September. The iPad sold by the company will use the 3G micro sim card, which is also used in the iPhone 4 and he card will hit the markets in September, together with the launch of iPhone 4, says “Caixin Online.”

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Canon announces new Pixma printers

Posted by | Aug 17, 2010 | , |

Canon U.S.A., has announced new Pixma MG8120 and Pixma MG6120 Wireless Photo All-In-One (AIO) printers (http://www.usa.canon.com/wirelesshelp) with a new Intelligent Touch System. In addition to the new Intelligent Touch System, these Pixma printers feature Full High Definition (HD) Movie Print for capturing memorable moments and other upgrades which will improve functionality and print quality.

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