Hip hop: Acer teams up with American designer to woo buyers

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US design studio frogdesign created a look for Acer America's Aspire computer that vaulted it into the upper echelons of US computer makers in late 1995. Widely praised, the design favors gray and green colors rather than beige, a flowing line for the computer case, and random vent patterns, though still more radical redesigns were apparently rejected. Acer became the third most popular consumer brand of computers almost overnight, transforming then bland image of Acer as a Taiwan-based maker of clone computers.

Engineering Services, Microcomputers, Engineering for Consumer Electronics, Computer industry, Product development, Consumer electronics, Cover Story, Acer America Corp., Frogdesign, Acer America Acer Aspire (Intel-compatible system)

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Big.risk at cyberspace

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Internet directory company Yahoo! hopes to secure its fragile position and stabilize its finances by building on its global character, with special attention to Asia. Taiwanese-American co-founder Jerry Yang and others emphasize the Asian roots and other ties of many employees. The company, based in California's Silicon Valley, went public in Apr 1996 only 13 months after its launch, and has had a wild stock-market ride since then. Yahoo! offers on-line databases listing and categorizing World Wide Web sites.

Database Mgmt Software Pkgs (Micro), Computer software industry, Software industry, International aspects, DBMS software, Asia, Yahoo! Inc.

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Staying away

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The Indian government recognizes that Indian-Americans working in California's Silicon Valley could play a key role in boosting high-tech investment in India. However, it has so far failed to attract a positive response from these people, many of whom are leading information technology entrepreneurs. Few successful Indian-Americans are investing in India or making their expertise available there, and some have even gone as far as to be openly critical of barriers to business development in India.

Computer Software, Computers, Electronic Computer Manufacturing, High technology industry, Software, Beliefs, opinions and attitudes, India, Silicon Valley, Indian Americans

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