European Electronics Media News
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Penwell to launch new photovoltaics publication
PennWell will launch the new bimonthly publication Photovoltaics World in March 2009. The launch ties in with the announcement that they will also…
Batteries booming!
Despite the general gloom, BATTERIES 2008 saw a 25% growth in attendance this year, and will be moving to CANNES-MANDELIEU Congress Centre in 2009.…
Domain name nightmare
Licencing of titles to allow publishers to produce local versions of magazines is surprisingly common, but not without difficulty. We did feel sorry…
Future Horizons seminar
Probably only for the brave, Future Horizons will be dissecting the troubled electronics industry and the impact of the economy at their Industry…
PC Magazine stops print version
Despite the recent launch of Power Systems Design North America, the print industry is continuing to delcline in the USA. I was sad to see PC…
TechInsights merges ESE and ESDE
TechInsights has surprised no one by announcing that they will merge Embedded System Engineering and Embedded Systems Design Europe to create…
Cassidy Publications to launch online titles
It's great to see new publications launch in our industry, and to see three new titles announced from a new publishing company is fabulous. Cassidy…
Is charging for images a good source of income for websites?
I was impressed with the redesign of electronicstalk.com when I wrote about it in October, but I've been disappointed with their approach to posting…
E&E discovers the fascination of electronics
According to Plato, "Necessity is the mother of invention," and this probably applies to E&E, who are relaunching the magazine after…
“The Nearly Men” sells out
Congratulations to Mike Green, who tells me that his first book, The Nearly Men, has sold out the first print run.