PALO ALTO, CA -- Hewlett-Packard's commitment to its struggling PC business is drawing new attention thanks to its latest SEC filing that indicates certain units might be on the block.

ATLANTA -- Happy New Year to all our readers!

HERNDON, VA -- A new International Electronics Manufacturing Initiative white paper sets forth ways to "simplify and align" the reams of environmental data mandated by various governments and the electronics supply chain.

CUPERTINO, CA -- The US Patent Technology Office has issued Apple a patent covering a systems and methods for providing a system-on-a-substrate.

PHOENIX, AZ -- Suntron has signed a definitive agreement to sell its Methuen, MA-based Embedded Computing Solutions business unit to Axiomtek USA, the North American subsidiary of Taiwan-based Axiomtek.

OYSTER BAY, NY -- Small cell equipment, including units designated for public venues like shopping malls, are expected to grow 67% compounded annually to $3.1 billion in 2018, new research indicates.

HERNDON, VA -- A new iNEMI white paper profiles studies by two electronics industry consortia that are helping industry move toward halogen-free electronics.

FRAMINGHAM, MA – Following a mostly flat 2012, worldwide semiconductor revenues will rebound slightly in 2013, IDC said today.

DENVER -- A federal jury has convicted Executive Recycling and two of its top executives of dumping tossed-out electronics in developing countries.

MURNAU, GERMANY -- TQ-Group, a German EMS company, reportedly has acquired a majority stake in insolvent SRI Holding, the parent company of EMS firm SRI Radio Systems.

ELKHART, IN -- CTS has acquired D&R Technology manufacturer of custom designed sensors, switches and electromechanical assemblies for the automotive market.

BANNOCKBURN, IL — Printed circuit board shipments by North American fabricators fell 3.5% in November and orders plunged 9.9% from last year.