THE NE ASIA NEWS UPDATE: Volume 668: 08/24/10

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LCD panels are being used in all sorts of equipment,... </SMALL><SMALL><A href="http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/HONSHI/20100727/184586/"><FONT color=#0000ff>read more</FONT></A></SMALL> <P><SPAN style="FONT-WEIGHT: bold"><SMALL>More Top Stories</SMALL></SPAN><BR><A href="http://techon.nikkeibp.co.jp/article/HONSHI/20100723/184482/"><FONT color=#0000ff>No Longer Just China: TD-LTE Spreads Globally</FONT></A><BR></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></TD></TR> <TR> <TD style="WIDTH: 5px; HEIGHT: 10px"><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></TD></TR> <TR> <TD style="WIDTH: 5px"><FONT color=#0000ff></FONT></TD> <TD style="WIDTH: 800px; BACKGROUND-COLOR: white" colSpan=3>Tech-On! English is now accessible through both Twitter, Facebook!<BR>Now you can receive alerts via your favorite social utilities <BR>notifying you of the news items and analysis posted on <BR>Tech-On! English. 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