In a recent interview, Matthew Carlson, principal of experience strategy and design at Hot Studio Inc.
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Another problem: a lawsuit claiming it stole the design for the hot-selling Two-Ball Putter. (Callaway says it bought the design fair and square from another party.) And even the luster of celebrity endorsers, including top golfer Annika Sorenstam , are little help against new rival Nike (nyse: NKE - news - people ), whose high-tech products and spokeschampion Tiger Woods are luring customers.
"Graphics companies come and go, but with TSMC, you have a manufacturing-services provider that will also be doing business with the next hot design house that comes along, " says Matt Cleary, Asia tech research chief at Lehman Brothers.
Last month, workers at Agency.com, a hot Web design shop in New York with a reputation for coddling the help, got a mass e-mail from the office of boss Chan Suh that was supposed to list unused vacation time.
Local design and fashion are sizzling hot, so if you want to give your wardrobe or home that contemporary African look, Cape Town is the place to break out the credit card.
Alas, the Veloster's bratty, hot-spit design over-promises performance.
Engineered geothermal systems (EGS) are based on a related principle, but they work even in parts of the world that are not volcanically active, by drilling thousands of metres underground to mimic the design of natural steam or hot-water reservoirs.
Panasonic's advanced battery technology, the Toughbook C1 delivers up to ten hours of battery life, enabled by a twin hot-swappable battery design that allows for continuous use, pushing productivity in the field to a new level.
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"Hot new colors, sleek design top of the line mobile parts, the Nomad 15 is one of the best 15-inch mobile gaming units we have launched to date, " said Wallace Santos, CEO and founder of MAINGEAR.
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Equal in excellence to the 264-seat main theater but presenting a striking design contrast, this secondary screening room has a hot pink entrance and features exposed loudspeakers and a grey, perforated acoustical wall and ceiling surface, making it more of an exposed machine for the moving image.
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Streamlined connection has also been built into the external design of SMART CAMERA devices with a standalone Direct Link hot key automatically executing on Wi-Fi functionality at the touch of a button.
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Available in single, dual or 3-way SLI in the SHIFT or single and dual configurations in the F131 or single card in the Potenza, all of these systems utilize the unique chassis design where the motherboard is rotated 90 degrees to exhaust hot air out the top of the chassis.
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They all lured hot celebrities, had overflowing bar scenes and eccentric interiors by design star Philippe Starck.
Sony's Xperia Tablet Z was a hot item at last week's Mobile World Congress because of its sleek design and functionality, with the ability to withstand getting wet a cool add-on.
Could we find someone both newsworthy--hot--and exemplary of the role that financial backing plays in today's design world?
Others were: Why, when you design sleek, contemporary Southwest-style rooms, complete with deep soaking tubs, isn't there enough hot water to fill up the tub?
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