Cher Wang says she loves shopping

Oooh, I cringe at myself for the potentially sexist slant of that title. I am certainly not suggesting that HTC's recent acquisitions have been the result of their female chairwoman's love of shopping; she is a very intelligent business person who had made a number of smart acquisitions over the years.

Cher Wang is the chairman (yes chairman is used on both websites and not chairwoman) of HTC and of VIA. HTC bought S3 Graphics from VIA earlier in the year in order for HTC to own some key patents. And of course VIA is looking forward to a patent lawsuit against Apple due to start in the US next month.

"Wang said in an interview with Dow Jones Newswires on Thursday patents are increasingly important in the smartphone market and that she was confident the Taiwanese firm could defend itself against patent suits brought by competitors."

Source: TotalTelecom.com

VIA scoops up six awards from local government initiative

The Taiwan Ministry of Economic Affairs has started what will almost certainly be an annual event where local corporations are honoured for their green initiatives. VIA has been awarded no less than seven "Taiwan Green Classic Awards".

"VIA received awards for seven of its products, including, the VIA Quadcore processor, VIA dual core processors (the VIA Nano X2 and the VIA Eden X2), the VIA VX900 MSP, the VIA VX11 MSP, the VIA ARTiGO A1100 compact system, the VIA EPIA-P720 Pico-ITX mainboard and the VIA ART-5450 in-vehicle system. The awards were rewarded based on criteria broken into four categories including, Products and Services Green Value, Green Supply Chain Management, Innovative Technology and Green Marketing and, Corporate Social Responsibility."

More info on VIA's site.