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To most consumers, Olympus is a Japanese company that makes a selection of well-regarded digital cameras, including recent Micro Four Thirds interchangeable lens cameras like the PEN E-PM1. The company also dabbles in a handful of other useful gizmos like digital voice recorders. However, Olympus get started way back in 1919 making medical gear: Originally, it made thermometers and microscopes, and today makes a huge range of endoscopic gear,… Read More

U.S.-based storage and peripheral developer Iomega has inked a deal to buy Chinese storage manufacturer ExelStor for about $315 million in an all-stock deal. ExcelStor developers and manufactures digital storage devices like hard drives, and has manufactured Iomega's REV products since 2004 and has also manufactured selected Iomega external hard drive products, along with products for other vendors on an EOM basis. Iomega is touting… Read More

Dutch digital mapmaker Tele Atlas has been pursued by Amsterdam-based GPS maker TomTom since mid-year: TomTom announced its intent to aquire the company in July for €21.25 per share—kind of a low-ball bid—and formally announced the offer in early October. The question was whether TeleAtlas shareholders would bite: although Tele Atlas formally endorsed the TomTom offer, Tele Atlas's shares had been consistently… Read More