Hawaii philanthropists will be honored
The Association of Fundraising Professionals — Aloha Chapter will honor individuals and organizations for their outstanding contributions to philanthropy in Hawaii at an annual luncheon from noon to 2 p.m. Nov. 1 at the Sheraton Waikiki. Here are the award winners:
» Outstanding Philanthropist: Dr. Edison H. Miyawaki
» Outstanding Volunteer Fundraiser (co-recipients): Jean F. Cornuelle, Mitch Mitchell
» Outstanding Foundation: Atherton Family Foundation
» Outstanding Corporation (co-recipients): Outrigger Enterprises Inc., Tesoro Hawaii Corp.
» Outstanding Professional Fundraiser: Janice Nillias Knapp, CFRE
» Paulette V. Maehara Leadership Award: Kenneth L. Zeri
» President’s Award: Dr. Michael J. Chun
Referentia launches Cyber50 website
Honolulu-based Referentia Systems Inc. has created Cyber50, which it says is the first Hawaii-focused cybersecurity website (www.cyber50.org) offering information on cyberattack prevention, malware, threat detection and other related topics plus the most current news associated with computer network infrastructures.
The Cyber50 website was created by a group of information technology enthusiasts and is sponsored by Referentia Systems, which is also leading the Cyber50 education lecture series for critical infrastructure professionals. "Lifecycle of Threat Response" is the first Cyber50 lecture being held. It will be at 6 p.m. Wednesday at the Hawaii Cyber Collaboration Center at Referentia on Lagoon Drive at the Castle & Cooke Aviation building. Registration is necessary to attend the session. For more information, go to www.cyber50.org.
Amazon lets Kindle Fire buyers turn off ads
NEW YORK » Amazon says buyers of its new Kindle Fire HD tablet will get the option to turn off the advertisements that appear on its standby screen for $15.
The online retailer showed off the tablet last week and said there would be no option to turn off the ads. That was a departure from Amazon’s previous policies. It has shipped Kindle e-readers with "Special Offers" ads on the standby screen, but users could pay to have them turned off.
During the weekend, Amazon said that policy would apply to the Kindle Fire HD.
The first Kindle Fire HD model will start shipping Friday.
HP cost-cutting to ax 2,000 more workers
SAN FRANCISCO » Hewlett-Packard Co. is planning to cut about 2,000 more jobs than it had previously announced as CEO Meg Whitman tries to turn the company around.
In a regulatory filing Monday, the computer and printer maker said it will eliminate 29,000 jobs by October 2014, up from the 27,000 cuts it announced in May when HP employed about 350,000 people.
The company, which is based in Palo Alto, Calif., did not explain why it had raised the number. The revision comes amid signs that the already slumping personal computer market may weaken even further as an increasing number of sleek smartphones and tablet computers win over consumers.
Kodak slashes more jobs in bankruptcy
NEW YORK » Kodak is reshuffling some executives and continuing to cut jobs as the pioneering photography company tries to emerge from bankruptcy protection.
Eastman Kodak Co. said it cut approximately 2,700 employees worldwide since the beginning of the year, and plans to eliminate roughly 1,000 more by 2012’s end. Annual savings from these cuts should reach about $330 million, the company said Monday in a regulatory filing.
Kodak’s workforce peaked in 1988 at nearly 150,000 employees. But the company couldn’t keep up with the shift from digital photo technology over the past decade and with competition from Japanese companies such as Canon.
T-Mobile seeks to lure iPhone users
NEW YORK » T-Mobile USA, the only "Big 4" phone company that doesn’t sell the iPhone, now wants to snag used ones from AT&T. Starting Wednesday, when Apple is expected to reveal a new iPhone model, T-Mobile will start advertising that AT&T iPhone owners who are out of contract can switch to T-Mobile.
Signing up an iPhone for T-Mobile service has been possible for years, and the company says it has more than a million iPhones on its network. But they suffer a big penalty in data speeds, taking about 50 times longer to download files than on AT&T Inc.’s network.
This year, T-Mobile is reshuffling the frequencies on its network, which will let it match or even exceed AT&T’s data speeds on iPhones. For now that will be evident only in a few spots here and there in such cities as New York, Seattle, Las Vegas and Washington.
Credit card use falls
WASHINGTON >> Americans cut back on borrowing in July for the first time in nearly a year. Credit card use fell for the second straight month, suggesting many consumers remain cautious in the face of high unemployment and slow growth. Consumer borrowing dipped $3.3 billion in July from June to $2.705 trillion, the Federal Reserve said Monday.
On the Move
Queen Lili‘uokalani Trust has announced Laura Dierenfield as manager for the endowment group at its Kailua-Kona office. She was previously an executive director of the nonprofit advocacy organization PATH (Peoples Advocacy for Trails Hawaii) in Kailua-Kona.
Hawaii Family Dental Centers has announced Julia Strathmann as the new center supervisor at Kihei Center. Her experience includes supervisor and training facilitator positions at CASA of El Paso Inc.
Kaiser Permanente Hawaii has six new physicians:
>> Dr. Matthew Chang is a neurosurgery doctor at Moanalua Medical Center.
>> Dr. Vinay Parameswara is practicing at the Honolulu Clinic in internal medicine.
>> Dr. Jay Viernes is in dermatology at the Honolulu Clinic.
>> Dr. Joanne Zenker is practicing at Mapunapuna and Wailuku Clinic in dermatology.
>> Dr. David Becerril is in family medicine at the Lahaina Clinic.
>> Dr. Sally Daganzo is practicing at Maui Lani Clinic in internal medicine.
University of Phoenix Hawaii Campus has donated more than 300 school supplies and made a $1,000 contribution to the Boys & Girls Club of Hawaii Spalding Clubhouse. Donations include pens, paper, glue and more, which will ensure that the children who visit will have the basic supplies to stay successful and engaged in school.
