By Murray Slovick, TTI -- The connector designer is faced with ever-growing challenges: electrical connectors must withstand the rigors of harsh EMI, thermal and mechanical stress environments in automotive engine compartments, on welding machines, in remote cell tower…

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(AP) WASHINGTON - "Sprinkling" sounds like a fairly harmless practice, but in the hands of sophisticated counterfeiters it could deceive a major weapons manufacturer and possibly endanger the lives of U.S. troops. It is a process of mixing authentic electronic parts with fake ones in hopes that the counterfeits will not be detected when companies test the components for multimillion-dollar missile systems, helicopters and aircraft. It was just one of the brazen steps described Tuesday at a…

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Ningbo Zhenhai Swell Electronics Technology is an engineering and manufacturing company capable of producing over 100 million connector components a week, making us one of the largest interconnect component suppliers in china.

Swell has a tradition of zero defects, on time delivery and cost competitive. Our fully automated manufacturing facility located in Ningbo,Zhejiang; houses from engineering, sales&marketing through manufacturing. We always pursue market and customer…

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The tech DIY gurus at iFixit target homegrown installation of the iPhone4 dock connector in their usual amazing level of detail. Step-by-step guide covers replacement of the iPhone dock… Continue

We have several openings in the iPhone/iPod interconnect development team. Email your resume directly to me if you're interested (golko@apple.com). Alternately, you can post your resume directly in the careers section on our website (apple.com).

Cheers.

-Al Golko

iPhone/iPod PD Interconnect Engineering Manager