David Margolese resigns as Sirius Satellite Radio CEO, will remain nonexecutive chmn., his duties to be assumed by CFO John Scelfo and Gen. Counsel Patrick Donnelly until permanent successor is found… Takeshi (Tim) Harada, onetime CEO of Capcom USA, appointed Warner Home Video managing dir. for Japanese operations… Hsing Tuan resigns as AU Optronics pres., plans unknown. Webster Howard, eMagin technology vp, promoted to chief technology officer… Andrew Smith ex- LiquidWit, named Dolby Labs global brand mktg. dir… Transmeta CEO Mark Allen resigns after 7 months on job, replaced by Chmn. Murray Goldman… Charles Brown promoted to Office Depot CFO from senior vp-finance.

Oregon Scientific began shipping WavDJ complete home audio music production console that produces professional- quality recordings at $99.99. Stamford, Conn., company is targeting WavDJ at children and young adults. It said WavDJ could be attached to PC and linked to Web for downloading and uploading of audio files and musical compositions.

New C-3020 Zoom digital still camera (DSC) from Olympus will ship by month’s end at $499. Latest addition to Olympus DSC line is 3.2 megapixel (2,048x1,536 pixel resolution) model with 3x optical zoom aspherical glass lens and 6-mode flash with slow synchro red-eye reduction mode. New features are 5 Scene Program Modes that Olympus said make it easier to get “perfect shot,” “My Mode” function that creates unique custom camera settings, Noise Reduction System, USB Auto- Connect capability that allows user to connect camera to almost any USB-compatible Windows computer.

Handspring unveiled device that combines organizer, cellular phone and Web browser, stealing march in race to integrate wireless technology with handheld PC.

Stacey Sujishi, Namco Hometek senior mktg. mgr., promoted to mktg. dir., replacing Mike Fischer, who joined Sega of America… Cang Tran, ex-Hitachi Semiconductor of America, joins Oak Technology as vp-ASIC technology, Optical Storage Group… Timothy Donahue, Nextel pres.-CEO, elected to Kodak board… Former PolyGram Pres. Alain Levy joins EMI Group in London as CEO of its recorded music operations and is elected an EMI dir… AOL Time Warner Co-COO Robert Pittman to give CES keynote Jan. 10, 8:30 a.m., Las Vegas Hilton Theater.

FCC is proposing first significant change since 1989 in its technical rules for unlicensed RF emitters such as cordless phones, PCs, remote control units and unintentional radiators such as radio receivers and VCRs. In notice approved Oct. 2 but not made public until Mon., FCC seeks comment on proposals to modify Parts 2, 15 and 18 of its rules. One significant change could allow remote control devices in 40 MHz and 70 MHz bands to transmit ID codes and supplemental data. Current rules require remotes to cease transmissions within 5 sec., but FCC said it believed prohibition on continuous data transmissions was unnecessarily constraining. It tentatively concluded existing limits on field strength and duration of transmissions were sufficient to prevent harmful interference. Other proposed changes include: (1) Simplifying labeling requirements for unintentional radiators. (2) Incorporating ANSI test procedures for PCS wireless devices into FCC rules. (3) Providing exemption for very low-powered devices. (4) Requiring that radar detectors comply with emission limits in order to avoid interfering with Very Small Aperture Terminal satellite receivers. Comments on FCC proposal are due 75 days after publication in Federal Register, reply comments 30 days later.

“Spatializer PCE” (for phase-correction equalization) is name of new Spatializer Audio Labs technology being licensed to CE companies that’s said to enhance quality of spoken-word audio and music through ordinary set of TV, home theater or PC speakers. PCE algorithm is available on Texas Instruments C55x DSP chips and analog implementation is under development, Spatializer said. Company said algorithm had low processing requirements so it could be “readily run” on most existing DSPs or RISC processors.

FCC Wireless Bureau set June 19 start date for auction of broadcast Ch. 60-69 spectrum, which is expected to be used for wireless devices. New date is close to June 15 auction opener that Paxson Communications recently had sought for bidding on 747-762 and 777-792 MHz bands.

Sony Computer Entertainment Europe commissioned Scandinavian computer game developer Unique Development Studios (UDS) to develop arcade-style PlayStation game based on World Rally Championship (WRC) license. Norrkoping, Sweden-based UDS said game -- whose title wasn’t announced -- is scheduled to ship worldwide by end of 2002. Game maker said “exact order value may not be disclosed but is of significant value and will contribute substantially to UDS’s turnover for 2001.” Previous games from UDS included Sno- Cross Championship Racing and World’s Scariest Police Chases. UDS said Sony deal came “just weeks after UDS received its largest order ever, from German publisher CDV, for an action adventure game.”

Videogame accessory maker Nuby Interactive (NI) started shipping first product in exclusive N. American distribution agreement with Act Labs. NI, based in Hauppauge, N.Y., signed 5-year agreement with Act, based in Richmond, B.C., last year. Deal calls for NI to distribute PC and videogame peripherals from Act. First product to ship is GPL USB Shifter at $69.99, which was designed to be used with all PC racing wheels and systems. Nuby said it expected to ship Performance Pedals for PC later this month. Shifter and Pedals are first 2 products from Act that are part of recently announced Proline performance components. Line of Xbox-compatible peripherals from Nuby will start shipping next month to coincide with rollout of game system in U.S.