Sony Aims at Profitability on TVs, Blu-ray, Chips Business
Sony said it would invest about $17 billion in key businesses and technologies over the next three years as it aims for the top spot...
Matsushita Shareholders Approve Name Change to "Panasonic Corporation"
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., best known for its Panasonic brand products, today announced its shareholders approved a proposal to change the company's name to...
Samsung, Hynix to Develop Next Generation STT-MRAM
Samsung and Hynix Semiconductor, the world's top two computer memory chip makers, said Wednesday that they will jointly research and develop spin-torque-transfer magnetic-random-access-memory (STT-MRAM) chips...
F-Secure Reports Malware Growth at a Higher level Than Ever Before
In its 2008 first half data security summary, F-Secure reports malware growth rate at a higher level than ever before. This recent explosion of malware...
FCC Proposes Free Internet Wireless Access
The U.S. Federal Communications Commission on Friday said it wants to auction a section of wireless airwaves to buyers willing to provide free broadband Internet...
NEC and Elpida Establish Joint Venture in Display Driver ICs
NEC Electronics and Elpida Memory have agreed in principle to form a joint venture company in the field of display driver ICs. NEC Electronics and...
iTunes Store Tops Over Five Billion Songs Sold
Apple claims that music fans have purchased and downloaded over five billion songs from the iTunes Store. iTunes is the number one music retailer in...
Hitachi, Dell Sued Over Patents for Hard Disk Drives
Dell and Hitachi were sued by a closely held company that claims they violated patents for data-storage drives. In the suit filed yesterday in federal...
France to Monitor Internet piracy
France moved Wednesday to clamp down on Internet piracy with a bill that would set up a new agency to track down cybersurfers who illegally...
Wireless USB Testing Started
The USB Implementers Forum today announced worldwide testing capability for products based on the Wireless USB 1.0 Specification at Independent Test Labs (ITL) located in...
