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| Sony dropped Playstation prices to come back |
8/17/2011 |
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"The new price will make the PS3 more accessible than ever before. It might also help users forget about the hacker attack which crippled the PlayStation Network for weeks on end.
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| China TechFaith Wireless grew 26% in quarter |
8/17/2011 |
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"Healthy demands across our core mobile phone and motion gaming business sectors have contributed positively to our second quarter results. Importantly, we achieved 26% revenue growth for the second quarter compared to the same period from last year."
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| Loxus promotes distributed battery architecture |
8/16/2011 |
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Automotive applications allow hybrid capacitors to be economically distributed around a vehicle, storing short-term energy where it is needed for powering LEDs, on-board computers, power windows, power door-locks and security systems.
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| BART action caused protest and hacking |
8/16/2011 |
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When the Bay Area Rapid Transit agency turned off cell phone service to disrupt peaceful protests, many were outraged -- including hacker collective Anonymous, who breached BART's website and released personal information in protest.
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| HTC to buy US based company |
8/12/2011 |
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High Tech Computer (HTC) announced on August 11 plans to invest in US-based Beats Electronics for an amount not exceeding US$309 million
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| TSMC issues bond to raise $1.2 Billion |
8/10/2011 |
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Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) announced on August 9 that its board has approved the issuance of up to US$1.21 billion in unsecured straight corporate bonds in the domestic market to secure long-term, low fixed-cost funding.
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| SMIC hires new CEO |
8/8/2011 |
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Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation (SMIC) has announced the appointment of Tzu-Yin Chiu as CEO.
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