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| Yahoo pondering over Microsoft takeover Bid |
2/7/2008 |
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Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang sent a message to employees on Wednesday, assuring them the firm's leaders are exploring ways to avoid a takeover by software giant Microsoft.
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| Kingston cut Flash memory prices by 20% |
2/5/2008 |
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US-based Kingston Technology has launched a pricing campaign intending to boost its share in the memory card market, according to industry sources.
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| PQI 2007 profit drops |
2/4/2008 |
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Memory module maker Power Quotient International (PQI) will post after-tax losses of NT$444 million (US$13.9 million), according to company sources.
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| Dell to close call center in Canada |
2/1/2008 |
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Dell said Thursday it will close its call center in Edmonton, Alberta in Canada and eliminate most of the facility's 900 jobs in the second quarter as it consolidates customer-service operations.
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| VIA unveil new Isaiah CPU |
1/31/2008 |
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VIA Technologies recently launched its 64-bit Isaiah-based processor for desktop PCs, home multimedia entertainment centers and mini-notebooks
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| PCB makers production affected by Snowstorm |
1/30/2008 |
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PCB makers are seeing their production in China affected by severe snowfall that is causing transportation chaos and power shortages in the eastern and central parts of the country
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| Toshiba profits down |
1/30/2008 |
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Toshiba posted a worse-than-expected 25 percent drop in quarterly operating profit after flash memory chip prices ate into profit margins.
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| Fiber network gaining consumer accepatance |
1/25/2008 |
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In a recent survey of customer satisfaction, respondents ranked Verizon's Fios FTTH network highest in satisfaction with 96 percent of respondents satisfied with the service. By contrast, satellite-based services for DirecTv and Dish Network ranked at 89 and 82 percent respectively.
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| New spectrum auction starts |
1/25/2008 |
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The major bids likely came from companies with very deep pockets. The big three outfits that signaled their intention to bid in advance of the auction were AT&T, Google, and Verizon.
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| ST and Infineon stock down |
1/24/2008 |
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Qimonda chief executive Kin Wah Loh blamed a 40% drop in prices for dynamic random-access memory chips during the December quarter, which dashed attempts to reduce operating expenses and improve productivity.
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| IBM/AMD deal speculated |
1/24/2008 |
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"The takeover of AMD by IBM has been mentioned before and with AMD shares being so low, it might be a good time for IBM to acquire them," said William Lefkowitz, options strategist at brokerage firm vFinance Investments in New York.
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