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| M-Systems shareholders sue SanDisk |
8/11/2006 |
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Two lawsuits filed have been filed against SanDisk Corp., a supplier of storage cards based on NAND flash memory, with regard to the proposed acquisition of M-Systems Ltd., SanDisk said.
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| Apple delays quarterly report |
8/11/2006 |
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Apple Computer Inc. told securities regulators its quarterly report would not be filed on time as it reviewed stock-options grants
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| IBM acquires FileNet |
8/10/2006 |
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IBM has agreed to acquire content-management software maker FileNet for about $1.6 billion in cash, the companies said Thursday.
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| Seagate sees continue price pressure |
8/10/2006 |
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Seagate Technology expects aggressive moves by rivals to depress industry prices for another year, longer than most analysts predict, its CEO said.
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| TSMC sales up |
8/10/2006 |
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TSMC reported sales of NT$27.57 for July 2006 (about $845 million), an increase of 1 percent over June and an increase of 32.2 percent over July 2005
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| Qimonda IPO cut in half |
8/9/2006 |
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Qimonda AG, the DRAM spin-off of Germany's Infineon Technologies AG, raised $546 million in its disappointing initial public offering (IPO) on Tuesday (August 8), cutting the size of the planned sale by half and casting clouds over the company's future.
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| Silicon wafer shipment up 4% |
8/9/2006 |
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Worldwide silicon wafer area shipments increased 4 percent sequentially during the second quarter, according to Semiconductor Equipment and Materials International (SEMI)'s Silicon Manufacturers Group (SMG) quarterly analysis of the silicon wafer industry.
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| Cisco reports bullish numbers |
8/9/2006 |
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Cisco Systems reported upbeat results for the latest quarter and issued a full-year sales forecast that exceeded Wall Street's estimates.
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| Sharp starts production on 8G glass |
8/8/2006 |
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Sharp Corp.¡¦s Kameyama, Japan-based Plant 2 with 8G glass substrates technology will begin processing glass substrates for LCD panels in August of this year, well before the previously-expected October starting date, the company reported today.
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| Gartner predicts Vista to delay |
8/8/2006 |
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Research firm Gartner last week reiterated an earlier forecast that Microsoft won't meet the November corporate deadline.
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| Sony to unveil new wi-fi phone |
8/8/2006 |
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Sony set to introduce its first wireless broadband communications and entertainment device, aimed at heavy users of instant messaging, the company said.
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| Analyst cut Cisco rating |
8/8/2006 |
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Cisco Systems Inc. is expected to post higher quarterly sales when it reports on August 8, as companies upgraded their communications networks. But analysts say that outlook is clouded by an economic slowdown and mergers among rivals.
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| Autos with iPod link |
8/7/2006 |
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Apple Computer Inc. said it has teamed up with three major automakers to link its popular iPod music player with car stereos.
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| NAND prices slides |
8/7/2006 |
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For the week ended August 4, spot prices for NAND flash-memories "showed the steepest decline during the past eight consecutive weeks of downward pricing," according to Gartner Inc.
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| Atmel CEO fired |
8/7/2006 |
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After an independent investigation regarding the misuse of corporate travel funds among some high-level execs, Atmel Corp.'s board of directors has fired George Perlegos, its president and CEO; and Gust Perlegos, its executive VP.
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| Google, Viacom partners on video-ad |
8/7/2006 |
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Viacom's MTV Networks has agreed to distribute clips from its cable networks over Google's advertising network, in a test of what could become a new economic model for Web-based video delivery, the companies said Sunday.
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| AOL to cut 5000 jobs |
8/4/2006 |
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AOL, which is in the midst of a major transformation to an ad-supported Internet service provider, reportedly plans to cut 5,000 jobs worldwide.
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| Merom-notebooks to support Nvidia SLI |
8/4/2006 |
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Nvidia will soon announce that Merom-based notebooks support its dual-graphics SLI technology, according to sources at Taiwan notebook makers.
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| Yonah notebooks sells under $1,000 |
8/4/2006 |
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Dell, Acer and HP, have begun cutting prices for Intel Core Duo notebooks that feature the Yonah T2300E CPU, in an attempt to accelerate inventory clearance of Sonoma models prior to the launch of Merom-based systems
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| Rambus deceived chip markets |
8/3/2006 |
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The Federal Trade Commission dealt a severe blow to Rambus ruling the company has unlawfully monopolized the markets for computer-memory technologies incorporated into industry standards for dynamic random access memory (DRAM) chips.
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