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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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| Infineon Technologies joins Semiconductor Test Consortium |
8/3/2006 |
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The Semiconductor Test Consortium (STC), the proponent of worldwide adoption of the Open Semiconductor Test Architecture (OPENSTAR) standard, on Wednesday announced that Infineon Technologies has joined the consortium's global roster.
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| Flextronics to manufacture cameras for Kodak |
8/2/2006 |
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Eastman Kodak Company has agreed to allow Flextronics to manufacture and distribute Kodak consumer digital cameras and manage certain camera design and development functions.
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| Dell freezed PDA Development |
8/2/2006 |
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Dell halted R&D development of PDA products since the middle of 2005, when Dell's Taiwan Design Center (TDC) completed development of the PC vendor's last Axim-series device
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| AMD Opteron chip market share grows 26% |
8/1/2006 |
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Advanced Micro Devices has kept the momentum going for its Opteron processor, growing its share of the x86 server processor market to nearly 26% in the second quarter.
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| Dell to launch AMD-based notebooks in 4Q |
8/1/2006 |
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Dell will launch a wide-range of AMD notebooks in the fourth quarter, targeting all market segments from low end to high end and offering models that use AMD Sempron and Athlon 64 processors, as well as Turion 64 x2 CPUs, according to sources at Taiwan-based notebook makers.
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| SanDisk To Acquire Msystems |
7/31/2006 |
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SanDisk today entered into definitive agreements for SanDisk to acquire Msystems in an all stock transaction. This combination joins together two flash memory pioneers with complementary products, customers and channels.
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