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| Apple leaps beyond expectations |
1/13/2005 |
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Apple Computer posted a quarterly profit that exceeded the forecasts boasted by records sales of iPod and its Macintosh computers.
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| Intel beats earning expectations |
1/12/2005 |
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Intel posted better than expected earnings for the fourth quarter, thanks to robust sales for microprocessors used in desktops, servers and its Centrino chipset for wireless notebooks.
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| Rambus CEO stepped down |
1/12/2005 |
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Rambus CEO, Goeff Tate, has stepped down from his post and take on the role of chairman, replacing bill Davidow, the company said Tuesday.
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| Yahoo unveils Desktop Search |
1/12/2005 |
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Yahoo launched its desktop search Tuesday becoming the latest search engine to provide a product for searching hard drives.
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| Nokia to cut staff in Finland, Germany |
1/12/2005 |
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Nokia is planning cuts in research and development at its multimedia division, with losses expected mainly at facilities in Finland and Germany.
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| In-Stat highlights: VOIP to cable subscribers |
1/11/2005 |
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As more cable providers turn to VoIP over the next few years, total worldwide cable telephony subscribers will pass the 14 million mark by late 2005, and grow to over 22 million by year-end 2008.
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| 26,000 AMD processors to enable China's e-Educations |
1/11/2005 |
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As a pilot province for the initiative, Hebei is implementing e-education programs in pilot municipalities including Zhangjiakou, Chengde and Baoding to improve quality and efficiency of education in the countryside, and bridge the gap between eastern and western China by enhancing social and economic development in rural areas.
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| Semi equipment had a good year |
1/11/2005 |
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The industry finished 2004 with a 52.5 percent growth rate in revenues, and at $51 billion marked the highest level of sales since 2000, according to a new report from VLSI Research.
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| Samsung to boost bit rate on total memory production |
1/11/2005 |
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It also indicates that flash-memory appears to be the main growth -- and technology -- driver at the company. In comparison, Samsung also plans to boost its bit rate growth for DRAMs by 50 percent in 2005.
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| 11% global PC market increase tided to Asia-Pacific |
1/11/2005 |
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Overall PC shipments would grow from 176.1 million in 2004 to 196.2 million in 2005, with revenue rising 5 percent year over year. He expects the low double-digit PC unit growth to be aided by U.S. enterprise spending on notebooks, and double-digit unit growth of x86-based servers.
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| AMD experience loss in NOR flash |
1/11/2005 |
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"In a competitive and challenging NOR flash memory market, the Memory Group is anticipated to have lower fourth quarter sales and an operating loss."
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| MS Media Center failed at Gates keynote |
1/10/2005 |
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Microsoft's first mishap occurred when Gates tried to show some mock pictures of the software guru and NBC star enjoying their time in Vegas on the Media Server to no avail.
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| Samsung eyes keynote at 2006 CES |
1/10/2005 |
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Samsung said it is in the process of applying for a 2006 CES keynote now. "We'll see, maybe next year," Kang concluded.
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| China's labor rate may drive world inflation |
1/10/2005 |
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With the Chinese yuan still artificially low compared with the U.S. dollar, it could escalate international pressure to float the yuan. That, in turn, would increase inflation in countries that rely on inexpensive manufactured goods from China.
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| Joint development for U3 flash drive platform |
1/10/2005 |
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M-Systems and SanDisk, both of Sunnyvale, Calif., intend U3 to transform USB flash drives into consumer products people can use to carry, store and launch their own applications and data on any PC wherever they go.
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| FCC's Powell: Hands off policy |
1/10/2005 |
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"Ask yourself: If you want something at home, and you want to be able to do this, why should the government have a role that says you can't?"
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| Extra H1-B visa allocated |
1/10/2005 |
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U.S. is believed to have recently allotted an additional 20,000 H-1B visas for Indians who had completed their master's degrees from an American university.
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| Sony to buy Taiwan Chi Mei small LCD facility |
1/10/2005 |
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With completion of the acquisition, Sony will take over the production facility and its 420 employees at the Yasu plant, which has a third-generation LCD line that employs 550- x 650-mm substrates.
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| IBM leads $2.7B Investment in NY |
1/6/2005 |
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IBM will lead a $2.7 billion investment in a next generation chip plant with help from co-investors Sony, Toshiba and Samsung.
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