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| Phone companies are ready to distribute TV |
4/19/2005 |
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Combination of Verizon's Vcast wireless multicast distribution method for carrying streaming video over cellphones and its "FiOS" fiber-to-the-home buildout "give us all the broadband options" to successfully offer a mix of HDTV, IPTV and PVR services, including distributed networked video services to the home.
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| Notebook manufacturer switch to AMD due to MPU shortage |
4/19/2005 |
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China's Tsinghua Unisplendour Corp. Ltd. has moved to develop notebook PCs based on microprocessors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) due to a shortage of competitive chips from rival Intel Corp., according to a report from SinoCast, a Chinese Web site.
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| IBM causes biggest Dow drop this year |
4/18/2005 |
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Despite Q1 revenue inching up 3 percent year-over-year to $22.9 billion at IBM, Big Blue's CFO Thursday admitted the company could have done better in the hard quarter and said there may be some sizable restructuring activities in the near future.
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| Intel start delivery of dual core gamer computers |
4/18/2005 |
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Aimed at computer hobbyists and entertainment enthusiasts, Intel’s dual-core processor-based platform includes its Pentium processor Extreme Edition 840 running at 3.2 GHz and the 955X Express chipset.
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| Adobe to buy Macromedia |
4/18/2005 |
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Adobe Systems have announced plans to buy rival software firm Macromedia for about 3.4 billion dollars in shares.
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| Brillian to try LCOS TV again with new partner |
4/18/2005 |
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Suntron will assume all supply chain management of Brillian's TVs, as well as support the expansion to volume production. It expects to ramp capacity to 1,000 per month by the fourth quarter of 2005 and 3,000 a month by 2006.
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| China marching towards independance on cellphone chip design |
4/18/2005 |
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RDA joins a handful of other China-based companies, including Comlent Inc, Spreadtrum Communications and Commit Inc., that are developing silicon for China's domestic cellular markets, which at more than 300 million users is the largest in the world.
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| Philip's proft falls |
4/18/2005 |
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Philip reported lower than expected first quarter profit amid overcapacity in chips and liquid-crystal displays (LCDs), the company said.
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| SEC delays implementation of stock option accounting rules |
4/18/2005 |
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The SEC said the ruling allows companies to implement the new accounting rules, known as SEC Statement No. 123R, at the beginning of their next fiscal year, instead of their next financial reporting period, beginning after June 15. Small businesses would not have to implement the rules until six months after their December reporting period.
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| Global PC market up 10% |
4/18/2005 |
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The global PCs sales up more than 10 percent in the first quarter, fueled by strong growth in Europe and healthy shipments of notebook PCs, market research firms said.
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| SMIC to Add Assembly & Test |
4/15/2005 |
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SMIC will begin offering its own assembly and test services to customers later this year as the foundry moves into volume production at the 130 nanometer process node.
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| Microsoft to Pay Gateway to Settle Claims |
4/12/2005 |
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Microsoft and Gateway have reached an agreement to settle all past legal issues arising from the U.S. antitrust case against the software maker, the companies said Monday
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| Intel debuts 854 chipset |
4/12/2005 |
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Intel introduced its 854 platform for the consumer electronics application at the Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in Taiwan, held from Apr 11-12.
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| AMD to launched Dual-Core Processor |
4/11/2005 |
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AMD is widely expected to formally launch the first dual-core versions of its popular 64-bit Opteron server processor on April 21.
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