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| Chip sales up in November |
1/5/2004 |
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Global sales of semiconductors reached $16.1 billion in November, a 25.7 percent increase compared to a year ago and a fourth straight monthly growth, an industry group said on Monday.
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| Federal Judge Dismisses Spam Suit by AOL |
1/2/2004 |
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A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by America Online against a group of Florida computer technicians who allegedly helped senders of junk e-mails
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| Pirated copies of Microsoft New OS on sale for $3 |
1/2/2004 |
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The Malaysian government is making renewed efforts to combat software piracy, spurred into action by the recent appearance of pirated copies of Microsoft's Longhorn operating system on sale for under $3.
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| China confirms SARs case |
12/30/2003 |
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A suspected case of Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (Sars) in southern Guangdong province was upgraded on Tuesday to a confirmed case, a senior provincial health official said
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| Micron under investigation for price fixing |
12/30/2003 |
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Justice Department is investigating whether the four DRAM chip makers, which account for two thirds of industry sales, tried to manipulate prices in the spot market for chips
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| PlayStation 2 Debut in China Postponed |
12/29/2003 |
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Sony Computer Entertainment has postponed the release of the PlayStation 2 in China, which was slated for Saturday, the company said on Dec 22
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| Weakness seen in Novemeber shipment |
12/26/2003 |
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The month-to-month declines were 2.4 percent for computer, peripherals and storage, 1.4 percent for telecom equipment and 0.4 percent for semiconductors.
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| Microprocessor spot light will be on Intel rivals |
12/24/2003 |
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The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based AMD launched its Opteron 64-bit server processor in April and brought the same technology down to the desktop in September with its Athlon 64-bit processor.
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| Online Christmas Shopping not as expected |
12/24/2003 |
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Many sites on the index delivered average to below average performance overall for consumers attempting to purchase gifts online, Keynote said. The average response time for completing a transaction during this time period has ranged between 14 seconds and 17 seconds.
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| Smaller die returns Micron to profit |
12/24/2003 |
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The megabit production gains were principally due to improved manufacturing yields and transitions to 110-nanometer devices, according to Micron.
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| SIS licensed to sell PCTel WiFi software |
12/24/2003 |
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Chipset vendor Silicon Integrated Systems Corp. (SiS) and PCTel Inc. have formed a partnership to offer wireless communications based on the SiS162 wireless LAN chipset and PCTel's Segue software
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| Technology outsourcing getting popular |
12/24/2003 |
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"It's a business strategy, period. You cut costs. You revamp. You look at what your mission statement says and try to turn a profit," said Sylvia Thomas, who was laid off by chipmaker Agere Systems Inc. after declining offers to relocate to Singapore.
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| Sony outsources DVD burners to Taiwan |
12/23/2003 |
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NEC, Pioneer, Sony and Toshiba were the world¡¯s top four suppliers of DVD burners during the first three quarters of this year, recording respective global market shares of 25%, 19%, 13% and 10%. Other top Japanese DVD burner makers may also soon follow the footsteps of Sony.
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