Appeals have been filed against the US Department of Commerce's recent ruling that Chinese photovoltaic manufacturers may assemble and ship modules to the US using solar cells produced in countries outside of China without incurring tariffs.

For the last four months, Chinese hackers have persistently attacked The New York Times, infiltrating its computer systems and getting passwords for its reporters and other employees.

Samsung said it was 99% sure that the phone wasn't one of theirs, adding: "It looks more like an HTC model."

Fujitsu and Panasonic are in the final stage of talks to go ahead with a merger of their large-scale integrated chip (LSI) operations into a new company, NHK reported Friday.

Toshiba has subsequently brought this high level performance to its original microcontrollers and to ARM core-based microcontrollers. The newly-developed NANO Flash-100 achieves a zero-wait cycle during random access at 100MHz operation.

ARM, the designer of chips for leading smartphones, beat analyst expectations with full-year profits up 20%. A presentation to investors by CEO Warren East was dominated by talk of the 'post-PC' era, in which the market for Internet-enabled devices will spread into areas such as security and healthcare.

A source familiar with the situation tells me that the software giant was worried about other customers thinking that Microsoft had incentive to value one over another, so it chose not to take an equity position.

It's clear Samsung is serious about expanding its footprint in Silicon Valley. In December the Korean company announced it is building a 1.1-million-square-foot R&D center in San Jose and an incubator in Palo Alto. This week it also unveiled a "Strategy and Innovation Center" in Menlo Park, which Sohn oversees.

Apple's press release for the new 128GB iPad contains an unusual concession from the company: the word "multitouch."

Japan-based company Toray managed to impress us a couple of times last year by producing two different, yet equally useful touchscreen films.

Designers can stretch the operating battery life of handheld devices through judicious management of the operational states. Touchscreens, which are now nearly ubiquitous, make a good example.

E Ink, the parent company of Hydis, appeared to have no concrete plans on how to run Hydis, a local manufacturer of LCDs.

Recent technology advances and a growing role for automotive Internet connections have auto makers giving a new look at windshield projection technologies that could one day replace dashboard displays.

The contraction of manufacturing across the eurozone slowed in January amid signs that the worst may be over, according to a survey.

Smart phones primarily use two types of displays: the active-matrix organic light-emitting diode (AMOLED) and the liquid crystal display (LCD).

At CES Sharp made its new IGZO technology a centerpiece of the company's presentation on Press Day that will transform displays by moving from amorphous silicon (A-Si) material to the Indium Gallium Zinc Oxide with far superior electron mobility and much smaller TFTs (thin film transistors) that significantly boost the pixel aperture ratio.

The EU launched a new ??1.2-million 3-year project called Flex-o-Fab that aims to help commercialize flexible OLEDs within six years. The project partners will create a a pilot-scale modular yet integrated manufacturing chain for flexible OLEDs, and use it to develop reliable fabrication / production processes.

It's only a prototype right now, but a group of engineers at the National Taiwan University in Taipei think that using fingernail-mounted OLED screens could solve a number of UI problems plaguing today's gadgets.

Reports are circling around Apple's supply chain of a potential shift in the company's display strategy for its future iPhones and iPads -- moving back to LCDs and away from touch panels -- but a drastic realignment of its supply chain is probably not likely, observes DisplaySearch.

To quote the immortal lines of Dr. Ian Malcolm (Jeff Goldblum) in Jurassic Park: "your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, that they didn't stop to think if they should."

Taiwan's top economic official resigned Friday as popular support for the government has plunged, though the island appears to be rebounding from an economic slowdown.

LDK Solar Co Ltd said China Development Bank Corp approved a CNY440 million (US$69.8 million) loan, as the country's state-run banks continue to extend credit to its solar companies.

Nokia, Plastic Logic, Philips, Dyson, and BaE systems are among more than 20 industry partners who have pledged 瞿13 million worth of support for a new graphene R&D centre to be established at Cambridge University.

Touch screen technology has become an integral part of our lives. They have revolutionized the way we interact with gadgets and smart devices.

Moneual has unveiled a design for a touchscreen cafe table that can display apps to help diners browse and order off the menu. Basically, Seamless has arrived to a real world setting.

Acer has recently denied a news report saying that it was organizing an alliance of touchscreen suppliers in the country to battle competitors in South Korea.

China plans to increase its goal for solar-power installations in 2015 by 67% to reduce reliance on fossil fuels blamed for greenhouse gases and as smog in Beijing reached record hazardous levels this month.

It's been leaked and previewed and speculated about for months now. The only thing left to do with the BlackBerry 10 operating system is release it, and RIM-now officially renamed to "BlackBerry"-finally did that today at its press event in New York City.

Nintendo's new Wii U console had a tough holiday launch, and its 3DS handheld continues to struggle.

As expected, Qualcomm cashed in on smartphone sales and the chipsets that go with them. In a statement, Qualcomm CEO Paul Jacobs said the company is positioned for strong growth courtesy of its Qualcomm Snapdragon 800 and 600 processors.