If you thought that quality among DRAM DIMMs was evenly distributed, or that most DRAM errors are not due to hardware problems, Google has proven you wrong.

Despite a report from Digitimes stating Acer will delay the launch of its Android netbook until October, Acer said it remains on track to launch a version of its Aspire One netbook with Google's Android mobile operating system in the third quarter of this year.

Microsoft has announced Office Starter 2010, a reduced-functionality and ad-supported version that includes only Word and Excel. It is meant as a replacement for Microsoft Works and will only be available on new PCs sold by OEMs.

IMEC's revenues will be down only about 5% this year, compared to drops of 20% generally among electronics vendors. "R&D is the last part to cut because they need to continue to innovate," said company CEO Van den hove.

"People are printing money, gold is going up," according to investor Jim Rogers in an interview on Bloomberg Television.

Dongbu has begun shipping the display chip used in 19-inch computer monitors to LG Display. The contract will pave the way for us to strengthen our position as a display chip-focused manufacturer," a company spokesman Kwon Ki-joo has said.

The European Commission's new proposal to boost solar technology development focuses too much on research and not enough on deploying commercial technologies, according to the European Photovoltaic Industry Association (EPIA).

The cell chip in Toshiba's TV is the same as the one in Sony's PS3.