Sony announced plans to sell a newly designed, lighter version of the PlayStation 2 in Japan on November 22.

Microsoft is set to release a pair of low-cost enterprise search products, a move one company official said comes at a time when the market in question is "at a tipping point."

As cell phone use has skyrocketed, making it hard to avoid hearing half a conversation in many public places, a small but growing band of rebels is turning to a blunt countermeasure: the cell phone jammer, a gadget that renders nearby mobile devices impotent.

China Mobile, China's biggest mobile telecom operator, has joined the alliance of technology and wireless companies initiated by Google to co-develop Android, the first open and comprehensive platform for mobile devices.

"...It's too early to commit to more investment at this stage...Polysilicon prices are 15-20% higher than a year ago and Tokuyama expects prices to rise further next year to reflect rising prices of raw materials..."

The household PC market is losing momentum to other electronics like flat-panel TVs and mobile phones," said Masahiro Katayama, research group head at market survey firm IDC

Wal-Mart's early price-cutting has ignited a wave of deep discounts that could rival Black Friday's blockbuster deals.

Its Blu-ray player price seen around US$400; considering first U.S. OLED TVs

"...CIOs should prepare two budgets for 2008...to assume growth similar to that seen over the past six years and the need to cut costs with the arrival of a recession...Gartner said 2007 had been a milestone year for IT, which was set to become a £1.5tn market. But a tightening economy would change the growth rate of the IT industry in 2008..."