"TI declared a 100% increase in its regular quarterly cash dividend to US$0.08 per quarter, resulting in annual dividend payments of $0.32 per share..."

"...Worldwide semiconductor revenue is projected to grow 7.9% in 2007 to US$267.3 billion...The industry should surpass US$300 billion in revenues in 2010..."

"...profit surged because of lower production costs had helped Intel withstand another round in a fierce price battle with AMD..."

The company expects to sell 2.2 million flat-panel TVs, including 1.4 million plasma display sets, in the year started April 1.

"...The results paint a picture of dynamic markets in the Asia-Pacific region, notably China and India; a rebound in Europe, with the big German market especially strong; a continuing recovery in Japan; and sluggishness in the US..." "

Innovation and US competitiveness will suffer if kids don't get a better education, a panel of experts said Tuesday.

European mobile operators are gearing up to "substantially" increase the wholesale prices that they charge non-European operators whose customers roam onto their networks.

"...Toshiba is saying to its competitors that NAND demand may continue to grow for many years, but it will be the lower cost producers that make any decent returns. The capital being spent at Fab 4 is returned with low but acceptable margins due the immense scale of the facility...Are the others matching this?... No!..."

BestofMedia Group and TG Publishing recently announced a merger to form one of the top-three online media publishing companies for technology in the world and one of the top-two in pan-European rankings.

We had a chance to test the highly anticipated Geforce 8600 GTS card. The card we tested is clocked at the default 675 MHz core and 2000 MHz memory. We won't go in many details but we can say that in 3Dmark 03 it is 3000 faster than the reference clocked 7600 GT, in 3Dmark 05 it scores 11.400 and runs 5.000 points faster.