Dell said it planned to unveil a new line of certified, Linux-loaded desktop and laptop PCs. But business users who want to buy a Dell machine with the open-source operating system preinstalled won't have that Linux luxury in the near-term.

Technology industry executives are pushing the U.S. Congress to reform the way patents are issued in order to process them more quickly while also making sure they are legitimate.

To cut costs, Nakagawa is considering outsourcing production of the Cell multimedia chip.

One of the most interesting pieces of information is that Apple ranked as the fourth most popular multimedia handset brand in the U.S., despite the lack of any iPhone announcement at the time

But these graphene transistors were very leaky, ...but now the Manchester team has found an elegant way around the problem and made graphene-based transistors suitable for use in future computer chips.

Orders for Japanese semiconductor-making equipment hit a six-year high in January as chip makers bet on future demand for PCs, flat TVs, mobile phones and other gadgets, an industry group said on Wednesday.

The Weighted Price Index of the Taiwan Stock Exchange lost 223.39 points, down 2.8 percent, to close at 7678.67 points in heavy volume, the lowest since the index closed at 7,618.55 Jan. 11.

Sharp, Japan's largest maker of LCD TVs, named Mikio Katayama, head of its audio-visual and LCD business, as president as the company seeks to gain market share overseas.

...The court has yet to address Nano-Proprietary's claims that Canon engaged in fraud to extend its license rights to Toshiba and perhaps other Japanese companies. ...

Wistron Neweb has long supplied Sirius with satellite radios, and the U.S. company's success has helped boost WNC's shares on the Taiwan Stock Exchange.