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"...Merrill Lynch & Co. analysts said in a Sep 26 report that STMicroelectronics may get a leveraged buyout offer...STM would be a bigger buyout than Freescale or NXP..."

Sony shares fall 1% on global battery recall (Sep 28)

HP puts its gaming hopes in VoodooPC (Sep 29)

User-generated web content to grow fast through 2010, says In-Stat

New displays and technologies to be shown at FPD International 2006 (Sep 28)

Illuminating the OLED lighting roadmap (Sep 28)

Consumers say Sharp cheated them (Sep 29)

Samsung, LG fighting to be thinner (Sep 28)

Vodafone to unveil own-brand 3G phone -source (Sep 28)

Microsoft unveils Xbox HD-DVD price, games partner (Sep 28)

Researchers: Homes have more TVs than people (Sep 28)

Conexant to receive US$100 million through Jazz (Sep 26)

'iWoz'-Apple co-founder tells his story (Sep 28)

Lenovo ships first AMD-based desktop PC (Sep 28)

Intel shows pint-size server motherboard (Sep 28)

Intel's next-gen notebooks to feature Nokia chip (Sep 28)

Sharp unveils full HD LCD TVs in UK (Sep 27)

Second HP employee issued probe warning (Sep 28)

Hynix sees memory chip strength to continue in Oct (Sep 27)

"...Hynix raised contract prices of both DRAM and NAND flash memory chips for 2HSep...this trend should continue at least until October..."

Intel: Steeley chip means lower ultramobile prices (Sep 28)

Toshiba expands CMOS image sensor lineup (Sep 26)

Philips chip unit to raise SSMC stake for $185 mln (Sep 27)

"...NXP said it will increase its stake in Singapore-based contract chip maker SSMC to as much as 68%...while TSMC owns 32% and as the right to acquire a pro rata portion of these shares..."

SanDisk CompactFlash hits 16GB (Sep 26)

Apple shares jump on bullish analyst call (Sep 27)

Tech firms post strong job growth (Sep 27)

Judge limits claims against Intel (Sep 27)

Nintendo fans say Wii will rule despite the facts (Sep 30)

Sony to boost PlayStation 3 demonstrations fivefold (Sep 26)

AOL members sue over search data release (Sep 26)

New Nokia phones and music recommendation service (Sep 26)

Microsoft offers explorer patch ahead of schedule (Sep 26)

Judge limits scope of suit by AMD against Intel (Sep 27)

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