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Article | 9/05/2008 Microsoft's answer to Google Sky to launch at end of May

Microsoft will launch Worldwide Telescope, a tool for exploring images of the night sky, by the end of May, free to anyone who wants to use it, Micros...

Article | 9/05/2008 Microsoft talks up using printers to make drugs

In the not-too-distant future, people could use computer printers to make simple medicines as part of a do-it-yourself model of health care, a top Mic...

Article | 6/05/2008 HTC beats Apple to 3G with Microsoft-based iPhone rival

High Tech Computer announced the HTC Touch Diamond on Tuesday, a smartphone running Microsoft Windows Mobile 6.1 Professional and with a touch screen ...

Article | 6/05/2008 Battery shortage should evaporate by Q3

A shortage of lithium-ion batteries currently hurting laptop computer shipments will likely ease in the third quarter, said the head of the world's la...

Article | 1/05/2008 Asus: Eee PC shipments to soar in second quarter

Asustek Computer on Wednesday forecast it will nearly double shipments of the popular Eee PC low-cost laptop in the second quarter, compared to the fi...

Article | 29/04/2008 Contract chip manufacturing growth slows in 2007

Global revenue growth in the contract chip making business slowed in 2007 as a chip glut early in the year hit companies such as partners IBM Microele...

Article | 8/04/2008 Asustek sues IBM in patent row

Asustek Computer has filed suit against IBM over alleged infringement of two patents, just a few months after IBM filed a similar action against the T...

Article | 3/04/2008 RIM ships record number of BlackBerries in Q4

Research In Motion (RIM) shipped 14 million smartphones last year, including a record high 4.4 million in the fourth quarter, the company said Wednesd...

Article | 3/04/2008 IDF - Memory makers hope Intel Centrino 2 spurs DDR3

Global memory chip makers are hurrying DDR3 (double data rate, third generation) DRAM (dynamic RAM) into Intel validation labs in hopes the processor ...

Article | 18/03/2008 Google News, YouTube blocked in China amid Tibet riots

Beijing appears to have taken a page out of Myanmar's playbook by blocking some Internet access amid rioting in Tibet that has already seen as many as...

Article | 14/03/2008 Asus predicts Windows Eee PC will outsell Linux version

Asustek Computer (Asus) predicts the Eee PC it has started selling with Microsoft Windows XP Home edition on board will outsell the original Linux-bas...

Article | 7/03/2008 Samsung, Adidas take on iPod, Nike

Samsung Electronics and Adidas have joined the race against Apple and Nike to offer people a device that plays music and keeps track of workouts.

Article | 4/03/2008 Gartner lowers global chip forecast on memory doldrums

Gartner has lowered its 2008 global semiconductor forecast, citing falling memory chip prices and a weakening global economy.

Article | 4/03/2008 Acer to acquire smartphone maker E-Ten

Acer, the world's third largest PC vendor, has signed an agreement to buy handheld device maker E-Ten Information Systems of Taiwan.

Article | 25/02/2008 Blu-ray Disc faces fight against downloads

Blu-ray Disc may have beaten out HD DVD as the high-definition optical disc format to replace DVDs, but it now faces a new test against Internet downl...