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Article | 5/06/2007 COMPUTEX - Asustek previews Net radio, overclocking laptop

If the Internet radio with iPod port and laptop PC built for microprocessor overclocking that Asustek Computer Inc. showed off on Monday are any indic...

Article | 4/06/2007 Taiwan's miCard chosen as global memory card standard

A Taiwanese research institute has produced a new global memory card standard, the miCard (Multiple Interface card) designed to work in smaller consum...

Article | 29/05/2007 Report: Microsoft has sold over a million Zunes

Microsoft has beaten its goal of shipping over a million Zune digital music players by June, according to a newspaper report.

Article | 23/05/2007 Ritek to start mass producing BD-RE discs

Taiwanese disc maker Ritek plans to start mass producing BD-RE (Blu-Ray Disc Rewritable) discs as well as HD DVD-RE (high definition) discs in the thi...

Article | 9/02/2007 Merger puts Taiwan's AU in running for LCD title

For years, two South Korean giants have dominated the LCD panel industry, but a recent merger in Taiwan has propelled AU Optronics into the running fo...

Article | 29/01/2007 One billion mobile phones were shipped in 2006: IDC

Blockbuster mobile phone sales during the holiday season last year propelled shipments to over one billion for all of 2006, market researcher IDC said...

Article | 15/01/2007 CES - HD DVD gets boost from adult film industry

Early support from the adult film industry may be helping HD DVD to take an early lead over Blu-ray Disc in the battle to become the next-generation D...

Article | 10/01/2007 CES - $100 laptop group shows off recharger

The group behind the US$100 laptop computer aimed at schoolchildren in developing countries has developed a novel battery recharger for the machine th...

Article | 9/01/2007 CES - New Motorola music handset marries Microsoft, Linux

Motorola announced a new music-enabled mobile phone Monday that syncs its Linux OS with Microsoft's Windows Media Player on Windows XP, as well as PCs...

Article | 9/01/2007 CES - Motorola CEO announces new phones, digital TV boxes

Motorola Chief Executive Officer Ed Zander rode onto stage Monday for his keynote speech at the International Consumer Electronics Show on a bike arme...

Article | 9/01/2007 CES - Toshiba expects to ship 1.8M HD DVD players in 2007, unveils 51GB HD DVD

New movie releases, more market entrants, improved technology and 1.8 million HD DVD players from Toshiba are the weapons companies plan to use in the...

Article | 9/01/2007 CES - Samsung to launch ultramobile PC with flash memory

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will launch the latest addition to its family of ultramobile PCs on Monday, a device that uses a 32G byte solid-state fla...

Article | 6/11/2006 Microsoft aims Xbox 360 at developing nations

Microsoft became one of the first game console makers to launch in India when it launched the Xbox 360 in seven cities in September.

Article | 6/11/2006 BenQ unveils Vista-approved LCD monitors

BenQ has unveiled some new flat-panel monitors that have been qualified to work with Microsoft's upcoming Windows Vista operating system.

Article | 14/09/2006 Yahoo, Acer ink homepage, search engine pact

Yahoo reached a deal for prime real estate on all Acer PCs shipped globally, with a co-branded toolbar, homepage and search engine, the companies said...