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Article | 13/04/2011 Gigabyte to sell dual-boot Windows-Android tablet this year

Taiwanese motherboard maker Gigabyte Technology will come out with two Android tablets later this year, including one that can also run Windows, and a...

Article | 13/04/2011 Gigabyte prices Windows 7 tablet PC to match iPad in Taiwan

Gigabyte Technology has begun taking orders for its S1080 Windows 7 tablet in its home market of Taiwan, and expects to start sales in other parts of ...

Article | 8/04/2011 Japan's NTT aims to fix quake-hit undersea cables by May

Seven segments of undersea data and telephone transmission cables that were damaged in the March 11 earthquake off Japan should be repaired by early M...

Article | 7/04/2011 Quake unlikely to raise prices, say Taiwanese PC makers

Taiwanese PC makers said on Thursday that product prices would hold steady this year despite disruptions to raw material supplies after the massive Ja...

Article | 6/04/2011 Pickup in lens orders points to more tablets with cameras

A Taiwanese producer of plastic lenses said on Wednesday its March revenues shot up because of a surge in orders from tablet PC makers, indicating tha...

Article | 31/03/2011 Mitsubishi to resume making chip packaging resin after quake

Mitsubishi Gas Chemical will restart production of a resin vital for chip packaging early next month, at a factory that was damaged by the March 11 ea...

Article | 30/03/2011 Taiwan pushes IT sector to target user experience

Officials in Taiwan said on Wednesday they would work with the island's hardware-intensive IT sector over the next three years to design new ways for ...

Article | 29/03/2011 Demand for tablets, smartphones creates jobs in Taiwan

Semiconductor companies in Taiwan plan to hire thousands of new employees on the island this year to meet the fast-growing global consumer demand for ...

Article | 28/03/2011 IBM expands server laboratory in Taiwan

IBM is expanding a laboratory in Taiwan to design high-end servers for the growing demands of corporate database users, the company said on Monday.

Article | 25/03/2011 Asustek to hold netbook shipments flat as tablet sales grow

Asustek Computer will hold production of netbooks at last year's levels as sales of tablets eat into the market for portable PCs, a company product sp...

Article | 25/03/2011 Acer to lay off 10 percent of China staff

Acer, one of the world’s biggest PC makers, will lay off 10 percent of staff in China as its workforce there overlaps with that of local partner Found...

Article | 24/03/2011 Water shortage looms for Taiwan science park

Lower-than-normal rainfall around a major technology manufacturing area in Taiwan, the Hsinchu Science Park, has prompted the government to cut water ...

Article | 23/03/2011 HTC focuses on content with new exec appointment

High Tech Computer (HTC) named its first chief content officer this week, showing how the Taiwanese smartphone maker aims to push more deeply into con...

Article | 22/03/2011 Google says Microsoft patent lawsuit threatens innovation

Google took a slap at Microsoft on Tuesday, saying the software giant's patent lawsuit against bookseller Barnes & Noble's Android-based e-reader ...

Article | 22/03/2011 Analyst: Japanese quake cuts silicon wafer supply

The massive earthquake in Japan this month has suspended a quarter of the world's production of silicon wafers for semiconductors, hitting memory chip...