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Sony Ericsson cuts 17 per cent of staff 
Mobility
Sony Ericsson cuts 17 per cent of staff
Jul 22, 2008 | Comment Now 
Sony Ericsson has announced 2,000 job cuts as part of a cost reduction measure.
 
Asia gears up for WiMax bonanza 
Mobility
Asia gears up for WiMax bonanza
Jul 7, 2008 | Comment Now 
Market to reach US$5.5bn within four years.
 
Toshiba closes older Flash memory plants 
Hardware
Toshiba closes older Flash memory plants
Jun 18, 2008 | Comment Now 
Toshiba is to close older Flash memory production lines that it jointly owns with US firm SanDisk.
 
China key to US$11bn Asia WiMax bonanza 
Mobility
China key to US$11bn Asia WiMax bonanza
Jun 7, 2008 | Comment Now 
The Asia-Pacific region could have as many as 43 million WiMax subscribers by the end of 2013, according to new forecasts.
 
Samsung profits rise despite troubles 
Finance
Samsung profits rise despite troubles
Apr 26, 2008 | Comment Now 
Samsung has reported a strong financial performance in the first quarter of 2008, offering some solace after the shock resignation of its chairman this week.
 
Wii sales to reach 50 million by spring 2009 
Finance
Wii sales to reach 50 million by spring 2009
Apr 26, 2008 | Comment Now 
Nintendo expects to sell 25 million Wii consoles in the next 12 months, company executives say.
 
Sales remain flat at iPhone maker 
Hardware
Sales remain flat at iPhone maker
Apr 25, 2008 | Comment Now 
Taiwanese manufacturer Foxconn, which assembles the iPhone and other Apple products, saw revenue growth slow to 3.38 per cent during 2007, according to a company statement.
 
Asia wakes up to Bluetooth 
Mobility
Asia wakes up to Bluetooth
Apr 16, 2008 | Comment Now 
After a slow start, almost a billion Bluetooth devices will be sold annually in Asia by 2013, new forecasts predict.
 
Intel puts half a billion into Chinese tech firms 
Hardware
Intel puts half a billion into Chinese tech firms
Apr 12, 2008 | Comment Now 
A subsidiary of chip maker Intel plans to invest US$500m in Chinese technology firms, the company has announced. The funds will be invested in companies with interests ...
 
Asia-Pacific markets take to virtualisation 
Communications
Asia-Pacific markets take to virtualisation
Apr 8, 2008 | Comment Now 
Virtualisation software and service vendors will be making US$1.35bn a year in the Asia-Pacific region within two years, analysts report. The technology is now becoming an ...
 
Asia Pacific expecting IT services bonanza 
Communications
Asia Pacific expecting IT services bonanza
Apr 5, 2008 | Comment Now 
Businesses in Asia will spend almost US$56bn annually on IT services within three years, new research predicts.
 
Japanese mobile firms may unite on standards 
Mobility
Japanese mobile firms may unite on standards
Apr 2, 2008 | Comment Now 
Japan's giant mobile operators look likely to adopt the same technology for their next-generation networks -4G- local media has reported.
 
Asia turns up LCD and plasma TV sales 
Hardware
Asia turns up LCD and plasma TV sales
Mar 21, 2008 | Comment Now 
Sales of flat-panel TVs in Asia increased 62 per cent in the last half of 2007, but traditional CRT televisions are still outselling the new technology, according to new market ...
 
Asia PC sales up, but prices down 
Hardware
Asia PC sales up, but prices down
Mar 15, 2008 | Comment Now 
Retail sales of PCs in Asia surged 21 per cent last year, according to new research, but prices paid by region's consumers fell dramatically.
 
LCD sales drive profits for Sharp 
Finance
LCD sales drive profits for Sharp
Feb 6, 2008 | Comment Now 
Sharp continues to earn healthy profits from LCD panels despite tough competition, according to the company's latest quarterly earnings report.
 
Taiwan group guilty of 90 percent of Microsoft piracy 
Security
Taiwan group guilty of 90 percent of Microsoft piracy
Feb 5, 2008 | Comment Now 
Microsoft claims that a small group led by a recently jailed Taiwanese man was the source of almost all high quality pirated copies of its software up until his arrest in 2004.
 
Memory chip prices remain weak 
Hardware
Memory chip prices remain weak
Jan 22, 2008 | Comment Now 
Buyers of memory chips can look forward to stable or falling prices as supply continues to outstrip demand, analysts in Japan say.
 
China heads for world's largest online population 
Mobility
China heads for world's largest online population
Jan 18, 2008 | Comment Now 
China is expected to become the world's foremost online nation this year, according to data from the country's internet monitors.
 
China's IPTV market disappoints 
Mobility
China's IPTV market disappoints
Jan 17, 2008 | Comment Now 
Internet TV operators in China appear to have severely overestimated the growth rate of the market, according to new research.
 
Battery explosion 'not serious' for LG 
Mobility
Battery explosion 'not serious' for LG
Jan 16, 2008 | Comment Now 
An incident in which a notebook battery exploded and caught fire is unlikely to have any lasting impact on manufacturer LG Electronics, analysts in Korea believe.
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