Business applications vendor SAP AG on Wednesday laid out the future path for its product lifecycle management (PLM) software over the next three-plus years.

As part of its drive to reduce road deaths and injuries, Nissan Motor Co. Ltd. has installed in a car three prototype high-tech systems designed to stop drink driving.

Dell Inc. has agreed to acquire ASAP Software Inc. in a move to meet demand from large customers for tools and services that help manage their software assets.

Intel Corp. has tied with three large Indian PC vendors to assemble the Classmate PC, a PC specially designed for schools.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. saw a sharp fall in operating profits during the three months from April to June due to the weak market for computer memory chips.

Intel Corp. said Monday it plans to buy a US$218.5 million stake in the software firm VMware Inc., bolstering the companies' existing agreement to run VMware's virtualization software on Intel's processors.

A Greenpeace szerint a Nokia, a Dell és a Lenovo a "legzöldebb" elektronikai eszköz gyártó cég, de az Apple is sokat javult.

New Yorkers have a reputation for being a hearty lot and those who want to be among the first to buy an iPhone Friday seem to be made of a particularly tough constitution. Despite temperatures that soared above 90 degrees Fahrenheit Tuesday, several were already lined up outside the Apple Store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan.

Google Inc. plans to launch a Linux version of Google Desktop on Wednesday, almost three years after the product's launch for the Windows operating system.

Network equipment manufacturer Avaya Inc. late Monday agreed to a US$8.2 billion cash buyout by private equity firms TPG Capital LLP and Silver Lake Partners, the companies announced.

Már kaphatóak a Green Tick logóval ellátott Philips televíziók. A környezetbarát termékek száma év végéig duplájára nő.

Microsoft Corp. has chosen what it sees as the next-generation in PC form factors - a computer the size and shape of a coffee table with a flat, touchscreen display - as the third major product it has designed and is branding for the consumer electronics market.

Dell Inc. will officially launch its first three consumer PCs running the Ubuntu 7.04 Linux OS on Thursday, two desktops and an Inspiron E1505n notebook PC.

Under a licensing agreement in its final stages, consumers may get the right to make several legal copies of HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc movies they've purchased, a concession by the movie industry that may quell criticism that DRM (digital rights management) technologies are too restrictive.

A group of chip makers led by IBM Corp. has agreed to further their collaboration by jointly developing 32-nanometer semiconductor production technology, a sign the alliance will continue to move forward.

After several years of development, Fujitsu Ltd. has improved its electronic paper technology to the point where it has begun exploring its commercial use in displays.

TDK Corp. has agreed to sell its recording media division to Imation Corp. for US$300 million in cash and shares, the companies said Thursday.

Microsoft Corp. entered into a broad patent licensing agreement with South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd. aimed at speeding product development efforts for both companies, they said Thursday.

EMI Group has announced a plan to sell its music through online retailers without copy protection technologies, a significant move that should give consumers greater freedom in the way they can listen to music purchased online.

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