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.

In the end, plummeting sales and a devastated brand scared away potential investors from financially troubled BenQ Mobile GmbH & Co. OHG, which failed to find a buyer to rescue it, according to the company's insolvency administrator.

Asustek Computer Inc. launched its second LCD (liquid crystal display) TV this week, extending the growing visibility of its brand name in the digital home segment. The product comes as demand for new LCD TVs gains momentum, according to market researcher iSuppli Corp.

Sony Corp. was ranked the best brand in the U.S. for the seventh year in a row, Harris Interactive Inc. said Wednesday.

CoolBrands díjat vehetett át június 29-én Magyarország legnépszerűbb, majdnem egymillió felhasználóval rendelkező közösségi portálja, az iWiW.

Intel Corp. will sell its new generation of 65-nanometer desktop and laptop chips under the brand name "Core 2 Duo" when it launches them this summer, the company said.

NEC Corp. has been the victim of a large-scale piracy ring that sold both counterfeit NEC goods as well as NEC-branded products that the company does not even manufacture, it acknowledged on Friday.

Though the new head of Microsoft Corp.'s MSN division has been calling the company's MSN portal "MSN Media Network" internally, Microsoft has no formal plans to rebrand the site, a Microsoft spokeswoman said Thursday.