Skype Ltd. is looking to a 1968 ruling by the U.S. Federal Communications Commission to open up the country's mobile phone industry for "unlocked" devices and third-party applications - such as Skype.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) has pumped up the performance of its Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor and cooled down two single-core Athlon 64 processors.

Beset by sinking prices for microprocessors and the cost of acquiring graphics chip company ATI, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) Tuesday reported a fourth-quarter loss of US$574 million, down from a profit of $96 million for the same quarter last year.

Microsoft Corp.'s Chairman Bill Gates kicked off the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Sunday by unveiling new products that support his company's vision of a world full of connected devices that serve up real-time, personalized content to users.

Just as the number of Bluetooth device users passed the billion mark, a lawsuit threatens the momentum of the short range wireless technology.

Intel Corp. should have to share documents that could show it used monopolistic practices to force overseas PC vendors and retailers to shun Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) chips, the special master to a U.S. federal court recommended Friday.

After watching its market share for the North American desktop PC market slip in a soft third quarter, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) will seek greater profits in 2007 through a new family of quad-core server chips and its acquisition of graphics chip maker ATI.

IBM Corp. and Yahoo Inc. have developed a free, entry-level, enterprise search application that at least one analyst believes will seriously disrupt the low-end segment of this market where Google Inc. has been selling many of its Mini search devices.

ATI Technologies Inc. lost ground in every major graphics product category during the third quarter, and its acquisition by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is likely to blame, according to Jon Peddie Research.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) began selling its top chip for desktop PCs made with a 65-nanometer design on Tuesday, continuing its efforts to keep up with Intel Corp. as the industry migrates from 90-nm design to a faster, more efficient generation of processors.

Nintendo Co. Ltd. launched its Wii console in Japan on Saturday, making it the third country to see the device on sale after it was launched in the U.S. and Canada on Nov. 19.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) launched a motherboard with four cores on Thursday, targeting gaming enthusiasts in an effort to keep pace with the release of quad-core chips by rival Intel Corp.

Motorola Inc. said Friday it would acquire Good Technology Inc., the software firm that provides the mobile e-mail application on Motorola's Q smartphone and on many competing devices.

Slim Devices CEO Sean Adams revealed on Wednesday that computer accessory-maker Logitech is acquiring the company. Adams made the announcement on the Slim Devices community forum ahead of the official announcement.

A Slim Devices megvásárlásával az egészen egyedülálló Transporter fejlesztői csatlakoznak a Logitech amúgy sem szegényes portfóliójához.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. Wednesday announced it has developed a new device driver to make handheld-device screens brighter, even in broad daylight.

Sandisk Corp. now offers a small, lightweight portable device that allows consumers to record all types of video input, including live TV, to a range of flash memory cards.

Az SAP AG bejelentette stratégiai befektetést hajtott végre az intelligens eszközmenedzsment (intelligent device management, IDM) területén tevékenykedő, kaliforniai Questra Corporationben.

A spike in PC demand has created a new shortage of Intel Corp. chipsets, potentially reviving an issue blamed for causing the company to lose market share to rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) last year.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) on Tuesday released a new version of its Opteron processor, the popular server chip that has made AMD a serious competitor of rival Intel Corp.