One of the key issues historically on the Wintel (Windows-based PCs) side of the PC industry has been the lack of cooperation between software providers and PC OEMs (vendors). According to Joshua Shapiro, a managing partner...

Chairwoman Rosemary Ho for Global Mobile, one of the six WiMAX operators in Taiwan, has expressed her opinions about how WiMAX will develop under competition from LTE and the company's WiMAX operations in an interview with...

Digitimes Research has been publishing quarterly research reports on the ICT (information and communications technology) and FPD (flat-panel display) industries since 2004. Starting this year, the research arm of Digitimes...

The China telecom market officially entered the 3G era just two years ago, much later than some of its neighbors, such as Japan and Taiwan. But its 3G market will be growing fast in the next few years, and Digitimes Research...

On June 1, Novell announced that it will release Suse MeeGo as a fully supported operating system (OS) for netbooks. MeeGo is built on the codestream from the MeeGo Project, the Linux-based OS established when Intel and...

With the economic recovery still on shaky ground and instability rearing its head throughout the world, companies have continued to trim business travel budgets. To stay connected, businesses are relying more than ever...

On May 31, 2010, Taiwan's Ministry of Economic Affairs (MOEA) will host its annual Taiwan Business Alliance Conference, with this year's focus being the arrival of a new 3C industry, namely cloud computing, connectivity...

As the Taiwan government plans to issue mobile TV operating licenses around the end of 2010, Qualcomm will partner with Taiwan-based enterprises, including Foxlink and Linkmedia Technology (a joint venture of Foxlink and...

Inventec Appliances is an ODM maker rolling out MP3 players, GPS devices, smartphones, VoIP phones, and 3G data cards, and yet it is also the vendor of OKWAP-brand handsets. In addition, the company has recently unveiled...

Improvement in PC hardware in recent years has helped spur the development, creation and manipulation of multimedia, especially video. CyberLink is well known for its multimedia software applications and has grown and adapted...

Google's announcement of Android in early November brought a lot of press to the idea of an open handset platform. Such an idea, however, is not new and OpenMoko is one company that has been publicly pursuing such a goal...

The enormous success of the mobile phone as a "must have" consumer item has brought in its train a number of security issues, and notably the unlocking of the SIM Lock/IMEI. There's a lot of pressure on designers...

BitTorrent recently has made a push to reinvent itself as a content distribution company and has signed deals with Warner Brothers and other studios to distribute their movies and shows. DigiTimes.com had an opportunity...

In the realm of multimedia, CyberLink is probably best known for its PowerDVD software player. With the release of Blu-ray and HD DVD players this year, CyberLink has been busy incorporating the two next-generation formats...

The development of 3G and HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) technologies still remains the current focus of the mobile communications industry, and chances are low that WiMAX will become a mainstream standard since it is...

Mentor Graphics is routinely assessed as the third of the "big three" in EDA, but in practice, this pigeon-holing is simply a comparative reference to revenues. The truth is that in a period of little to no growth...

Mentor Graphics is routinely assessed as the third of the "big three" in EDA, but in practice, this pigeon-holing is simply a comparative reference to revenues. The truth is that in a period of little to no growth...

Finland based and a specialist in IP for mobile video, Hantro is a small company but one with international representation. The company is now poised to offer both hardware- and software-IP solutions for emerging markets...

Texas Instruments (TI) has established itself as a leading provider of chips for mobile phones, but as mobile devices see an increasing convergence between communications and entertainment, TI is increasingly positioning...

Back in June, companies from all facets of the IT industry converged in Taipei for the Computex IT trade show to display their latest wares and catch up on the latest happenings in the IT industry. Many people associate...

Texas Instruments (TI) has established itself as a leading provider of chips for mobile phones, but as mobile devices see an increasing convergence between communications and entertainment, TI is increasingly positioning...

Rumors of an AMD acquisition of ATI had been swirling for some time. Certainly the rumor mill was at work prior to Computex in June. Reactions to the initial rumors were varied, ranging from financial incredulity, when...

The name Philips has long been associated with consumer electronics, but as the concept of the connected home has developed and begun to take on meaning, Philips Semiconductors has become one of the main suppliers of silicon...

As a pioneer of a new technology, called IPTV (Internet Protocol Television), that delivers digital TV services to subscribers using the IP protocol over a broadband connection, UK-based ANT Software has already obtained...