NextWindow, a leading provider of optical touch screens to manufacturers of desktop PCs, monitors and large-format displays, has announced the opening of an office in Seoul, South Korea. The new office will be led by country manager Yong-sun Kim, who joins NextWindow after senior sales roles at international companies including Intel.

Konica Minolta has decided to enhance its production capacity of glass substrates of hard disk drives (HDDs) by adding production line in response to a rapid growth in demand and the accelerated increase in storage density.

Carmakers will be scrambling to meet demand for electric cars - and the lithium batteries that power them - within the next two years, Carlos Ghosn, chief executive of Renault and Nissan, has predicted.

Many of the nation's top retail chains reported much stronger-than-expected February sales Thursday, furthering hopes that U.S. consumers are starting to loosen their purse strings.

The Obama administration has declassified some general information about the Comprehensive National Cybersecurity Initiative (CNCI), a sweeping program that protects the government and critical civilian networks from cyberattacks.