CyberLink recently released its latest version of MakeDisc, which enables authoring of video and photos, and the burning of data and music files on Blu-ray Discs and DVDs.

Dell has announced that it will partner with Chinese retailer Gome. The company plans to deploy Dell products and services in 50 Gome major metropolitan locations, followed by significant expansion early next year. With nearly 1,000 stores across China, Gome is one of the company's largest retailers.

BitTorrent has established a wholly owned subsidiary headquartered in Tokyo.

Microsoft's heavily hyped first-person shooter Halo 3 was officially released at 12am this morning, and the wait in line for some customers was not just anticipatory, but also apprehensive.

Iomega is turning its attention to Mac users with an expanded line of external storage products it unveiled at Apple Expo in Paris this week.

Alcatel-Lucent and Kyocera Wireless announced that the two companies have signed a joint development agreement under which they will collaborate on the development of end-to-end wireless broadband solutions based on Universal WiMAX technology.

Broadcom announced its first single-chip global positioning system (GPS) solution.

California-based Magellan Navigation has teamed up with semiconductor distributor Zenitron Corporation to introduce its auto navigation devices to the Chinese market.

Multiple sources have confirmed that rumble-enabled PS3 controllers are now playable at this week's Tokyo Game Show.

Borders announced it has signed an agreement with Sony that expands their existing relationship for the sale of the Reader Digital Book, and includes a new, co-branded version of Sony's online store for e-book downloads expected to be launched in October.

The chief executive of Microsoft's Greater China business, Chen Yongzheng, has resigned, the world's largest software maker said on Wednesday.

Last night, Google unveiled the latest component of Google Docs, the long-awaited presentation component of its free, online office application suite. Like the word processing and spreadsheet components of Google Docs, Presentations are stored online and can be worked on collaboratively by a number of users at the same time.

The Chinese PC maker still wants to acquire the Netherlands company, but the hoped-for deal "is not a single-point strategy," says a Lenovo exec.

Google is launching AdSense for Mobile, which will allow marketers to place contextual ads on sites viewed via mobile devices.

Yahoo has launched a new website similar to social networking sites MySpace and Facebook.

A spokesperson for the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Project told the AP on Friday that the price of the XO laptop has risen to US$188 per unit and that the project faces product delays.

Wipha's eye was 160 kilometers east of the northeastern coastal city of Ilan at 10 a.m. local time, Taiwan's Central Weather Bureau said in a statement on its Web site. The storm was moving northwest at 20 kilometers per hour, the bureau's advisory said. The eye is expected to skirt north Taiwan and make landfall in China tomorrow after 8 a.m. tomorrow, the bureau said. Heavy rain and strong winds are expected with winds as high as 240 kilometers per hour (150 miles per hour).