Motorola said it expects to record about US$122 million in charges in the third quarter of 2007, stemming from its previously announced cost-cutting initiatives and work force reduction.

"...the new memory would pack a hundred bits of data on a single nanowire, could potentially store 10-100 times more data than flash...because it's solid-state memory, it would be far sturdier than magnetic hard drives...the devices could also be more compact and cheaper than conventional solid-state memory..."

AT&T announced the Tilt, a Windows Mobile phone designed by HTC with full BlackBerry e-mail support as well as a 3-megapixel camera, GPS and global high-speed networking.

"...PC makers are likely to order double the number of chips they actually need...issues around overcapacity and the risk of double ordering will drive fundamentals and the stocks over the next 6-12 months..."

Using Omniscient Code Generation (OCG) technology, the compiler examines all program modules prior to compilation, optimizing pointers, registers and stack allocation, as well as eliminating redundant code. The compiler also frees up SRAM and reduces contention for the PSoC device's index register by compiling directly addressable, optimized function stacks for all non-recursive and non-re-entrant code. Since small code size executes in fewer cycles, the new compiler also increases PSoC device performance.

Sony will be able to reach its goal of selling 10 million LCD TVs in the year ending March 31, 2008, Executive Deputy President Katsumi Ihara said Wednesday in an interview with The Nikkei.

Shares of Garmin fell more than 10% on Monday after Nokia offered to buy digital map supplier Navteq. Analysts had speculated that Garmin, whose devices are enabled by GPS technology, might buy Navteq, its main map supplier.

The new LSI is used for six new models of Panasonic's new DIGA-series HD video recorders, including Blu-ray disc recorders with a hard disc drive (HDD) and HDD/DVD recorders, scheduled for release in November 2007. The new-generation UniPhier integrates 250 million transistors onto an LSI chip and uses the MPEG-4 AVC/H.264 codec.

Broadcom announced sampling of a low power multimedia processor for cellphones and portable media players that enables high definition (HD) video camcorder and playback functions in addition to support of up to a 12-megapixel resolution digital camera.

Following Sony, Toshiba plans to begin selling TVs with OLED screens as soon as panels are ready.

Sony has revealed the "second edition" of the Sony Reader, the PRS-505, which has been slimmed down and now comes in either silver, or dark blue.

Nokia Siemens Networks said it will transfer some of its R&D operations in Munich and Berlin to IBM, under an outsourcing deal signed with the US-based group.