We've been waiting a long time for the Asus Transformer Book -- my ZDNet colleague Adrian Kingsley-Hughes was writing about it last June -- but it looks like the Windows 8 convertible notebook is almost here. It's finally shown up for pre-order at MacMall for a cool US$1,479.99.

The YotaPhone, a dual-screen smartphone from Russia, is moving closer to its debut, first in Russia and later in other markets possibly including the US.

Microsoft recently created some confusion and controversy when it revealed that Office 2013 would be restricted to one PC. People who need to install the software on another PC are out of luck, or so it seems.

Qualcomm has announced a pair of new mobile processors designed for entry-level and mid-range smartphones. Expected in handsets later in 2013, the Snapdragon 200 and 400 balance the high-end 600 and 800 processors introduced in January.

The 55nm LPe 1V is especially suited for high-volume, battery-operated mobile consumer devices, as well as a broad range of green or energy-saving products. PDK and EDA tools are available now, along with MPW shuttle availability.

Romania will "certainly" reduce incentives for solar power generation from 2014 to avoid overcompensation, according to Zoltan Nagy-Bege, a board member at the country's energy regulator, also known as ANRE.

Importers of inexpensive solar panels from China said on Tuesday that imposing tariffs would lead to hundreds of thousands of job losses in the EU, the biggest export market for the China-based equipment.

South Korean chipmaker SK Hynix has appointed its research and development (R&D) chief Park Sung-wook as the new chief executive.

There are two products Apple is rumored to be working on at the moment - a smartwatch and a TV.

Soon after launching iTunes Store in India, Apple has rolled out the Apple TV media streaming box in the country.

According to Nielsen, smartphone and tablet owners are spending 9% and 20% more on going to the movie theater and on home entertainment than those who shun the technology.

Canonical introduces the Ubuntu tablet interface, which will compete with Android, iOS, and Windows with its own take on multitasking and advanced security features. The launch is the next step in Canonical's quest to unify phones, tablets, PCs, and TVs.

The new HTC One, shown exclusively to the BBC at the company's headquarters in Taiwan's capital Taipei weeks before its official launch, differs starkly from HTC's previous phones - and from many other smartphones currently on the market.

Touch-screen suppliers are focusing their production on smartphones and tablets instead of on notebook computers, leading to a shortage of touch screens for notebooks

Engineers trying to mimic the peacocks' color mechanism for screens have locked in structural color, which is made with texture rather than chemicals.

With the introduction of the first smartphones in 2012 with in-cell touch displays, a battle is emerging between the traditional supply chain of ITO-based touch sensors that are externally combined with the display, and the display vendors themselves integrating the touch sensor layers inside their display stackup.

Tokyo's Nikkei national media conglomerate covering business, finance and industry news is reporting this morning that Apple is amongst a number of tech companies that are interested in a new kind of optical film that could create images with better picture quality than OLED film.

Korean news reported that Samsung and LG Display, through the encouragement of the Korean government, are starting to talk with other about settling various intellectual property disputes over AMOLED, and possibly on ways that they can work together on AMOLED technology and market development.

Mitsubishi Electric has come up with a free-form screen car display system which is capable of projecting images on different kinds of screens.

Wireless is set to be the leading growth segment for semiconductor spending among original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) in 2013, with expenditures rising by a double-digit margin to support the burgeoning markets for smartphones, tablets and mobile infrastructure gear, according to IHS iSuppli.

LG Display, which is currently the only manufacturer of OLED panels, said it plans to boost production with a cash injection of US$657 million.

Taiwan-based AU Optronics (AUO) said Monday it has fully settled its price-fixing lawsuit with AT&T, and has accounted for the settlement in its 2012 fourth quarter financial statement.

The yen resumed its slide on Monday as Group of 20 officials held off from censuring Japan for appearing to target a weaker currency as a way to spur growth.

Tela Innovations has filed patent infringement complaints against key mobile handset vendors, including LG, HTC, Nokia and Motorola Mobility.

Corning's strategy calls for growth primarily through global innovation across a balanced product portfolio.

Trading of the Chinese yuan in Taiwan got off to a slow start Wednesday, with many traders preferring to do business in Hong Kong because of the market's greater liquidity.

GlobalFoundries is expected to ramp up to 7nm process technology by 2017.