China's fabless chip companies are turning to Taiwan to a greater degree to help them get close to the leading-edge in geometry and compete globally, according to an IC design house and fabless chip company survey conducted by EE Times-China.

When Maurio Medley, an eighth-grade math teacher at Ocoee Middle School in central Florida, wants to teach his students how to find the volume of a cylinder, he doesn't turn to a textbook or chalkboard. Instead, he turns on a 3-D-enabled projector to rotate a virtual Euclidian solid.

An LG executive said Tuesday that the firm's rival Samsung Electronics is moving away from the active 3-D display technology and develop its own "passive" technology for its TVs.

South Korea's LG Electronics said it has tied up with Dutch giant Philips and Japan's Sharp to ramp up production of applications for Internet-powered televisions.

South Korea's exports of information technology (IT) products reached 13.06 billion U.S. dollars in August due to strong demand for the locally-made smartphones and TVs, a government report showed Wednesday.

Science and technology giant EI DuPont de Nemours & Co., announced that it has filed a lawsuit in Delaware against Heraeus Holding GmbH and Heraeus Materials Technology, LLC related to its front-side metallization paste materials used in solar cell technology.

...In the end, it is a glass half-full or glass half-empty situation? Is the process a dog compared to past processes? Sure. Is it doing things no one else can? Sure.

Dell plans to release a smartphone shopping application this week, a move that mimics the tactics of competitor Apple as the tech giant ramps up marketing toward consumers ahead of the holiday shopping season. Dell's application, which will run on phones powered by Google's Android operating system, will let customers choose and pay for a computer, as well as customize its features. The app will also include product reviews in order to help tech buyers make their decisions.

Semico Research now expects chip sales to decline 2% compared to 2010. It previously forecast that the chip market would grow by 6% in 2011.

Among Sony's releases at IFA is one that could put a dent in Kindle's dominance of the eReader space - the 6-inch Sony Reader Wi-Fi.

The rumours are unstoppable: Amazon is going to unveil a tablet in the next few weeks, and if the hands-on description of an internal prototype by MG Siegler over at Techcrunch are even vaguely correct, then it's going to be a 7in device with a colour touchscreen running a forked version of Android, at a price around $250. (UK price still unknown).

The HP TouchPad saw massive consumer frenzy as soon as the device's price was lowered to $99. HP itself was shocked by the want that was generated during the fire sale.

Despite being the only TechCrunch writer in Seattle, I don't get out to Microsoft nearly as much as one might expect. The fact is it's on the other side of a big lake and getting there usually involves a lot of traffic.

Following strong performance in the nine months since its appointment as a Samsung distributor to the CI trade, AWE embarks on a new phase of growth with the introduction of Samsung new ELITE and D8000 Smart TV's plus the launch of its dedicated Samsung Smart View Media Player (Galaxy S Wi Fi 5.0) Touch Panel promotion.

The state-owned Brazilian Development Bank (BNDES) is seeking a stake in a plant planned by Taiwan-based Foxconn Technology Group in the Latin American country, said Brazil's science and technology minister Friday.

CIGS PV will rapidly penetrate the market for conventional PV panels, BIPV and portable PV, driving growth in demand for indium, according to a recent market report by industry analyst firm NanoMarkets.

A lawsuit alleges the the Microsoft Windows Phone 7 operating system tracks users' location without permission.

Power generated from solar modules in Europe may take until the end of the decade to be competitive vis-?-vis conventional forms of energy, the world's biggest solar association said on Monday, adding that point could be reached sooner in some regions.

Customers of Novellus have become incrementally more cautious and they have curtailed their expansion plans...

Synopsys has completed the acquisition of nSys Design Systems, a provider of verification IP.

Amazon.com's (NASDAQ:AMZN) Android tablet has been one of the worst kept secrets for months since CEO Jeff Bezos alluded to it.

With three of Japan's leading LCD makers set to merge into the world's largest display entity, Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) may want to think twice about further antagonizing South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. (Korea: SEC) with patent-related lawsuits.

Television, the world's most popular entertainment and information medium before the advent of the Internet, is not about to give up its hallowed place in the hearts and homes of its global audience, including Filipinos.

Today at the IFA trade show in Berlin, LG announced the European availability of the LW980S, its highest-end 2011 LCD TV. We expect a similar announcement of a U.S. version soon, perhaps at the CEDIA trade show in Indianapolis next week.

Abound Solar Inc., the photovoltaic- panel maker using technology favored by General Electric Co. (GE) and First Solar Inc. (FSLR), said bankruptcies that are culling higher-cost competitors will help lower prices for modules to $1 a watt.

The UK's headlong rush into renewable energy - one ignored by the rest of the world - will hit British jobs and then general incomes, an economic study finds.

The solar industry stands at a point that renewable energy advocates have yearned for - and feared.