"...Hynix said it is slightly behind competitors but it's not a big problem...the company has retooled part of its production facilities to make more NAND in response to demand from products such as Apple's iPhone"

"...Micron is considering selling its image sensor segment to a private equity firm..to create an immediate cash infusion...it has been working on ways to regain its profitability in the weeks by enacting job cuts, tighter 2008 capex..."

"...TSMC would make 45nm processors on a foundry basis for AMD, with volume ramp in 2Q08...could end up working with both TSMC and IBM's technology alliance on the processor front..."

Nokia and Motorola said Chinese authorities in the southern province of Guangdong found four counterfeit battery models used in their handsets that may explode.

To the dismay of the German photovoltaic industry, Germany’s Environment Ministry on Thursday recommended a shift in subsidies from solar energy installations to offshore wind farms. However, analysts seemed relieved the cuts weren’t more severe.... the subsidy could have easily been cut significantly or eliminated, wrote Piper Jaffray.