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Monday 20 August 2012
Chongqing aims to attract investment from 800 Taiwan notebook component makers at end of 2012
The government of Chongqing City, western China, has developed the Chongqing Taiwan-investment Industrial Park specifically for Taiwan-based notebook component makers to set up factories...
Monday 20 August 2012
Altek expects nearly 10% drop in 3Q12 revenues
Altek expects its consolidated revenues for the third quarter of 2012 to slip nearly 10% on quarter due to stopping shipments of digital cameras to Eastman Kodak and decreased shipments...
Monday 20 August 2012
Acer announces 2Q12 preliminary financial results
Acer has announced the preliminary financial results for the second quarter of 2012. Consolidated revenues were NT$110.6 billion (US$3.7 billion), down 2.2% on quarter, but up 8.3%...
Friday 17 August 2012
Software players start taking leadership in product development
Software players are gradually taking over the leadership in the development of IT products, and hardware performance is no longer the key to driver of new trends, according to sources...
Friday 17 August 2012
Asia-Pacific-based OEMs dominate chip spending growth on home turf, says IHS
On a worldwide basis Apple and other multinational OEMs may be the leading semiconductor purchasers in 2012, but within the all-important Asia-Pacific region it is the locally based...
Friday 17 August 2012
High growth in IT spending in China will fuel adoption of new technologies in 2012 and beyond, says Gartner
Healthy growth in information technology (IT) spending in China will stimulate adoption of technologies including desktop and server virtualization, software as a service (SaaS) and...
Friday 17 August 2012
BenQ reaches 2Q12 global market share of 11% for projectors
BenQ has reached a global market share of 10.8% for its projectors in the second quarter of 2012, according to BenQ's Asia-Pacific regional sales manager, Adrian Chang.
Friday 17 August 2012
Senao nets NT$3.02 per share for 1H12
Senao International, an operator of the Senao retail chain, on August 16 released its financial report for the first half of 2012, recording net (EPS) of NT$3.02.
Friday 17 August 2012
Lenovo posts 2Q12 net profit of US$141 million
Lenovo has published its financial report for the first quarter of 2012 fiscal year (April-June), with net profits of US$141 million rising 30% on year.
Friday 17 August 2012
Taiwan market: Tablets outsell notebooks in May-June
In the Taiwan market, nearly 70,000 tablet PCs were sold in both May and June, more than the corresponding sales of notebooks, according to local retail channels. Of tablet PCs sold...
Friday 17 August 2012
Haier adopts Spreadtrum smartphone solution
Spreadtrum Communications has announced that Haier has adopted its 1GHz TD-SCDMA Android platform, the SC8810. The Haier HT-I617, a smartphone designed to address the needs of the...
Friday 17 August 2012
Chongqing plans to end subsidization of notebook production in 2014
The government of Chongqing City, western China, plans to end exiting subsidies offered for the production of notebooks to offset higher costs than production in eastern China, an...
Friday 17 August 2012
Taiwan TV OEMs look to secure orders from Korea TV vendors
Taiwan-based TV OEMs are looking to secure more orders from South Korea-based TV vendors as Japan-based ones are cutting production and continuing to lay off workers, according to...
Thursday 16 August 2012
Samsung announces the arrival of Galaxy Note 10.1
Samsung Electronics America has announced the Galaxy Note 10.1 for the US market. The device will be available for purchase from August 16, 2012 across the US at authorized retaile...
Thursday 16 August 2012
Toshiba halting development of Windows RT tablet PCs may cause chain reaction
With Toshiba recently announcing it will halt development plans for Windows RT tablet PCs due to component supply delays, sources from notebook players believe the action could trigger...