Technology News

Thu, May 24, 2012

Sharp, Hon Hai to jointly make panels in China -Nikkei

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japan's Sharp Corp and Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co will jointly produce panels for Apple Inc's iPhone and ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Renesas says to tie up with TSMC in chip business

By Mari Saito

TOKYO (Reuters) - Japanese chipmaker Renesas Electronics Corp said on Thursday it will tie up with Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co in the ...

Thu, May 24, 2012

Intel eyes future with computers that learn

By Tova Cohen

TEL AVIV (Reuters) - Intel Corp is launching research in Israel into technology that mimics the human brain and develops devices that ...

Wed, May 23, 2012

Taiwan's UMC says to invest $8 billion in 12-inch wafer fab

TAINAN, Taiwan (Reuters) - Taiwan's UMC, the world's No.2 contract chip maker, said it will invest $8 billion in a 12-inch wafer ...

Wed, May 23, 2012

Knight Capital hit by Facebook loss, wants Nasdaq to pay

By John McCrank and Ashutosh Pandey

(Reuters) - Electronic trader Knight Capital Group said it suffered a pre-tax loss of $30 million to $35 million ...

Wed, May 23, 2012

RIM's head of global sales leaving BlackBerry maker

By Alastair Sharp

TORONTO (Reuters) - The head of global sales at Research In Motion Ltd has resigned to take on a leadership role in ...

Wed, May 23, 2012

Intersil to cut jobs as costs mount

(Reuters) - Chipmaker Intersil Corp will reduce its workforce by 11 percent to cut costs and revamp its product portfolio.

The company expects to incur ...

Wed, May 23, 2012

Pandora Media raises outlook as more people tune in

By Jennifer Saba

(Reuters) - Online streaming music service Pandora Media Inc reported better-than-expected revenue and raised its full-year guidance as more people tuned in ...

Wed, May 23, 2012

Europe weighs on NetApp's outlook, stock slumps

By Noel Randewich

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - NetApp Inc on Wednesday forecast revenue below Wall Street's expectations and its chief executive warned of uncertainty ...

Wed, May 23, 2012

HP to lay off 27,000, profit slides 31 percent

By Poornima Gupta

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Hewlett Packard Co plans to lay off roughly 27,000 employees or about 8 percent of its workforce ...