Dan Nystedt

After more than 20 years of service as a tool to teach consumers what brand of chip to ask for inside a personal computer, Intel Corp. has decided it

After more than 20 years of service as a tool to teach consumers what brand of chip to ask for inside a personal computer, Intel Corp. has decided it's out with the old "Intel Inside" campaign in favour of a new logo and tag line that includes the phrase "Leap ahead." The logo and tag line will be formally announced on Jan. 3.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. and its U.S. subsidiary Samsung Semiconductor Inc. on Wednesday ended a U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) investigation into its participation in an international DRAM (dynamic RAM) price fixing conspiracy by officially entering in court its guilty plea and agreement to pay a US$300 million penalty.

The market for VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) services in Asia, including Japan, is expected to grow at rate of around US$1 billion per year between 2005 and 2009 to more than US$10 billion, as the number of users more than doubles, according to market researcher In-Stat.

Intel Corp. unveiled a new technology on Monday that significantly reduces the time it takes for a notebook PC to power up or access programs, while improving battery life to boot.

Taiwanese government officials said on Monday they plan to make Taiwan the world's largest testing ground for WiMax, and inked a pact with Intel Corp. to work together on the wireless broadband technology.

Hackers at a security conference in Malaysia failed to break into Via Technologies Inc.'s StrongBox security application during a competition, Via officials said Friday, but the company gathered some valuable feedback from participants.

Microsoft Corp. showed off the preliminary work it has done on the second beta version of its popular Internet Explorer, version 7, at the Hack in the Box Security Conference in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia, and came away with some good feedback, managers at the company said.