Martyn Williams

Motorola Inc. is advising users of several models of its Oncore GPS (Global Positioning Satellite) receiver units that a software glitch will cause the devices to display the incorrect date for a one-second period towards the end of November.

Japan Airlines System Corp. (JAL) and The Boeing Co. signed a deal in Tokyo on Wednesday afternoon to install the latter's Connexion by Boeing in-flight Internet system into some JAL aircraft from 2004, both companies said. The deal came a day after Singapore Airlines Ltd. (SAA) signed a letter of intent with Boeing to install the system.

Iomega Corp. is planning to launch two removable magnetic-based storage formats in the first half of next year, one aimed at small and medium enterprises and the other at consumer users, company executives said Monday.

Iomega Corp. is planning to launch two removable magnetic-based storage formats in the first half of next year, one aimed at small and medium enterprises and the other at consumer users, company executives said Monday.

A research team in Japan says it has successfully demonstrated for the first time in the world in a solid-state device one of the two basic building blocks that will be needed to construct a viable quantum computer.

NTT DoCoMo Inc. raised its forecast for the number of users for its third-generation (3G) cellular service on Thursday while announcing increases to its overall operating revenue and net income in the first half of this year.

Rampant piracy of computer software and optical discs was one of several areas brought up in discussions this week between U.S. Secretary of Commerce Donald Evans and senior Chinese government officials during Evans' just concluded four-day visit to the country.

Sony Corp. plans to cut 20,000 jobs, about 13 per cent of its worldwide workforce, and push for greater convergence between its electronics, games and entertainment content over the next three years as part of a reorganization detailed by the company Tuesday.