Martyn Williams

People are constantly predicting what new gadgets and innovations will revolutionize our homes over the coming years,...

Spot prices for DRAM (dynamic random access memory) chips on the world market fell sharply last week and look set to continue moving downward amid market conditions some observers describe as "crazy."

Six leading Japanese manufacturers of liquid crystal displays (LCDs) are to work together on developing lower energy production methods and next-generation LCD panels.

NEC Corp. announced Monday it has joined with three other companies to develop next generation high-speed memory chips for networking applications.

The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, the charitable foundation established by Microsoft Corp. Chairman and Chief Software Architect Bill Gates and his wife, have announced a six-year US$100 million donation to the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative (IAVI).

Softbank Corp., Asia's largest Internet investor, announced Thursday it has formed a new venture fund aimed at companies building the core telecommunications and Internet infrastructure for the region.

Cisco Systems Inc. announced plans Thursday to take a stake in Japanese Internet investment and venture firm Softbank Corp.

NTT DoCoMo Inc., KPN Mobile NV and Telecom Italia Mobile SpA signed a memorandum of understanding Thursday that paves the way for the launch in Europe of a wireless Internet service based on DoCoMo's hit I-mode service.