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Orders for IT hardware from Taiwanese manufacturers have surged to record levels and the average selling price (ASP) has increased for many products in recent months thanks to an improving economic environment and a gradual recovery in corporate IT spending, according to Market Intelligence Center (MIC), a government-backed market research firm in Taipei.

Motorola China Electronics Ltd. has signed an agreement to sell its MOS-17 chip fabrication plant (fab) in the northeastern Chinese city of Tianjin to Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corp. (SMIC), according to a Motorola statement.

Taiwan's Hon Hai Precision Industry Co. Ltd. has agreed to purchase a Mexican manufacturing facility for cellular phones from Motorola Inc. for an undisclosed sum as part of a deal that includes a multi-year manufacturing agreement, the company said in a document filed with the Taiwan Stock Exchange on Friday.

Intel showed off the lighter side of PC design at its booth at this year's Computex, a computing hardware exhibition in Taipei, Taiwan.

A Taiwanese lawyer has stolen approximately US$100 million from memory-card maker SanDisk Corp., the company said on Wednesday.

The relentless drive for more intrusive technology to help improve security may result in a society that is less secure, warned Al Gore, former vice-resident of the U.S., speaking Tuesday at the Carnahan Conference on Security Technology in Taipei.

What does a developing country like India do when plans to accelerate the adoption of computers by businesses and consumers have to overcome the high price of computing hardware and software?

Five Asian telecommunication companies have joined an initiative, backed by Intel Corp. and Singapore's Infocomm Development Authority (IDA), to develop technology that will enable users to roam between wireless LAN hotspots, according to a joint statement released Monday.