Indian outsourcing company Satyam Computer Services announced Monday the start of a competitive bidding process that could lead to an investor acquiring a majority stake in the company.

Members of the European Parliament (MEPs) will push for a re-think of the balance between the need for security and the right to privacy on the Internet, not just in Europe but around the world, they agreed during a debate at the Parliament on Thursday.

Microsoft will release three sets of security updates next Tuesday, fixing at least one critical bug in its Windows operating system.

Expecting the recession to worsen, IDC updated its PC shipment forecast on Thursday, saying shipments would decline further in 2009 before showing a gradual recovery in 2010.

Nvidia may develop an integrated x86-based chip for use in low-cost computers, an Nvidia executive said this week, a move that would step up its rivalry with Intel.

Windows 7 will include features specifically developed for enterprise customers and partners in an unprecedented number of technology early-access programs Microsoft is offering for the forthcoming OS.

Taiwan plans to merge its indebted DRAM memory chip makers into a single company called Taiwan Memory Company (TMC) in an attempt to stem losses and prevent loan defaults that could further harm the island's banking sector.

Cisco and NASA this week said they are collaborating on an online global monitoring platform to capture, collect, analyze and report data on environmental conditions around the world.

Foxconn, the world's largest contract electronics maker, is planning to spend a few billion U.S. dollars over the next three to five years to build a digital city with the latest technologies added to make it a healthy, clean place to live, the chairman of the company said Wednesday.

Microsoft has confirmed it is testing a new search engine called Kumo, based on technology from its Powerset acquisition, that is likely to be an early version of a soon-to-be-rebranded Live Search product.

Intel on Monday detailed plans to push its Atom processors into devices beyond just netbooks and mobile Internet devices.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. on Monday closed a deal with two Abu Dhabi investment firms that spins off its manufacturing operations into a separate company.

Intel on Monday announced a partnership that could provide access to the chip design of its low-cost Atom processor to Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co.

Losses at Sony Ericsson Mobile Communications widened in the fourth quarter, as the company sold 6.6 million fewer phones than during the same period in 2007.

Microsoft was formally charged with monopoly abuse by Europe's top antitrust authority, the European Commission, over the way it bundles the Internet Explorer browser with Windows.

Mozilla issued a final update to Firefox 2.0 Friday, making good on a promise earlier this week when it forgot to include a patch in the Windows version of the browser.

Internet and telephone traffic between Europe and the Middle East and Asia was hampered Friday after three major underwater data lines were cut, according to France Telecom.

Microsoft's first-ever iPhone application is a slick photo viewer with a browsing capability that handles a large number of photos on a mobile device screen.

When is a mobile phone not a mobile phone? When is a printer not a printer? To IT manufacturers, judges and politicians in Europe these questions are no joke.

DRAM makers are facing one of the worst downturns in their history and governments around the world are lining up to help companies through the mess.