LG Electronics Inc. took a big step on Sunday towards the end of the next-generation DVD format battle with the unveiling of a player and PC drive that support both the Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats.

Microsoft Corp.'s Chairman Bill Gates kicked off the International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) Sunday by unveiling new products that support his company's vision of a world full of connected devices that serve up real-time, personalized content to users.

Yahoo Inc. will give users a preview of what it will be like to use a new and improved version of Yahoo Messenger on Microsoft Corp.'s Windows Vista at the 2007 International Consumer Electronics Show this year.

The five largest manufacturers of hard-disk drives will work together to promote a new technology that promises to improve system performance, the companies said Thursday.

LG Electronics Inc. plans to shortly put on sale a high-definition video disc player compatible with both the HD DVD and Blu-ray Disc standards, it said Thursday.

A jövő heti Las Vegas-i Consumer Electronic Show rendezvényen debütál nemzetközi szinten a csokitelefon utódja, az LG Shine.

A computer hacker claims to have broken the AACS (Advanced Access Content System) encryption specification used to control unauthorized copying on HD-DVD and Blu-ray video players.

Fujitsu Ltd. has beaten out four other bidders to win the contract to build the Tokyo Stock Exchange Inc.'s next-generation trading system, the market operator said Tuesday.

The former head of LG's Korean mobile carrier, LG Telecom Ltd., will become the new chief executive officer (CEO) of LG Electronics Inc., the company said Monday.

The pace of change in the open source software business is likely to accelerate in 2007 as developers climb up the software stack from the operating system and databases to applications.

Intel Corp. should have to share documents that could show it used monopolistic practices to force overseas PC vendors and retailers to shun Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) chips, the special master to a U.S. federal court recommended Friday.

Electronics manufacturers in China may be gearing up for another attempt to establish a proprietary optical disc format, although some analysts said such a move is unlikely to succeed.

After watching its market share for the North American desktop PC market slip in a soft third quarter, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) will seek greater profits in 2007 through a new family of quad-core server chips and its acquisition of graphics chip maker ATI.

Skype Ltd. released the beta version of Skype 2.2, a software client that allows Windows Mobile smart phones to access the company's VOIP (voice over Internet Protocol) service over Wi-Fi connections.

An investigation into possible anticompetitive behavior in the flat-panel display market widened Tuesday, with two more big vendors saying they had been contacted by investigators.

Microsoft Corp.'s goal to provide a unified communications infrastructure for the enterprise moved forward Tuesday with the release of a private beta of software it sees as its communications hub.

Intel Corp. says it has rushed introduction of a new quad-core chip originally scheduled for next year to Monday to meet demand from server manufacturers for the processor.

A DARPA (Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency - Fejlett Védelmi Kutatási Projektek Ügynöksége) 3,5 millió dollárnyi összdíjazással jutalmazza az indulókat a mérföldkőnek számító városi robotversenyben.

Fortify Software Inc. and the FindBugs project have launched a free service that will scan open-source Java software for bugs in the code.

A Boeing-Spectrolab új napelem-cellái a fejlesztők szerint versenyképes alternatívát jelentenek a fosszilis tüzelőanyagokkal szemben.