Taking advantage of the low cost of VOIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) technology, thieves have now begun luring victims to fake automated call centers via a new kind of phishing attack.

With energy efficiency as the standard, Intel Corp. has announced a new multicore architecture that aims to address consumers' increasing need for better price and higher performance per watt for notebooks, desktops, and servers.

On May 1, Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will start selling its Q1 ultra-mobile PC (UMPC), the first of a new breed of handheld device that Microsoft Corp. and Intel Corp. hope will change the way people use computers.

A group of self-titled "political activists" in Massachusetts has started an aggressive campaign to get browser users to switch from Microsoft Corp.'s Internet Explorer to Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox.

A software player for Sony Corp.'s LocationFree system that is compatible with Apple Computer Inc.'s Mac OS X is under development by Tokyo-based Kaga Electronics Co. Ltd. and should be available soon, Kaga Electronics said Tuesday.

A Sony LocationFree technológiájára épülő, az Apple Mac OS X rendszerével kompatibilis lejátszó fejlesztéséről számolt be a tokiói Kaga Electronics.

Microsoft Corp., which has been carving a larger slice of the mobile device OS market, is developing a new product, code-named "Crossbow," which will incorporate features such as instant messaging, a Microsoft executive confirmed Monday.

A Novell és az Oracle új Accelerator szolgáltatása a grid-infrastruktúrák (grid-ready infrastructure) gyorsabb és egyszerűbb telepítését biztosítja a Novell SUSE Linux Enterprise Serverén.

Az LG Electronics túlszárnyalta az előrejelzéseket: megduplázta az idei első negyedéves nyereségét a tavalyi év ugyanezen időszakához képest. Az óriási növekedést a kijelzők üzletág tette lehetővé, ám a telefonok területén nem ilyen rózsás a helyzet.

S-LCD Corp., the LCD (liquid crystal display) panel production joint venture of Sony Corp. and Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd., plans to invest a further 222 billion won (US$237 million) to expand production at its factory in Tangjeong, South Korea, it said Wednesday.

A Sony és a Samsung Electronics LCD panelgyártó közös vállalata, az S-LCD a tervek szerint 237 millió dollárnak megfelelő összeget invesztálna a Tangjeongban található üzem gyártókapacitásának növelése érdekében.

Google Inc. plans to revamp its enterprise search devices on Wednesday when it announces a new version of its Google Mini for small and medium-sized businesses and an upgrade to its Search Appliance for larger organizations.

Yahoo Inc. exceeded Wall Street's revenue expectations and met the earnings per share forecast in its first quarter, ended March 31, 2006, the Sunnyvale, California, company announced Tuesday.

A focus on higher-margin products and strong sales in middleware and microelectronics helped fuel IBM Corp. first quarter profit, the company said Tuesday.

As part of Microsoft Corp.'s continued efforts to promote its antipiracy campaign in China, Microsoft and Lenovo Group Ltd. executives formally plan to sign a US$1.2 billion deal Monday to cement a joint effort by the companies to provide genuine Windows software to Chinese customers.

Sony Corp. is planning to sell two of five business jets it owns later this year as part of its ongoing company-wide restructuring, it said Tuesday.

Strong results from Fujitsu Ltd.'s hard-disk drive and mobile phone divisions should push the company's profits for the year just ended higher than expected, it said Tuesday.

A Samsung Electronics magasabb eladási adatokról és nyereségről számolt be, ami elsősorban a jól teljesítő LCD részlegnek köszönhető.

A Logitech aláírta hivatalos partnerszerződését az Electronic Sports World Cup (Számítógépes Sport Világkupa) 2006 rendezvénnyel. Június 30-a és július 2-a között várhatóan 30 000 néző követi majd figyelemmel a világ mintegy 800 legjobb játékosát, ahogy azok az összesen 400 000 dollárt kitevő pénzdíjakért versenyeznek.

Tokyo taxi passengers will soon be able to start paying for their rides using electronic money, three taxi fleet operators said this week.