A group of technology companies is offering to share some of its patents to encourage the development of environmentally friendly technologies.

A laptop under US$100 could reach desks if a new venture formed by former chief technology officer of One Laptop Per Child, Mary Lou Jepsen, can deliver on its promises.

The European Commission ended its antitrust investigation into Apple after the company agreed to reduce the price of music downloads from its iTunes Web site in the U.K., the European Union's antitrust regulator said Wednesday.

Sony BMG Music Entertainment will crack open the door to its music vaults on Jan. 15, taking the DRM copy-prevention wrapper off a limited selection of downloadable tracks.

The One Laptop Per Child project suffered a blow this week, with Chief Technology Officer Mary Lou Jepsen quitting the nonprofit to start a for-profit company to commercialize technology she invented with OLPC.

Széleskörű együttműködési megállapodást írt alá a Hitachi, a Canon és a Panasonic LCD-panelek gyártásáról. A megállapodástól azt várják, hogy felgyorsítsa az LCD-kijelzők fejlesztését.

Microsoft Corp. announced Tuesday that it would post the release candidate of Windows XP Service Pack 3 to its download site this evening at approximately 6 p.m. Eastern time.

Intel will embed solid-state storage drives in its upcoming platform for ultramobile PCs, aiming to meet increased storage requirements for users on the go.

Nintendo DS was the top selling system last month shifting an impressive 1.5 million units according to NPD. Wii followed with its best month ever selling a hefty 981,000 units, despite shortages. Saying it's good times at Kyoto headquarters is an understatement.

Az SAP AG bejelentette, hogy a közszolgáltatási szektor számára készült SAP for Public Sector megoldásával segíti az Egyesült Nemzetek és más nemzetközi szervezetek munkáját a hatékonyabb működésben.

Microsoft began displaying advertisements to mobile users of its MSN site in the U.S. on Monday.

Microsoft Corp. rolled out a limited beta of its Live Office Workspace file-sharing and collaboration service Monday but will not open it to all comers for at least several weeks, and perhaps months.

Ötszáz résztvevő segítségével teszteli a Visa és az O2 a mobiltelefonnal történő, NFC alapú fizetési lehetőségeket.

Toyota unveiled on Thursday the latest two creations from its robot project, including one that can play the violin, and said it is targeting the early 2010s for the development of a viable human-assistance robot.

Advanced Micro Devices on Wednesday said it has delayed volume shipments of its quad-core Opteron processors as it fine-tunes the chip.

Elkelt a százezredik Fujitsu Siemens Computers számítógép, amelyet idén a magyarországi piacra gyártottak.

Hampton városa az SAP szoftvereit választotta, hogy önkormányzati költségvetését nyomonkövesse és irányítsa, illetve hogy lemérhesse közszolgálati programjai hatását.

AT&T will stop putting coins into its pay-phone business after next year, letting the call drop after generations of helping stranded travelers contact relatives and Clark Kent get an extreme makeover.

European media group Vivendi plans to acquire a majority stake in leading computer games publisher Activision and merge the company with its own gaming unit to form what will likely be the world's largest third-party publisher of computer games.

A Microsoft támogatásával létrejött program fontos segítséget jelent a fogyatékkal élőknek a digitális írástudás megszerzésében.