ATI Technologies Inc. lost ground in every major graphics product category during the third quarter, and its acquisition by Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is likely to blame, according to Jon Peddie Research.

Washington's attorney general has settled the first case prosecuted under the state's 2005 Computer Spyware Act.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) began selling its top chip for desktop PCs made with a 65-nanometer design on Tuesday, continuing its efforts to keep up with Intel Corp. as the industry migrates from 90-nm design to a faster, more efficient generation of processors.

At a global event once known for long-winded, diplomatic speeches delivered by heads of state-owned telephone companies, Viviane Reding, European Union Commissioner for Information Society and Media, was brief and blunt in her keynote speech Monday at the opening of the Telecom World conference and exhibition in Hong Kong.

Nintendo Co. Ltd. launched its Wii console in Japan on Saturday, making it the third country to see the device on sale after it was launched in the U.S. and Canada on Nov. 19.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. plans to release a mobile handset next month designed for watching video and supports the DivX video codec.

Computer maker Dell Inc.'s solution to the data center energy crisis is to market more energy-efficient versions of its PowerEdge line of servers.

After five years and numerous delays, customers can now get their hands on the final version of the Windows Vista operating system.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) launched a motherboard with four cores on Thursday, targeting gaming enthusiasts in an effort to keep pace with the release of quad-core chips by rival Intel Corp.

Japan's Kenwood Corp. will soon begin selling what it claims is the smallest portable music player based on a hard-disk drive.

The New Zealand Department of Internal Affairs (DIA) is not concerned about reports from the U.K. that say RFID (radio frequency ID) chips in passports can be cracked in as little as 48 hours.

Asustek Computer Inc. plans to launch two motherboards complete with phone jacks able to turn common household telephones into Internet phones using Skype Ltd.'s popular VOIP (voice over Internet protocol) software.

Intel Corp. has started to produce samples of a quad-core processor called Penryn that offers faster clock speeds and larger cache sizes, an executive said Thursday.

Sales of Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii console surpassed 600,000 in its first eight days on sale, the company said Tuesday.

Problems with the image pick-up in eight models of Sony Corp. digital still camera could mean the inability to take clear pictures or any photos at all, the company said Friday.

Microsoft Corp. has initiated 97 lawsuits throughout Europe and the Middle East during its eight-month investigation into fraudulent Web pages, with another 32 criminal complaints filed in cooperation with local authorities, the company said Wednesday.

A flaw in Mozilla Corp.'s Firefox browser makes it easy for cybercriminals to steal user information on Web sites where users create their own pages, such as MySpace.com.

Microsoft Corp's Windows Vista OS doesn't pose antitrust issues so far, according to the latest status report on Microsoft's compliance with the U.S. antitrust settlement.

The forecast for data centers isn't good for the short term: they're going to get hotter and a lot more cramped, according to Gartner Inc. analysts.

The next-generation video games battle became a three-console race on Sunday as retailers across the U.S. and Canada put Nintendo Co. Ltd.'s Wii on sale.