Microsoft Corp. this week defended its Windows Genuine Advantage (WGA) tool against charges that it acts like spyware because it constantly checks in with Microsoft when a user boots a PC with the tool installed.

Google Inc. held on to its commanding lead as the preferred search engine in the U.S. in May, processing almost 60 percent of all queries filed, way ahead of its two closest competitors Yahoo Inc. and Microsoft Corp.

Three years ago, former Intel Corp. Chief Executive Officer Craig Barrett used his keynote speech at the Intel Developer Forum to show the company's vision of what future laptops will look like.

Microsoft Corp. Wednesday launched its widest release yet of the beta version of the Windows Vista operating system.

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The images produced by Nvidia Corp.'s Quad SLI graphics technology are stunning, but you will not see them displayed on the show floor at Computex.

In an effort to rebound from disappointing results in its first quarter earnings, Dell Inc. will begin to act more as a bank, lending customers money so they can afford to buy more PCs.

Yahoo Inc. on Thursday launched a new site designed to make it easier for Web users to find and share videos. The site builds on Yahoo's existing video search capability and will compete with video search services from Google Inc., AOL LLC, Microsoft Corp.'s MSN, and other video-sharing sites like YouTube.com and MySpace.com.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) will ship four-core processors for servers, workstations and high-end desktops by mid-2007, company Chief Technology Officer Phil Hester said Thursday.

Sun Microsystems Inc., plans to lay off as many as 5,000 employees, sell real estate and "simplify" its product line in an effort to boost profits, its newly appointed CEO Jonathan Schwartz said.

The first systems based on Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) Live home-entertainment platform will go on sale next month, the chip maker said Wednesday.

Providing further evidence of the booming market for flat-panel televisions, a Japan-based LCD (liquid crystal display) screen maker will double its planned expansion over the next two years, it said Wednesday.

Microsoft Corp. is set to release a fully supported version of its Windows Live OneCare software, marking its entry into the security software market. OneCare will be available for download Wednesday on Microsoft's Web site, a day earlier than expected. By Thursday, the software is expected to be widely available in U.S. retail stores, said Microsoft's Samantha McManus, a business strategy manager with Windows Live OneCare.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will spend US$2.5 billion to expand its chip manufacturing plants in Dresden, Germany, to keep pace with growing demand for its PC and server chips, the company announced Monday.

Siemens researchers have designed an integrated single-chip fiber-optic receiver which could enable cheap 100Gbit/s Ethernet.

Prices for LCD TVs are falling at a slower pace this year, but consumers will still enjoy significant price drops for the next few years, market researcher DisplaySearch said Friday.

The world's largest contract chip maker is offering new job seekers a chance to win Xbox 360 game machines if they apply for positions at the company, a sign of how eager Taiwanese tech companies are to attract workers.

Police in suburban Sydney Thursday arrested a man videotaping a premiere screening of "X-Men 3: The Last Stand," according to the Motion Picture Association (MPA).

Qualcomm Corp. Friday introduced a chip designed to bring mobile television to consumer handsets, the company said.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. started 2005 well and is on the road to achieving its goal of a 20 percent slice of the server market this year, a senior executive said Wednesday.