Sony Corp. will soon start selling a small GPS (global positioning system) unit that can be used to add location information to digital pictures, the company said Wednesday.

In an effort to compete with Sun Microsystems Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp. is expected to announce Tuesday it will expand its line of servers powered by chips from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD).

Intel Corp. unveiled its new Core 2 Duo processor lineup on Thursday, increasing the pressure on rival Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD). The 10 new dual-core chips promise markedly better performance and greater energy efficiency than Intel's existing products.

Microsoft on Thursday reported a year-over-year profit decline of nearly 24 percent in the fiscal fourth quarter of 2006 due partly to a one-time legal charge, and announced a US$40 billion stock repurchase plan.

Intel Corp. launched its "Montecito" dual-core Itanium chip on Tuesday, in an effort to improve its third-place position in the high-end server market.

Microsoft Corp. has filed 26 lawsuits against alleged dealers of pirated software in seven U.S. states, the company said Tuesday. Microsoft claims the companies sold pirated software or computers loaded with pirated software.

Sony Corp. plans to next Wednesday take the wraps off its first high-definition camcorder compatible with the new AVCHD format.

Sony Corp. was ranked the best brand in the U.S. for the seventh year in a row, Harris Interactive Inc. said Wednesday.

Microsoft Corp. plans to give a hacker conference in Asia an inside look at new security features on Windows Vista later this year, the organizer of the event said Tuesday.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. lowered its sales forecast for the second quarter on Thursday due to slower than expected sales of certain laptop and desktop PC microprocessors.

A Universal Music Group még nem hagyja veszni a CD formátumot. A világ legnagyobb zenei kiadója a CD vásárlás élményének felpezsdítését tervezi.

A Novell igazgatótanácsa jelenlegi elnökét, a 45 éves Ronald W. Hovsepiant választotta a vállalat elnök-vezérigazgatójává. A bejelentést a New York-i tőzsde pozitívan fogadta.

The number of Internet users in Japan accessing from cell phones exceeded those using it from personal computers in 2005, according to a government report published Tuesday.

A Toshiba még ebben az évben világszerte piacra dobja új microSD és SDHC memóriakártyáit - derült ki a vállalat szerdai közleményéből.

Toshiba Corp. will later this year put on sale worldwide new microSD and SDHC memory cards, the company said Wednesday.

In an unprecedented move, Microsoft Corp. Tuesday will allow users to test the next version of Office online without having to download software.

The growth in malicious software is proving fortuitous for antivirus companies. Analyst firm Gartner Inc. said on Wednesday the industry grew 13.6 percent in 2005, with revenue totaling $4 billion.

Toshiba Corp. will launch the first HD DVD recorder next month in Japan, it said Thursday.

Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will consider later this year if it will launch a high-definition movie player compatible with both the Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD formats, it said Tuesday.

Windows Live Messenger, the next-generation version of Microsoft Corp.'s instant messaging service for consumers, will be available for download in final form right after midnight Tuesday, U.S. Eastern Time.