Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. will next month launch two portable computers that use flash memory in place of a hard-disk drive for data storage, the company said Tuesday.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. Tuesday launched its new AM2 CPU socket, bringing support for fast DDR2 memory to the company's desktop processors. As expected, PC World's tests showed negligible performance gains from the new socket, but the change positions AMD for more notable performance gains with future products.

In a surprise move, Dell Inc. on Thursday announced it will use Opteron processors from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) in its high-end, multiprocessor servers by the end of the year.

Symantec on Thursday filed a lawsuit against Microsoft alleging that the software giant violated a contract over the use of intellectual property and used the technology to develop a competing product.

SAP AG officially released on Wednesday its business intelligence (BI) accelerator which it co-developed with Intel Corp. The two companies first announced they were working on the analytical engine a year ago.

Microsoft Corp.'s Bill Gates will detail on Wednesday how the company is adding search capabilities in its enterprise software, emphasizing how employees waste time trying to find information.

Microsoft Corp. on Wednesday will release a beta version of Windows Media Player 11, a more stylish version of its media software that mimics the sleekness of its main competitor, Apple Computer Inc.'s iTunes.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) aims to grab notebook PC business from Intel Corp., launching a new line of Turion mobile processors Wednesday.

Sony Corp. will begin selling its first personal computers with Blu-ray Disc drives in Japan in June, the company said Tuesday. Both laptop and desktop computers will be available.

A U.S. Department of Defense agency and Microsoft Corp. will collaborate to improve Microsoft's Virtual Earth mapping program for military and non-military purposes, the Redmond, Washington, company announced Thursday.

High-definition video fans can prepare themselves for another new format: AVCHD. The format, developed by Sony Corp. and Matsushita Electric Industrial Co. Ltd. (Panasonic), is aimed at high-definition camcorders and makes it possible to store HD content on currently available 8-centimeter DVDs, the companies said Thursday.

Hewlett-Packard Co. on Tuesday unveiled five business notebooks and initiatives to help corporate users stay connected everywhere they go.

Microsoft Corp. has released a beta of Windows Live Messenger, the next version of its MSN Messenger instant messaging service, it announced Tuesday.

Sony Pictures Entertainment is delaying the launch of its first titles on the new Blu-ray Disc high-definition video format for a month, it said Thursday.

Nokia Corp. and ATI Technologies Inc. are partnering to try to simplify and drive the development of multimedia capabilities for Nokia phones, the companies said on Thursday.

Inventories of semiconductors used in all kinds of electronics gadgets soared faster than expected during the first three months of the year, but there's no reason to be alarmed about a chip glut, market researcher iSuppli Corp. said Tuesday.

Inventories of semiconductors used in all kinds of electronics gadgets soared faster than expected during the first three months of the year, but there's no reason to be alarmed about a chip glut, market researcher iSuppli Corp. said Tuesday.

Amid product delays, management shake-ups, and continuing European legal troubles, Microsoft on Thursday posted nearly US$3 billion in net income for its fiscal third quarter on revenue of almost $11 billion.

Microsoft Corp. Tuesday launched a beta version of its Internet Explorer 7 browser, emphasizing new security features designed to defeat security problems that plagued earlier editions.

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.