As part of its monthly security updates, Microsoft Corp. Tuesday released patches for two critical vulnerabilities in its products. The more serious of the two flaws is a remote code execution vulnerability affecting Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange Server products.

Sharp Corp. is planning to increase production at its two LCD (liquid crystal display) factories in Japan in response to anticipated soaring demand for flat-panel LCD televisions over the next few years, it said Wednesday. The company also expects to report record sales in 2006.

If you're a producer for a third-rate variety television show, you're not going to like PCs with Intel Corp.'s Viiv logo, according to the head of the company's digital home group.

The drive to replace DVD technology with newer discs boasting greater storage capacity has come down to two major competing formats, and the coming marketplace battle will be bad for companies and users, the head of a major U.S. technology products retailer said Friday.

Több héten át tartó, kifejezetten magyar hálózati szakembereknek szánt internetes játékot indít a japán hálózatieszköz-gyártó Allied Telesyn. A cég hazai képviselete többek között ezzel a lépéssel kívánja növelni a csúcstechnológiai ismeretek terjedését.

A Samsung Semiconductor szerint a népszerű NAND flash memóriák jóval többre használhatók. Tavaly gyakorlatilag csak az Apple iPod zenelejátszójában használták fel őket.

A Maxtor lerántotta a leplet legújabb OneTouch III sorozatba tartozó külső merevlemezéről, mely akár egy terabájtos kapacitással is kapható. Egyes modellek máris megvásárolhatóak.

Two of the world's largest manufacturers of LCD (liquid crystal display) panels have started making screens at new factories that should enable them to cut manufacturing costs and so lead to further price reductions in big-screen, flat-panel televisions.