Stories by Dan Nystedt

Taiwan court fines P-to-P operator, orders CEO to jail

Just a few months after clearing one company of charges related to its peer-to-peer (P-to-P) file-sharing software, a Taiwanese court on Friday ordered executives at another one to pay fines and serve up to three years in jail.

BenQ says Siemens integration fine, but analysts worry

Analysts following BenQ ahead of its takeover of Siemens's mobile phone unit weren't very happy recently: one day earlier, the Taiwanese electronics maker said its August sales fell 21 per cent compared to the same period last year.

Nortel, LG win Korean HSDPA contract

One of Korea's leading mobile phone service providers has selected Nortel Networks and LG Electronics to supply it with networking hardware needed to run a new ultra high-speed mobile broadband communication service slated for 17 major cities, including Seoul.

Microsoft acquires VoIP provider Teleo

Microsoft said Tuesday it acquired Teleo, a developer of services and technology that allow users to make and receive voice phone calls on their PCs via the Internet.

UMC to double 90-nanometer chip shipments by Q4

Taiwanese contract chip maker United Microelectronics (UMC) said Monday it will double its monthly shipments of cutting edge 90-nanometer chips by October due to strong demand for chips used in a broad range of devices.

OSDL announces Patent Commons project

The Open Source Development Labs (OSDL), a global group dedicated to promoting Linux, on Tuesday announced a new initiative, called Patent Commons, to collect the software licenses and patents pledged to the open source community into a central repository to make them easier to access by developers, and encourage more patent holders to pledge their intellectual property to the cause.

SingTel's profit rises on strong mobile growth

Singapore Telecommunications (SingTel) posted a 14 percent increase in net profit during the quarter ending June 30 thanks mainly to its mobile phone businesses, the company said Thursday.

Lenovo, Elitegroup to work together on servers

Lenovo Group will work with a Taiwanese company to design and source certain server parts, another sign of Lenovo's ability to create new business from the PC division it bought from IBM earlier this year.

Lenovo to be a top 10 chip buyer in 2005

Chinese personal computer maker Lenovo Group will leap to ninth place in the global chip purchasing ranks this year, thanks to its acquisition of IBM Corp.'s PC division, according to a market research group.

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