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Netbooks Help PC Market Grow, but Prices Hurt Revenue, Says Report
eWEEK.com | 44 days 23 hours 58 minutes ago
Every segment of the mobile PC market was down year over year in the second quarter of 2009 ? except for netbooks, with grew 264 percent, states a new report from DisplaySearch. It blames netbooks for eroding ASPs across the board.

Samsung, LG Downplay Taiwanese Merger
Korea Times, The | 7 days 3 hours 55 minutes ago
Samsung Electronics and LG Display, the world's two largest flat-screen makers, have downplayed the effects of the merger of Taiwan's two major LCD players on the global market

Asustek Reportedly Mulling Acquisition of Toshiba's Mobile PC Business
CRN | 4 days 19 hours 43 minutes ago
Taiwan-based mobile PC maker Asustek Computer is reportedly in talks with Toshiba about acquiring that company's mobile PC business

Sony Talks Up 3D TVs, Profits - Reviews by PC Magazine
PC Magazine | 2 days 21 hours 21 minutes ago
Sony pushed back an elusive profit margin target to March 2013, after narrowly failing to meet the goal last year, but it aims to make its video game and TV operations profitable next year.

Sony pushes back profit margin target, eyes 3D TV
Yahoo! | 3 days 11 hours 37 minutes ago
TOKYO (Reuters) – Sony Corp (6758.T) pushed back an elusive profit margin target to March 2013, after narrowly failing to meet the goal last year, but it aims to make its video game and TV operations profitable next year.

Sony slides to 4-month low
Financial Express (India), The | 3 days 7 hours 24 minutes ago
Shares of Sony Corp fell to their lowest in nearly four months on Friday after the electronics maker's new business strategy failed to convince investors it could deliver strong profit growth.

Nokia s netbook raises the bar and the price
MSNBC | 4 days 23 hours 39 minutes ago
Booklet 3G costs $600 if purchased without a wireless contract

TCL, Shenchao to build new 8.5G LCD production line
Forbes | 6 days 11 hours 54 minutes ago
SHANGHAI/TAIPEI, Nov 17 (Reuters) - China's appliance and top TV maker TCL and Shenchao announced a joint venture that plans to invest a total 24.5 billion yuan ($3.6 billion) to set up an LCD production line using advanced 8.5-generation technology to tap future demand for flat-screen TVs.

China Grows To Biggest Buyer Of Desktop Monitors
InformationWeek | 46 days 3 hours 10 minutes ago
Chinese sales are fueled by a subsidy that gave discounts up to 13% to PC buyers outside large cities. But those programs are winding down.

LG Display, AOC Seek Joint Marketing
Korea Times, The | 10 days 38 minutes ago
LG Display has signed an agreement with AOC, China's leading monitor manufacturer, for joint marketing

LG Display signs deal for China plant, to own 70 pct
Forbes | 20 days 10 hours 20 minutes ago
SEOUL, Nov 3 (Reuters) - South Korea's LG Display Co Ltd , the world's No. 2 maker of LCD screens, said on Tuesday it had signed a deal with the Chinese city of Guangzhou to go ahead with a proposed $4 billion panel plant in China.

IMS Acquires Young Market Research
TWICE | 12 days 18 hours 32 minutes ago
Austin, Texas - IMS Research said Tuesday that it has acquired Young Market Research (YMR), to expand the services of both operations in the TV displays, solid-state lighting and photovoltaic (PV) technology industries.

ASIA MARKETS NOVEMBER 17, 2009, 10:03 A.M. ET TCL, Shenzhen Plan LCD Plant
Barron's (subscription required) | 5 days 22 hours 29 minutes ago
Demand for liquid crystal displays—used in devices ranging from computers to cellphones to TVs—is picking up in China partly because of a government stimulus program that allows subsidies for purchases of consumer electronics.

TCL, Shenzhen Plan LCD Plant
Wall Street Journal, The | 6 days 7 hours 54 minutes ago
SHANGHAI -- TCL Corp., China's biggest television manufacturer by output, said Tuesday it has formed a joint venture with the Shenzhen government to build an 8.5th-generation thin film transistor-liquid crystal display production line, which will require an investment of 24.5 billion yuan (US$3.6 billion).

UPDATE 2-Chi Mei, Innolux in $1 bln share-swap merger
Forbes | 9 days 9 hours 1 minute ago
By Baker Li TAIPEI, Nov 14 (Reuters) - Taiwan's Chi Mei agreed to be merged with Innolux through a share swap worth about $1 billion to create a new company that aims to have a stronger foothold in the highly competitive LCD industry dominated by bigger Korean rivals.