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Rise of E-book Readers Bodes Well for Taiwan Firms
Wall Street Journal, The | 39 days 8 hours 3 minutes ago
TAIPEI--The rising popularity of electronic book readers such as Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle bodes well for Taiwanese electronics companies that make the key components and are investing to grab an early lead in the market.

Michael Dell Says Netbooks Lead To Buyer's Remorse
NewsFactor Network | 39 days 12 hours 51 minutes ago
Dell CEO Michael Dell told the Churchill Club that netbooks can lead to buyer's remorse. He seemed to be saying that netbooks should not replace notebooks, but perhaps Dell meant as netbooks exist today? An observer suggested the problem is lower netbook profits. Dell may want the netbook category to evolve beyond "toys."

BUSINESS OCTOBER 15, 2009, 2:49 A.M. ET Rise of E-book Readers Bodes Well for Taiwan Firms
Barron's (subscription required) | 39 days 7 hours 55 minutes ago
TAIPEI--The rising popularity of electronic book readers such as Amazon.com Inc.'s Kindle bodes well for Taiwanese electronics companies that make the key components and are investing to grab an early lead in the market.

Will Windows 7 Bring Touchscreens to the Mainstream?
Yahoo! | 32 days 14 hours 44 minutes ago
Touchscreen PCs have always been something of a niche product, but that may change with the launch of Windows 7, which adds support for multitouch gestures â?? sliding, pinching, and swiping fingertips across the screen â?? that gained instant fame with the launch of the first iPhone.

EETimes.com - LG posts strong Q3, but LCD slowdown seen
Electronic Engineering Times (Asia) | 36 days 21 hours 16 minutes ago
LG Display Co. posted strong results in the third quarter, but warned about a slowdown in the seasonal fourth quarter of 2009 and first quarter of 2010. Rival Samsung Electronics Co. Ltd. has seen a similar pattern in LCD demand going forward.

LG Display Profit Rises 90% to $484 Million on Higher Demand for Panels
Bloomberg | 39 days 8 hours 10 minutes ago
Oct. 15 (Bloomberg) -- LG Display Co., the world's second- largest maker of liquid-crystal displays, reported third-quarter profit almost doubled after demand for flat-screen televisions drove up panel prices.

For Intel, small laptops bring challenge from ARM
CNET | 41 days 1 hour 14 minutes ago
Quick: Name an Intel rival whose name begins with an "A" and is abbreviated by three letters.

LG Display CEO Kwon Says There May Be a `Slight' Oversupply of LCD Panels
Bloomberg | 41 days 7 hours 11 minutes ago
Oct. 13 (Bloomberg) -- LG Display Co., the world's second largest liquid-crystal-display maker, said the industry may face a â??slightâ?? oversupply and it was difficult to predict the supply-and-demand situation.

LG Electronics Posts Second Quarter of Profit Growth on Handset, TV Sales
Bloomberg | 33 days 9 hours 1 minute ago
Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) -- LG Electronics Inc., the world's third-largest maker of mobile phones, reported a second straight increase in quarterly profit, driven by sales of flat-panel televisions.

Microsoft feels way to next generation of PCs
Financial Times (free content) | 37 days 19 hours 52 minutes ago
Get ready for some flicks, pivot-rotating, pinch-and-zoom and even a little chiral scrolling as fingers move from the keyboard and mouse to the computer screen.

UPDATE 1-Samsung to build China LCD plant for $2.3 bln
Forbes | 38 days 6 hours 13 minutes ago
SEOUL, Oct 16 (Reuters) - Samsung Electronics, the world's top maker of LCD screens, announced it plans to build a $2.3 billion panel plant in Suzhou, China, joining rivals pushing for similar plans in a battle to win the Chinese market.

Auckland firm taps into touch
New Zealand Herald, The | 25 days 23 hours 26 minutes ago
Windows 7 takes touch functionality to the next level

Technology Review: Etching Out Organic Displays
MIT Technology Review | 24 days 19 hours 38 minutes ago
Using organic semiconductor materials instead of rigid silicon, it's possible to make energy-efficient, lightweight, and flexible solar cells and computer displays. But making devices out of organic materials requires investing in completely new equipment, since organic materials are normally destroyed by the harsh chemicals necessary for conventional photolithography.

EETimes.com - E Ink to use Freescale SoC
EE Times | 33 days 16 hours 11 minutes ago
PORTLAND, Ore. Seeking to attract more electronic book and newspaper customers, Freescale Semiconductor is collaborating with E Ink Corp. on a new SoC that integrates Freescale's microcontroller with a display driver.

Samsung in $2.2bn China LCD TV venture
Financial Times (free content) | 36 days 20 hours 57 minutes ago
China’s fast-growing market for flat panel television sets is attracting fresh investment from foreign components makers.