Components

Software could overshadow gadgets at the upcoming Consumer Electronics Show, with Microsoft expected to shed light on its upcoming Windows 7 OS.  read more »

Hit by an industry-wide downturn that means they lose money on every chip they make, three Asian DRAM (dynamic RAM) makers have begun talks on bringing their companies together under a single group.  read more »

Online retailers are taking orders for Advanced Micro Devices' upcoming Phenom II processors, leaking chip details ahead of the company's processor announcement plans for early January.  read more »

Toshiba is planning a big increase in production of a new type of Lithium Ion battery that can charge to 90 percent of its capacity in a few minutes and is highly-resistant to short circuits.  read more »

One day after Apple took a 3.6 percent stake in Imagination Technologies, the company that developed the technology used in the 3G iPhone's graphics chips, Intel responded by increasing its own stake in the company -- and said it would consider an outright acquisition of Imagination if another bid emerged.  read more »

Samsung Electronics reportedly plans to introduce a laptop computer next year that's based on Via Technologies' low-power Nano processor.  read more »

LG Display has developed an LCD (liquid crystal display) module that it says looks as good outdoors in sunlight ads it does indoors and plans to unveil it CES in January in Las Vegas.  read more »

The global bailout of DRAM chip makers moved forward on Sunday, with Qimonda AG announcing a €325 million (US$452.3 million) financing deal with three parties; the German state of Saxony, a financial institution in Portugal, and majority shareholder Infineon Technologies.  read more »

Researchers at Rice University have demonstrated a new data storage medium made out of a layer of graphite only 10 atoms thick.  read more »

Nanotechnology may someday expand your cell phone's range while improving its battery life if a prototype transistor from IBM gets to market.  read more »