South Korea's LG Display said third-quarter profit nearly doubled from a year earlier, thanks to a steady rise in prices of flat panels and strong demand for LCDs from China.
Advanced Micro Devices reported a narrower net loss than expected in the third quarter, benefiting from a rebounding PC market that also aided rival Intel.
Nokia reported a quarterly net loss as it booked hefty one-off charges and impairments on Nokia Siemens Networks, but raised its outlook for mobile device industry volumes in 2009.
As Oracle prepares to shift from just selling computer software to also selling hardware, CEO Larry Ellison is making it clear that Oracle is gunning for a new rival: IBM.
Shareholders representing 24% of the shares in Tandberg rejected Cisco's recent $3 billion offer for the video-conferencing-equipment maker, fuelling hopes that the company might raise its bid.
The rising popularity of electronic book readers such as Amazon.com's Kindle bodes well for Taiwanese electronics companies that make the key components and are investing to grab an early lead in the market.
AT&T accused Google of blocking calls to Benedictine nuns, a congressman's office and a myriad of rural small businesses, in the latest escalation of their battle over Internet network rules.
News Corp.'s MySpace is trying to reignite its brand by focusing on areas like music, videos and games as users abandon the social-networking site for cooler destinations
Wal-Mart said it would expand Tracfone Wireless's ultracheap Straight Talk cellphone service nationally, in another illustration of the pricing decline at the low end of the wireless industry.
