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Thursday 29 September 2011
Ultrabooks expected to impact tablet PCs
With notebook players such as Acer, Asustek Computer as well as Lenovo, Toshiba, Samsung Electronics and Hewlett-Packard (HP) all set launch ultrabooks in the near future, sources...
Wednesday 14 September 2011
Facebook has Quanta Computer, Wistron set up Internet data centers in US
Facebook has skipped original partner Dell to commission Taiwan-based ODM Quanta Computer to set up a customized data center in Oregon and another one in North Carolina through cooperation...
Friday 12 August 2011
China Internet user base at 485 million at end of June 2011, says CNNIC
The number of Internet surfers in China increased to an estimated 485 million as of the end of June 2011, according to the latest semiannual survey conducted by China Internet Network...
Thursday 11 August 2011
Taiwan 2Q11 international Internet bandwidth rises
Taiwan's direct Internet connection with 18 countries (including Hong Kong and Macau) reached a total bandwidth of 526.644Gbps as of the end of second-quarter 2011, increasing 0.14%...
Thursday 14 July 2011
Taiwan market: TWM to complete HSPA+ network by year-end
Taiwan Mobile (TWM) will complete the upgrade of its base stations around Taiwan to HSPA+ (so-called 3.75G) to offer mobile Internet-access services at a maximum download speed of...
Thursday 23 June 2011
Hard drive supply gap estimated to widen to 15-20 million units in 3Q11
Global hard drive demand in the third quarter is estimated to reach as high as 180 million units with the five major hard drive makers only capable of supplying 160-165 million units,...
Wednesday 22 June 2011
Taiwan market: TGC launches Internet TV services LiTV
US-based TGC on June 21 announced the launch of LiTV, its Chinese-language Internet TV services, in the Taiwan market, aiming to reach 500,000 users at the end of 2012, according...
Thursday 9 June 2011
Taiwan market: NCC approves price cut for fixed-line Internet
Taiwan's National Communications Commission (NCC) on June 8 gave the green light to reduce charge rates for ADSL and FTTx broadband Internet-access services as well as increased download/upload...
Tuesday 31 May 2011
Computex 2011: Asustek announces Padfone, bundling smartphone with tablet PC
Taiwan-based notebook brand vendor Asustek Computer, at its pre-Computex press conference, announced its Padfone, bundling a 4.3-inch smartphone with a 10-inch tablet PC for an estimated...
Thursday 26 May 2011
Software designer Wistron ITS cooperates with Hitachi over landmark software
Taiwan-based Wistron ITS, a software design subsidiary of Wistron, has recently cooperated with Japan-based Hitachi and plans to import the landmark information software GeoPDF, which...
Wednesday 25 May 2011
NXP to cooperate with TCP to provide lighting solutions
NXP Semiconductors recently announced the GreenChip smart lighting solutions to connect lighting networks to the Internet. According to NXP, the market for LED light bulbs will take...
Thursday 7 April 2011
Acer expects component shortages for tablet PCs and smartphones
Commenting about the tablet PC market, Acer Taiwan president Scott Lin pointed out that the company is currently working aggressively over its tablet PCs and is doing a marvelous...
Friday 25 March 2011
Samsung aims for 30% of Smart TV market in 2011
Samsung Electronics is actively promoting Smart TV to compete with Sony's Google TV and aims to ship 12 million units in 2011, accounting for 30% of the global Smart TV shipments.
Thursday 17 March 2011
Asustek to launch US$200-250 netbook in June
Asustek Computer is set to launch a new netbook priced at US$200-250 in June in cooperation with Intel, and hopes to achieve its goal of shipping six million netbooks in 2011, according...
Friday 25 February 2011
Taiwan Internet of Things Alliance formed
The Taipei Computer Association has formed the Taiwan Internet of Things (IOT) Alliance to promote application of IOT technologies, according to the association.