Three Taiwan-based vendors – Asustek Computer, Acer and BenQ – have together taken an approximate 55% share of the netbook market in China, according to data compiled...

Notebook vendors plan to clear out their inventory of old notebooks and netbooks with aggressive pricing strategies during the upcoming Softex Taipei show, to pave the way for the...

Far EasTone Telecommunications (FET), on April 2, announced the introduction of the Hewlett-Packard (HP) Mini 1015 TU netbook, for bundled sale with its 3.5G HSDPA service.

Taiwan WiMAX licensee Global Mobile will purchase 100 WiMAX base stations from Nokia Siemens Networks, with plans to roll out of its WiMAX network infrastructure in Hsinchu, northern...

VIA Technologies saw its revenues grow 37% sequentially to NT$533 million (US$15.77 million) in March, but the company still suffered an on-year drop of 50.12%. First-quarter revenues...

Despite what is looking to be a rather dismal year for the PC industry as a whole, netbooks are forecast to grow at more than 65% on year in 2009, while the traditional notebook PC...

Taiwan players are gearing up production for capacitive multi-touch panels for use in netbooks and notebooks in the second half of 2009, according to industry sources.

Asustek Computer has announced the Eee PC 1004DN, the first in the Eee PC range to feature a super-multi optical disc drive (ODD), enabling users to read and write optical discs for...

The small- to medium-size LCD panel market is expected to recover in the traditional second-quarter high season when orders from handset and netbook segments increase due to low inventory...

OCZ Technology Group has unveiled the Neutrino netbook, the company's latest do-it-yourself (DIY) solution.

Taiwan-based connector maker Foxlink (Cheng Uei Precision Industry) has formed a 50-50% joint venture with a China-based company for OEM production of notebooks and netbooks in China,...

Taiwan IC designers Weltrend Semiconductor and Holtek Semiconductor are stepping up their development of touch panel applications, expecting to see significant revenue contribution...

US-based Novell has established an R&D team specifically for developing Linux operating systems for use in netbook PCs, according to Novell Taiwan.

Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) is gearing up the development of its notebook-use LCD panels this year in order to increase its market share in the segment, according to market sourc...

Asustek Computer is scheduled to launch its new Eee PC, the E1004DN, which will be the first Eee PC to have an optical disc drive (ODD), in mid-April, and will follow with the 1008HA...