Sharp will build a new LCD panel plant and solar cell plant for the mass production of thin-film solar cells in Sakai City, Osaka Prefecture.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), the U.S. federal agency focused on promoting product innovation by establishing technical standards for government and business, has certified the Advanced Encryption Standard (AES) encryption chip built into Seagate’s Momentus 5400 FDE.2 disc drive.

Nokia Siemens Networks will supply and implement Telekom Srbija GSM network extensions and 3G WCDMA network with HSPA (High Speed Packet Access) functionality and associated services.

The new supercomputer will allow the university to enhance its capabilities in computational biology and molecular simulations.
“Blue Gene will help our researchers make breakthrough simulations of biological processes such as blood flow in arteries and capillaries around tumors,” said Dr. Richard Marchase, vice president for research and economic development at UAB. “A computing facility anchored […]

European Space Agency’s Telecommunications Department will support the development of technology needed for satellite systems to broadcast digital multimedia content such as video, television programmes, radio, and data to mobile telephones and vehicle-borne receivers.

Adobe announced the availability of Adobe ColdFusion 8 software.

Panasonic has developed a patent-pending low-range sound reproduction method, “Nano Bass Exciter,” to reproduce high fidelity sound for compact speakers.

Cisco will purchase $150 million of VMware Class A common shares currently held by EMC Corporation, VMware’s parent company, subject to customary regulatory and other closing conditions including Hart-Scott-Rodino (HSR) review.

The United States and the European Union announced their agreement to jointly adopt and provide an improved design for their Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS) signals. These will be implemented on the Galileo Open Service and the GPS IIIA new civil signal.

Sprint and Google will bring WiMAX mobile Internet customers search, interactive communications and social networking tools though a new mobile portal.

Chinese scientists at the China National Human Genome Center (CHGC) in Shanghai are using SGI compute technology running a Mitrion-accelerated bioinformatics application to improve early disease diagnosis and discover new drugs to treat the blood fluke, caused by the parasite Schistosoma Japonicum.

Sony launched GV-HD700E, the first HD Video Walkman. Packed with professional features, it plays back HDV as well as miniDV tapes (SP and LP), and it is able to record HDV1080i/DV signals from an external source.

Broadcom joined S60 Product Creation Community. The company will be provided with access to software, technology and S60 ecosystem resources for developing advanced smartphones based on S60 software.

AMD announced its collaboration with integrated circuit (IC) companies to develop the Socket G3 Memory Extender (G3MX) technology, which is planned for the AMD Opteron processor platform infrastructure ecosystem in 2009.

Nortel’s Metro Ethernet optical solution has more than quadrupled CANARIE’s previous network capacity. This allows more information sharing and provides additional bandwidth for multimedia, detailed simulation and modeling, and other compute-intensive applications.
“The CANARIE network is a prime example of the tremendous potential the future holds for research and education initiatives. Continued expansion of networks carrying […]

NASA has selected a record-setting SGI Altix 4700 supercomputer in its evaluation of next-generation technology to meet future high-performance computing (HPC) requirements.

Japan’s Toshiba Corp., Fujitsu Ltd. and NEC Electronics Corp. are in talks to jointly develop advanced 32-nanometer chips to better keep up with rivals, the three companies said on Wednesday.

Microsoft said on Wednesday it will pipe advertisements into a slate of popular sports video games from Electronic Arts, including its best-selling “Madden” football franchise.

A Chinese blogger who billed himself as the “patron saint” of stock tippers will be charged with conducting an illegal business believed to involve as much as 10 million yuan ($1.32 million), Xinhua news agency said.

STMicroelectronics and IBM have signed an agreement to collaborate on the development of next-generation process technology in semiconductor development and manufacturing areas.

Monday’s CNN-YouTube debate brought in pretty good numbers, delivering the highest viewership for a debate among adults 18-34 in cable news history.

Sporadic power outages cascaded across San Francisco for two hours on Tuesday, causing minor disruptions in the downtown business district, but knocking out Craigslist, the world’s most popular local site.

Ericsson and Texas Instruments will form a strategic technology engagement to develop custom solutions for new Open OS enabled 3G devices.

Lenovo introduced two new Olympic Games-inspired PCs to its Lenovo 3000 desktop line.

Popular Internet social network MySpace said on Tuesday it detected and deleted 29,000 convicted sex offenders on its service, more than four times the figure it had initially reported.