Taiwan's largest chipmaker MediaTek Inc on Friday reached a broad patent agreement on third-generation (3G) chips with US rival Qualcomm without paying royalties, the firm said in a statement on its website.

Dell, the world's No.3 PC seller, said on Friday that demand for its PCs picked up "quite substantially" following the launch of Microsoft's new Windows 7 operating system in October.

Mobile phone giant Nokia said on Friday it will axe 330 people from its research and development staff in Finland and Denmark.

European regulators extended their review of Oracle Corp's proposed $7-billion acquisition of Sun Microsystems Inc, giving the software maker more time to address anti-competitive concerns.

Google Inc on Thursday unveiled the open sourcing of the code for its Chrome operating system for personal computers, inviting developers to keep up with developments and start contributing to Chrome OS, which will hit the market by the holiday season of next year.

Apple's popular iPhone is to make its South Korea debut next week after earning approval from the nation's telecommunications director, local media reported on Wednesday.

Analyst from Broadpopint AmTech on Wednesday reiterated a buy rating for Hewlett-Packard Co in its note to clients, expecting the company to give a strong fiscal report next Monday in accordance with its preliminary outlook.

Motorola is to sell over half a million combined Droid sales in the December quarter as demand for the company's latest phone remains strong following the initial rush of the November 6 launch according to analyst research.

Dell Inc will on Thursday report quarterly results for the first time as the No. 3 maker of personal computers -- unfamiliar territory for a company that not so long ago was the world's largest PC maker.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc said it will redeem up to $1 billion of convertible notes due 2012, and its shares rose 9 percent.

EU antitrust authorities continue to examine Oracle's plan to buy Sun Microsystems over which there are competition concerns, a senior European Commission official said on Tuesday.

France might plough up to 4 billion euros ($6 billion) into high-technology projects through its national loan programme, with the largest chunk going to subsidise construction of high-speed broadband telecoms networks in smaller cities and rural areas, according to government sources.

China's appliance and top TV maker TCL and Shenchao announced a joint venture that plans to invest a total 24.5 billion yuan ($3.6 billion) to set up an LCD production line using advanced 8.5-generation technology to tap future demand for flat-screen TVs.

Japan's Sharp Corp will begin supplying light-emitting diode backlights for LCD televisions to Sony Corp, expanding their alliance in LCD panels, the Nikkei business daily said on Tuesday.

Dell previously confirmed its plans to enter the smartphone business, and China Mobile and Claro in Brazil will be the second largest PC maker's first two supporting mobile operators to sell Dell Mini 3 smartphones, Sina Tech reported on Tuesday.

Microsoft is plugging social networks into Xbox 360 in an effort to bring more games, entertainment and social experiences all from a single device, the company said on Monday.

The semiconductor market is showing recovery in the midst of economic uncertainty, with global semiconductor revenue expected to bounce back to same level as 2008 at $255 billion despite an 11.4 percent decline in 2009 to $226 billion, Gartner said on Monday.

Intel Corp. said on Monday it has agreed with NEC to jointly develop High Performance Computing (HPC) system technologies, which will bring Intel Xeon processor to a wider supercomputing audience.

Microsoft is launching its Zune media brand outside the US for the first time, a move to grab shares from the dominating Apple iTune after failure to compete with iPod.