SPIL to drop out from LCD driver IC, DRAM segments; sell related equipment to ChipMOS
Feb 28, 2010 Telecoms
Siliconware Precision Industries (SPIL) has announced that it will take a 15.8% stake in ChipMOS Technologies in exchange for all of its of LCD driver IC packaging and testing equipment as well as DRAM testing equipment, which is valued at NT$1.63 billion (US$50.88 million). The trade marks SPIL...Tags: Chipmos Technologies, Dram, Driver Ic, Ic Packaging, Lcd Driver, Packaging Equipment, Segments, Siliconware Precision Industries, Spil, Stake
UMC to set up PV power station in eastern China, says newspaper
Feb 28, 2010 Telecoms
Taiwan-based foundry United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) will invest NT$10 billion (US$313 million) to establish a thin-film photovoltaic (PV) power-generating station with a capacity of 70MWp in Jining of Shandong Province, eastern China, according to the Chinese-language newspaper ().Tags: China Newspaper, China Taiwan, Chinese Language, Chinese Newspaper, Eastern China, Foundry, Generating Station, Invest, Jining, Shandong Province, Thin Film, Umc, United Microelectronics Corporation
China market: China Telecom to purchase five million 3G CDMA handsets, paper says
Feb 28, 2010 Telecoms
China Telecom will purchase up to five million 3G CDMA-enabled handsets through an open bid that will close on March 8, 2010, according to a Chinese-language report.Tags: 3g, China Market, China Telecom, Chinese Language, Language Report
New zero-day involves IE, puts Windows XP users at risk
Feb 28, 2010 Software
Microsoft on Sunday confirmed it's investigating an unpatched bug in VBScript that hackers could exploit to plant malware on Windows XP machines running IE.Tags: Hackers, Malware, Microsoft, New Windows, Risk, Running, Windows Microsoft, Windows Xp, Xp Microsoft, Zero Day
Solar cell maker E-Ton suffers loss in 2009
Feb 28, 2010 Telecoms
E-Ton Solar Tech has posting a net loss of NT$1.551 billion (US$47.2 million) for its 2009 operations. The loss represents 70.69% of its current paid-in capital.Tags: Current, Solar Cell, Solar Tech
Southern Taiwan Science Park revenues to reach NT$600 billion in 2010
Feb 28, 2010 Telecoms
Revenues of the Southern Taiwan Science Park (STSP) are expected to reach NT$550-600 billion (US$17.13-18.69 billion) in 2010 amid Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), United Microelectronics Corporation (UMC) and Chi Mei Optoelectronics (CMO) plans to increase their capex for furth...Tags: Capex, Chi Mei Optoelectronics, Cmo, Investment, Science Park, Semiconductor Company, Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Southern Taiwan, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company, Umc, United Microelectronics Corporation
Microsoft offers browser choices
Feb 28, 2010 General
Microsoft is to ask millions of Europeans who use Windows if they want to switch to a rival web browser.Tags: Browser Choices, Europeans, Microsoft, Microsoft Browser, Rival, Web Browser
British Cold War nuclear bunker up for sale on eBay
Feb 28, 2010 General IT
A Cold War-era nuclear bunker in Britain has been put up for sale on online auction site eBay, and by Sunday bidders had pushed the price up to more than 27,000 pounds (30,000 euros, 40,000 dollars).Tags: Auction Ebay, Auction Site, Bidders, Cold War, Ebay, Era, Nuclear Bunker, Online Auction
NASA not over the moon about prospect of buying out Constellation program contracts
Feb 28, 2010 Science
NASA is discovering that perhaps the only thing harder than starting up a program to send humans to the moon is closing one down.Tags: Constellation, Nasa, Nasa Moon, Program Contracts
Microsoft encourages antitrust scrutiny of Google
Feb 28, 2010 General IT
Microsoft Corp. on Friday made its case publicly for increased antitrust scrutiny of rival Google Inc., while deflecting criticism that one of its European properties helped spur a local investigation of the Internet search giant.Tags: Antitrust Scrutiny, Giant, Google, Google Inc, Internet Search, Microsoft, Microsoft Antitrust, Microsoft Corp, Rival
