Terho Uimonen

Taiwan's Acer Group has slimmed down its operations worldwide ahead of a scheduled unveiling of its second major restructuring effort in as many years.

Commerce One Inc. announced Monday the formation of a Japanese subsidiary aimed at strengthening the electronic commerce software provider's position in the Japanese market.

Via Technologies Inc., a Taipei-based supplier of PC chip sets and processors, introduced two new, speedier members to its growing Cyrix III family of processors on Thursday, running at clock speeds of 650MHz and 667MHz.

In a move that will deepen the companies' existing ties in the display business, South Korea's LG Electronics Inc. and Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV, of the Netherlands, announced Monday a plan to merge their respective CRT (cathode-ray tube) businesses into a yet-to-be-named joint venture company.

Microsoft Corp., last week, issued a patch for two security flaws in its Windows Media Player software that could allow malicious users to run programs on other users' PCs.

As expected, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) introduced Monday a new chip set that will allow PCs...

Acer Inc. is rolling out a new notebook PC model that by the first quarter of 2001 can be expanded with a Bluetooth wireless module.

Taiwan-based PC vendor Acer Inc. on Sunday slashed its profit and revenue forecasts for the full year 2000, citing weakening global PC demand.