The sharp drop in large-size panel quotes for July have signaled a slow start for the LCD panel high season, but that has not prevented suppliers from believing that prices will begin to stabilize in August and go up in September when demand picks up, according to industry sources. Read more

Recent market reports that Intel's Atom standard platform has dropped below $100 have prompted speculation that the new platform could have a possible impact on IPC (industrial PC) makers' profits. Read more

Expected democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama apparently reaches a far greater Internet audience than the Republican nominee, John McCain. Read more

Yahoo has published a response to news that investor Carl Icahn and Microsoft are apparently planning to oust Yahoo's current board of directors and replace co-founder Jerry Yang in his role as CEO. Read more

Cupertino (CA) - Segway's Chief Technology Officer, Doug Field, will be heading over to Apple as the company's new Vice President of product design. Read more

Baby — collection only. Offering my nearly new baby for sale, as it has gotten too loud. It is a male baby, nearly 28in (70cm) long and can be used either in a baby carrier or a stroller. Read more

Pioneer has landed OEM orders for Blu-ray Disc (BD) Combo drives from Hewlett-Packard (HP) with shipments to begin in July 2008, according to industry sources in Taiwan. Read more

Worldwide server revenues in the first quarter of 2008 increased 2. Read more

Although Intel's Atom processor shortage has had a large impact toward notebook vendors' low-cost notebook (netbook) shipments, IPC (industrial PC) makers, who also have their eyes on Atom platforms, say they are not feeling as much pressure. Read more

New York (NY) - Carl Icahn may have a shot at selling Yahoo to Microsoft: The software maker today confirmed that it has been in discussions with Icahn over a possible acquisition of Yahoo's search engine or the entire company, but denied that it would reenter negotiations with the current board of directors. Read more

Mountain View (CA) - Viacom won a significant victory in their $1 billion copyright infringement case against Google/YouTube. Read more

Despite Nvidia's admission of faulty notebook chips and the subsequent stock plunge , several semiconductor analysts are maintaining 'BUY' ratings on the stock. Read more

Despite growing concerns of an economic slowdown worldwide, most Taiwan network-equipment makers, including Accton Technology, Alpha Networks, D-Link and Gemtek Technology, expect revenues to continue to post healthy growth in the third quarter of this year, according to sources at the makers. Read more

Blockbuster announced late Tuesday that it has decided to withdraw its proposal to acquire Circuit City. Read more

You may remember the $222,000 fine imposed on Jammie Thomas for illegally sharing music files - and you may not be surprised to hear that the proceedings are still not done. Read more