ELECTRONICS

Shares of Palm Inc. (Nasdaq: PALM) made slight gains Friday as the firm posted better than expected profits the day before.

Nokia said on Thursday that it started shipping a new phone to selected markets which features integrated global positioning capabilities and a number of multimedia functions.

Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) joined the growing number of consumer electronics manufacturer's connecting the home television to the personal computer today, making its Apple TV set-top box available to consumers for the first time.

Memory maker SanDisk (NASDAQ: SNDK) announced last night that it reached a settlement to a long-standing patent dispute with rival memory maker, Hynix, sending shares up over 3 percent in mid-day trading on Wednesday.

Shares of memory technology maker Rambus (NASDAQ: RMBS) soared on Tuesday after anti-trust authorities delayed an order to that would have required the company cut royalty rates on its key patents.

Cisco Systems, Inc.and Apple, Inc. said Wednesday that they have decided set aside legal hostilities in order to share the 'iPhone' trademark worldwide. They will explore opportunities for 'interoperability' in the areas of security, and consumer and enterprise communications.

New research looking into the networking and telecommunications industries reveals that worldwide sales of optical transport equipment reached the highest level in 5 years during the fourth quarter of 2006.

Chinese computer maker, Lenovo, said today that it has hired a new vice president of Cultural Integration and Diversity.

Dell Computer (Nasdaq: Dell) said on Friday that it has appointed Ron Garriques, president of Motorola's Mobile Devices unit, as president of its Global Consumer division.

Palm, Inc. (NASDAQ: PALM) announced Friday it is introducing the Palm Treo 750 smartphone in Australia.

LSI Logic Corporation (NYSE: LSI) said Friday that it will acquire privately held storage chip firm SiliconStor Inc. for $55 million in cash.

GPS and consumer electronics maker Garmin Ltd (GRMN) soared today after reporting that fourth-quarter earnings more than doubled from a year ago.

Electronics maker Sharp Corp. was toppled from its leading position in the LCD-TV market in the most recent quarter, falling to fourth place as rival Samsung rose to take the lead.

Flashy new cell phones, faster networks and more entertainment geared for the small screen are taking center stage this week as the wireless industry gathers for the 3GSM World Congress in Barcelona, Spain.

Cell phone carrier market is headed downhill and companies need new strategies to cope according to a new report.

Shares of memory makers fell on Monday as Micron Technologies Inc. (NYSE: MU) after management warned analysts on last week of steep memory price declines.

Apple Inc. (Nasdaq: AAPL) shares rose Monday, following a Wall Street upgrade citing several product catalysts and potential upside from declining memory prices.

Following a complaint by Toshiba Corp., the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) said it would investigate flash memory devices produced by South Korea's Hynix Semiconductor.

Aiming to reduce expenses, six Japanese companies jointly announced a partnership on Thursday to develop a next-generation mobile phone platform.

Motorola Inc. (Nasdaq: MOT) said it has renewed its agreement with Freescale Semiconductor Inc. as its preferred supplier of 2G and 3G chipset platforms through 2009.

Amid tough market conditions for NOR-type flash, Spansion Inc. (Nasdaq: SPSN) seized the leading market and revenue share positions in 2006 from semiconductor giant, Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC).