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Dalai Lama not likely to visit Taiwan for now: President Ma (AFP)

AFP/File – The Dalai Lama answers questions during a press conference in Dharamsala on November 23. Taiwan's … TAIPEI (AFP) – Taiwan's President Ma Ying-jeou on Wednesday made it clear that Tibet's spiritual leader the Dalai...

UPDATE 1-TSMC employees on unpaid leave to cut costs

By Baker Li TAIPEI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co Ltd said staff across the company would take unpaid leave as the world's top contract chip maker looks at ways to trim costs amid a severe downturn....

Taiwan market: Sharp joins Sony in LCD TV price war

Yvonne Yu, DIGITIMES, Taipei [Wednesday 3 December 2008] With Sony having lowered its LCD TV prices to stimulate sales in Taiwan, international competitor Sharp has decided to join the price war. The price of Sharp's 46-inch GX...

Groups team for Chinese IPTV reference designs

LONDON — Fabless semiconductor startup Mirics Semiconductor (Fleet, England) is partnering with wireless SoC specialist Spreadtrum to bring broadcast TV to Chinese laptops. The companies have started developing deigns based on...

PharmaEngine Receives Approval of US IND Application for a Phase II Study of PEP02 (Liposome...

PharmaEngine Receives Approval of US IND Application for a Phase II Study of PEP02 (Liposome Irinotecan Injection) in Pancreatic CancerTAIPEI, TaiwanPHARMAENGINE TAIPEI, Taiwan--(BUSINESS WIRE)-- PharmaEngine, Inc. announced...

Funky Islamic fashion struts catwalk

For many, Islamic fashion might seem synonymous with strait-laced garments that leave everything to the imagination, but some Asian designers are trying to equip modern Muslim women with a wardrobe that obeys both sartorial...

Taiwan's air force denies transporting cash for ex-president (AFP)

AFP/File – Aircraft from the Taiwanese air force. The island's air defence has denied allegations that it assisted … TAIPEI (AFP) – Taiwan's air force on Wednesday denied allegations that it assisted former president Chen...

Taiwan's Siliconware cuts Q4 sales forecast

TAIPEI, Dec 3 (Reuters) - Taiwan chip packager Siliconware on Wednesday cut its fourth-quarter sales forecast, a day after its larger local rival ASE slashed its sales guidance for the same quarter due to the economic slowdown....

VIA sees drop on November revenues

VIA Technologies' revenues in November were NT$412 million (US$12.29 million), drops of 35.54% on month and 44.02% on year, while the company's combined revenues for the first 11 months of 2008 were NT$7.49 billion, a drop of...

AMD updates chipset schedule for next year

AMD plans to launch a new entry-level IGP chipset, the 760G based on RS780 architecture, in January 2009. The chipset will support DirectX 10 and Shader Model 4.0, but will not support Unified Video Decoder (UVD) and Hybrid...

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