Company said Friday that it has purchased the base station business of RadioFrame Networks Inc., which uses a technology that allows walkie-talkie features on cell phones.

Chinese maker of parts for solar cells said it completed the sale of a 15 percent ownership stake in a polysilicon plant in China for about $219 million.

Chip manufacturing equipment maker is acquiring Semitool to tap growing market for semiconductors that go into mobile gadgets including ‘smart’ phones and notebook computers.

Regulators said Friday that they have extended until Jan. 27 a deadline to wrap up their antitrust review of Oracle's $7.4 billion takeover of Sun Microsystems.

Company aims to be profitable in gaming and flat-panel TVs by fiscal year ending March 2011, pushing 3-D technology as a way to showcase its strength in entertainment.

German chipmaker Infineon Technologies said Thursday its fourth quarter net income rose to $21 million from a large loss a year ago, helped by cost reductions.

Power-hungry television sets could soon be banned from stores in California as state energy regulators consider a first-in-the-nation mandate intended to lower electricity demand.

Chinese maker of parts for solar cells said it has agreed to sell a 15 percent ownership stake in a polysilicon plant in China for about $219 million.

Researchers from IBM Corp. are reporting that they've simulated a cat's cerebral cortex, the thinking part of the brain, using a massive supercomputer.

Company said Tuesday it offered to buy Semitool Inc. for $364 million in cash, a move the company says will broaden its portfolio of chip manufacturing equipment.