LG, Sharp Display to Plead Guilty to Price Fixing
LG Display Co Ltd and Sharp Corp will plead guilty in mid-December to price fixing in the market for thin-film transistor liquid crystal displays, the U.S. Justice Department said on Tuesday.
Taproot Turns Smartphones Into Hotspots
New software relays cellular data over Wi-Fi, turning your Wi-Fi-enabled handset into a mobile router.

Philips Scraps GPS Plans
Dutch Philips Electronics has shelved plans to make mobile personal navigation systems, the chief executive of Philips' consumer electronics unit said on Tuesday.

Sony Cuts PS3 Price in Japan; Where's Ours?
Sony Corp said it would cut the price of its PlayStation 3 game console by 10 percent in Japan and launch a new model, in a bid to ignite demand in the run-up to the critical year-end shopping season.

Confused by Microsoft Case? Consider Chinese Food
The workings of what one might call "Chinese restaurant protocols"may help explain the importance of computer protocols, a key part of Microsoft's antitrust court hearing.
Adobe Confirms 'Critical' Reader, Acrobat Exploits With IE
A critical security vulnerability in an ActiveX control used by Internet Explorer could allow malicious hackers to use Adobe's Reader and Acrobat software to launch code execution attacks.

RIAA Confirms It Will Take Piracy Fight to ISPs
The Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA) on Friday confirmed that it will abandon its practice of suing individuals for online piracy in favor of working with Internet service providers to track down offenders.
Lexmark Warns of Declining Sales in Q4
Lexmark International posted a smaller-than-expected quarterly profit, hurt by weak profit margins in its laser printer segment, and slack demand for consumer inkjet printer.
Music Distributor Ships Linux Personal Media Player
The Linux answer to the video iPod is on its way.
Can Motorola's Handset Business Stand Alone?
Motorola said Wednesday that it will split its troubled handset business off into a separate entity next year, as the company seeks to placate frustrated investors. But one analyst thinks that the handset business might need a partner to survive.
