Mark Berniker

Singapore’s Chartered Semiconductor on Thursday said it will be involved in the development and manufacturing for a new generation of logic processors with IBM Corp. and Infineon Technologies AG . Chartered is connected to the government of Singapore, and under the terms of the five-year deal with U.S. and German companies, the company will be […]

Barry Diller has made no secret about his InterActiveCorp’s intentions to put its cash towards acquisitions. On a quarterly conference call with analysts, the InteractiveCorp (formerly USA Interactive) CEO said the company was reviewing how it may put some of its $5 billion in cash to work. “Don’t look at anything ridiculous or transforming from […]

Microsoft Corp. is hoping to expand the market for Windows XP Media Center, a version of its Windows operating system that aims to integrate the desktop with a variety of consumer media experiences. Just as regulators in the European Union are stepping up their scrutiny of Windows’ multimedia capabilities, the company announced Wednesday that it […]

Barry Diller has made a bet on online travel and his investments are starting to yield results. Financial results released early Tuesday by Diller’s InterActiveCorp. (IAC) and Expedia point to renewed health in the online travel e-commerce sector. IAC said second quarter profits increased, but only slightly. Its profits for the quarter declined to $92.9 […]

Orbitz, Inc., the subject of a Justice Department inquiry, was cleared late Thursday of any wrongdoing in an alleged scheme to limit competition by controlling airline ticket prices. Chicago-based Orbitz is the online travel consortium created by American Airlines , United Airlines , Delta Airlines Inc. , Northwest Airlines and Continental Airlines . The venture […]

Netgear Inc. is the latest computer networking equipment company to go public. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company makes a variety of networking products that allow small businesses, home-offices and consumers the ability to share Internet access among several personal computers. Like the previous high tech offerings from iPass and InterVideo, Netgear saw its stock pop […]

When Barnes & Noble and Bertlesmann AG decided to set up its online venture, they had every intention of cutting into Amazon.com’s lead in the online bookselling market. Now Bertelsmann, facing its own financial pressures and new strategic direction, has decided to sell its stake in the barnesandnoble.com venture back to Barnes & Noble for […]

Microsoft is out with Digital Image Suite 9, a product looking to carve into Adobe Systems market lead in the digital imaging software market. But Microsoft’s digital imaging software, which has some of the same features to Adobe’s PhotoShop, is neither as robust, nor as expensive. But that’s the idea: Microsoft is marketing the new […]

IBM said it has struck a deal with Thomson as part of the launch of a new “end-to-end media asset management service.” Thomson’s Technicolor Media Asset Management (MAM) service will use IBMs content management systems to offer studios, broadcasters and other media companies digitizing capabilities. Minneapolis-based Ancept is a strategic partner in the venture. The […]

Acer is out with a new line of notebook PCs based on Intel’s Centrino mobile technology, which are priced starting at $999. The new Acer TravelMate290 series of notebooks will weigh close to 6.6 pounds, and include bays for CD burners and wireless connections to the Internet. Currently, most Centrino-based notebook PCs cost upwards of […]

Real estate listings site Homestore has strengthened an alliance with Yahoo , in the move that helps the media company carve out more space in the online real estate market and the real estate concern expand its distribution pipeline. The deal will place some 6.4 million Homestore Apartments & Rentals listings and its affiliate Homebuilder.com’s […]

IPass is the latest Silicon Valley company to test the public equity markets with the issuing of its initial public offering on Thursday. The company was able to raise close to $98 million for its IPO, a significantly higher valuation than originally anticipated. By midday during its first full day of trading, shares of the […]