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After several years of branding work, Taiwan’s HTC Corp., a globally known smartphone supplier, is reaping the fruits of its efforts. The HTC brand is now valued at around US$3.605 billion, topping the list of the island’s “top 100 international brands” this year.

Empik, one of Poland’s major retail outlets, is billed to start sales of digital music over the internet after it took over a majority stake in e-Muzyka, a leader in digital music distribution in the country.

Acer and ASUS, Taiwan’s internationally renowned computer duo, are both said to hit the global market with flat panel computers in the third quarter later this year in response to Apple’s sensational “iPad,” according to Economic Daily News.

Alcatel, telcos, chip makers launch green research

Samsung, the leading maker of phones and TVs for the U.S. market, is launching e-book readers early this year, joining a host of manufacturers who hope to capitalize on the shift away from paper books.

Taiwan’s Hon Hai Group has signed a deal to buy U.S. computer giant Dell’s factory in Poland, further expanding its operation territory in Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA).

A new technology to prevent lithium-ion batteries from catching fire or exploding in laptops and mobile phones may be on the market as soon as the first quarter of 2010, its inventor said on Wednesday.

Acer Inc, the world's No. 2 personal computer maker, expects its shipments of portable PCs - which include notebooks and netbooks - to reach 40 million units next year, making it the world's biggest portable PC maker, Acer Chairman J.T. Wang said yesterday.

Google's Gmail and Yahoo's Mail were also targeted by a large-scale phishing attack, probably the same one that attacked at least 10,000 passwords from Microsoft's Windows Live Hotmail, according to a report by the BBC.

Electronic readers could be the hottest gift this holiday season as a new crop of portable media devices begins to join iPods and other music players as must-have tech accessories.