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• Taiwan's ITRI develops e-paper technology

  By Alan Patterson | 08 June, 2011 15:08

  Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI), one of the world's largest R&D organizations, has developed e-paper technology which it expects to be used mainly as easily updated signage and posters in shops and other public areas.

• Taiwan pushes IT sector to target user experience

  By Ralph Jennings | 30 March, 2011 20:36

  Officials in Taiwan said on Wednesday they would work with the island's hardware-intensive IT sector over the next three years to design new ways for users to interact with PCs, e-readers and digital television.

• Taiwan researchers seek to perfect LED backlights, MEMS

  By Ralph Jennings | 04 March, 2011 19:37

  A government-funded research institute in Taiwan have kicked off a three-year effort to develop cheaper, longer-lasting LED backlights in mobile phones, notebook PCs and television sets, a project manager said on Friday.

• LTE-Advanced mobile standard gets go-ahead from industry

  By Ralph Jennings | 25 February, 2011 19:19

  Major handset makers meeting on Friday in Taipei gave their nod to a final version of the world's first advanced LTE mobile data standard, which will raise transfer speeds to 1Gbps.

• Mobile heavyweights seek to finalize 1Gbps mobile standard

  By Ralph Jennings | 21 February, 2011 21:40

  The world's top handset makers are meeting this week to finalize a version of an advanced mobile communication standard that would raise data transfer speeds to 1Gbps, an event organizer said on Monday.

• WiMax update set for go-ahead this year

  By Ralph Jennings | 10 January, 2011 21:48

  A faster, more secure and energy-efficient update to the WiMax wireless Internet standard will get final approval and see commercialization within a year, industry officials said on Monday.

• BitTorrent to put its stamp on Taiwanese electronics

  By Ralph Jennings | 07 January, 2011 22:05

  BitTorrent will work with a Taiwanese research institute to develop a certification scheme for local consumer electronics makers who want to put its filesharing applications in their products, a world first for the popular high-speed file-sharing protocol, the research institute said on Friday.

• Flexible screens on the way for E-readers

  By Dan Nystedt | 24 November, 2010 14:06

  Flexible screens as thin as a piece of paper may be available for e-readers by early next year thanks to a project from Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) and licensee AU Optronics, one of the world's largest LCD screen makers.

• Taiwanese researchers show several flexible e-reader screens

  By Dan Nystedt | 26 November, 2009 20:09

  Taiwan's Industrial Technology Research Institute (ITRI) showed off a number of flexible display screen technologies in Taipei on Thursday as part of a show promoting e-readers and e-paper.