Palm (http://www.reuters.com/newsArticle.jhtml;?type=technologyNews&storyID=3050925) is planning to produce less expensive models of its handheld computers such as the Zire line in Brazil for cutting costs.

Philips Semiconductors (http://eetimes.com/sys/news/OEG20030708S0017) has rolled out a new generation motion compensation and estimation chip designed to improve LCD picture quality.

VIA (http://www.digitimes.com/NewsShow/Article2.asp?datePublish=2003/07/08&pages=PR&seq=201) today launched the 'Antaur' mobile processor aimed to slim and light notebooks.

The distributor of the Kazaa (http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/internet/07/08/music.ruling.ap/index.html) software for sharing songs, movies and other files online cannot pursue an antitrust lawsuit against major recording labels and movie studios, a federal judge ruled.

Study finds that gamers are social multitaskers (http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/07/06/college.gamers.ap/index.html).

Microsoft (http://news.com.com/2100-1014_3-1023840.html?tag=fd_top) said Tuesday it plans to start giving employees grants of stock rather than options to buy shares as part of a shift in the way the software maker compensates its employees.