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TAIPEI (Reuters) - Google Inc will continue to offer support to firms using its Android system that are involved in legal disputes, its executive chairman Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday, as the Internet giant looks to cement alliances in the face of toughening competition.

TAIPEI (Reuters) - Google Inc will continue to offer support to firms using its Android system that are involved in legal disputes, its executive chairman Eric Schmidt said on Wednesday, as the Internet giant looks to cement alliances in the face of toughening competition.

Taiwan's Chimei Innolux Corp, a leading flat screen maker, said Thursday it posted more than $450 million in losses in the three months to June, in a sign of the woes hitting the industry globally.

Tablets that match the iPad but at a cheaper price. Slimmer, more powerful notebooks. At Computex, Asia's top IT fair, manufacturers are showing how they plan to face the challenge from Apple's iconic product.

Taiwan tech giant Foxconn said Tuesday all its workshops that polish electronic parts and products in China had been shut down for inspection after a deadly explosion at a plant last week.

Sintek Photronic, a leading Taiwan flat-screen component maker, has tied up with Samsung to produce advanced touch-screens for next-generation smartphones, officials said Wednesday.

Taiwan's AU Optronics, a leading flat-screen maker, has launched a multi-billion-dollar foray into solar power, as the island tries to outclass China in the growth industry, officials and media said Tuesday.

Taiwan's leading smartphone maker HTC said Thursday its net profit surged more than 70 percent in 2010 on soaring demand for mobiles running Google's Android operating system.

Taiwan said Thursday its economy grew by a higher-than-expected 9.80 percent in the third quarter of 2010 from a year earlier, lifted by private-sector investment.

Taiwanese IT giant Foxconn, hit by a series of suicides, said Monday it would hike wages at its plants in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, a move observers said could trigger industry-wide pay rises.

Taiwanese IT giant Foxconn, hit by a series of suicides, said Monday it would hike wages at its plants in the southern Chinese city of Shenzhen, a move observers said could trigger industry-wide pay rises.

Taiwanese IT giant Foxconn, hit by a series of suicides, said Monday it would hike wages at its plants in the south Chinese city Shenzhen, a move observers said could trigger industry-wide pay rises.

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co said Tuesday its net profit in the first quarter rose more than 20-fold from last year as demand soars following the downturn.