The worldwide hardcopy peripherals market experienced double-digit growth in both units and shipment value in the second quarter of 2010, according to research firm IDC.

Sony Ericsson, a 50:50 joint venture by Sony and Ericsson, is strengthening its portfolio in China by launching the first smartphone to support China Mobile’s TD-SCDMA network - the Sony Ericsson A8i.

Many engineering disciplines rely on supercomputers to simulate complicated physical phenomena - how cracks form in building materials, for instance, or fluids flow through irregular channels.

AT&T has completed the sale of its domestic Japanese outsourcing services operations to Internet Initiative Japan (IIJ). The companies originally confirmed the transaction in June 2010.

NII Holdings, a provider of mobile communication services, and Motorola have said that Nextel Argentina, Nextel Brazil and Nextel Mexico will offer the Motorola i897 Ferrari Special Edition device.

CSC is expanding its alliance with the Virtual Computing Environment coalition (VCE), a collaboration of Cisco and EMC with VMware, to develop a new global solutions unit and create centers of excellence based on VCE’s Vblock infrastructure.

Partner Communications Company, an Israeli mobile communications operator, has appointed Yacov Gelbard as its new CEO.

Emulex Corporation, a privately-held fabless semiconductor company, has completed acquisition of ServerEngines, a provider of storage networking infrastructure solutions.

HP has signed a $135m, eight-year technology services contract with the Alabama Medicaid Agency, enabling the state to contain costs while meeting new HIPAA requirements, and to improve healthcare delivery, provider satisfaction and recipient access to personal healthcare information.