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Toshiba eyes doubled operating profit in 3 years (Reuters)

Reuters - Japanese electronics maker Toshiba Corp (6502.T) said it expects its operating profit to more than double over the next three years as it cuts costs, ramps up capacity for its semiconductors and seeks nuclear plant orders.

AMD Must Rebuild Momentum, Despite Customer Loyalty (PC World)
PC World - Advanced Micro Devices must work hard to rebuild its momentum in the Asian server market, even though the chip maker managed...

HSBC admits to losing data of 159,000 account holders (Reuters)

Reuters - Global banking group HSBC (0005.HK) has admitted to losing a computer server holding transaction data of 159,000 account holders in a Hong Kong branch office. The bank said in a statement issued late on Wednesday that it lost track of the server during renovation work at a Kwun Tong district branch on April 26.

AMD Revamps Server Roadmap, Adds Cores (PC Magazine)
PC Magazine - AMD said Wednesday that it has revamped its server and workstation processor roadmap, but has also committed to supporting the current architecture through several years.

Sprint-Clearwire WiMax Effort Gets $3.2 Bil, Big Partners (Investor's Business Daily)
Investor's Business Daily - Sprint Nextel and Clearwire breathed new life into their wireless broadband alliance Wednesday, securing $3.2 billion in much-needed financing from three cable TV companies, Web search firm Google and chipmaker Intel.

AMD Jumps to 12-core Chip, Skips 8-core Chip Plans (PC World)
PC World - Advanced Micro Devices plans to release processors with 12 cores, which changes its product road map and kills earlier plans...

AMD Plans 12-Core Server Chip In 2010 (TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The chipmaker introduced its two-year product roadmap for servers and workstations on Wednesday.

South Korea's Hynix hopeful after WTO ruling on Japan tariff (AP)
AP - Hynix Semiconductor Inc. of South Korea said Wednesday it expects to sell more dynamic random access memory chips in Japan after a World Trade Organization ruling.

Mac Clone Offered On eBay (TechWeb)
TechWeb - InformationWeek - The unauthorized Apple desktop was flaunted with an Intel Core 2 Duo chip, 2 GB of memory, a 250-GB 7200 RPM serial ATA hard drive, and an Intel 3-D graphics chip.

AMD shares jump on restructuring optimism (Reuters)

Reuters - Advanced Micro Devices Inc shares jumped more than 12 percent on Tuesday on investor optimism that the beleaguered chipmaker could soon announce its long-awaited strategy to revamp manufacturing to cut costs.