Tech Giants Unveil Latest Gadgets

Intel also confirmed speculation that it will roll out chips to be used in big-screen, high-definition TVs. Using a technology called liquid crystal on silicon (LCOS), the chipmaker said it should help manufacturers offer TVs priced at less than $2,000 by 2005.

Wednesday, Intel announced a plan to invest $200 million in companies working on technologies for the so-called digital home, in which PCs will theoretically work seamlessly with consumer electronics devices.

Finally, Dell said in a release Thursday that it has tapped Fuji Xerox, Kodak(EK) and Samsung as partners to expand its imaging and printing products, building on its current relationship with Lexmark(LXK). The company said it will release more details this afternoon.

Separately, a Samsung spokesperson confirmed the company will cooperate with Dell to develop and manufacture laser printers, Dow Jones reported.

Dell began selling Lexmark printers under its own brand in March 2003, but many analysts have expected it to add other manufacturing sources as it seeks to snatch away business from the profit center of chief rival H-P.

Hewlett-Packard, which also got a boost from Goldman Sachs Thursday, was lately up $1.33, or 5.7%, to $24.69; Apple was up 91 cents, or 1%, to $23.48; Intel shares were up 19 cents, or 0.6%, to $34.19; and Dell shares were higher by 27 cents, or 0.9%, to $35.78.

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