Pre-IDF report: Intel focuses on energy efficiency for IDF Fall 2006

San Francisco's Moscone Center West, the venue for Intel Developer Forum Fall 2006 which kicks off tomorrow, is still in the throes of setting up; flight cases are strewn across the entrance lobby of the massive convention centre. Every IDF has a major theme, and the official IDF guide book listing tech sessions and keynotes - which stretches to 200 pages despite the event lasting only three full days - says it all. 'Energy-Efficient Performance. ...more

Apple shareholders face a cost of delisting

Apple shareholders could see the value of their holdings fall considerably if the Nasdaq exchange carries through its threat to delist the company's stock. According to research by Georgetown University professor James J Angel into the effects of delisting, shareholders lost an average of 19 per cent in past cases. Apple faces delisting for failing to meet the deadline for filing its latest Form 10-Q filing, a report on the company's performance during the financial quarter to 1 July. ...more

Sony and Samsung shake hands on patent cross licensing

Sony Corporation and Samsung Electronics have signed a cross licensing deal covering each other's patents. The deal is a rare agreement between a Japanese and Korean company over what are often bitter copyright disputes. The agreement covers patents from both companies on basic technologies. ...more

Google and Skype shell out on community WiFi

You know your proposition is hot when you are attracting investment from the likes of Google and Skype. This seems to be the case for a new Internet access network called Fon, which works by users pooling available bandwidth, to enable free WiFi roaming. Only people who already have a local Internet connection are able to take advantage of others' sharing. ...more

British computer users pay twice as much for IT

British IT users can sidestep the great British rip-off and save up to 50 per cent by importing products from the US, PC Pro reveals. British buyers are having the wool pulled over their eyes, as sellers in the US are able to offer exactly the same goods at huge discounts. An in-depth investigation in the new issue of PC Pro shows that a copy of Microsoft Office 2003 is ?362 in the UK, but can be picked up for ?211 in US stores. ...more