Unisys and Dell swap badges

Dell and Unisys have agreed to a bout of badge-swapping, worth $1bn in joint profits over the next three years, reselling each other's desktops, notebooks, servers and services. Under the arrangement, Dell will get to brand Unisys 16- and 32-processor servers, while Unisys gets to play with Dells' two-, four and eight-way PowerEdge servers as well as its OptiPlex desktop, Latitude range of notebooks. Dell also said that Unisys would become a Preferred Service Provider, providing installation, maintenance and support for selected Dell products. ...more

NEC trumpets 55nm circuit technology

NEC has announced that it will begin mass production of chips for mobile phones and other portable devices using its newly developed 55 nanometre circuit technology in 2007. The smaller circuits will enable NEC to match other processor manufacturers in the race to produce ever smaller and cheaper chips. Intel, for instance, has a 65nm process while Samsung said that it will begin making 50nm circuits next year. ...more

Amazon shows efficiency, but not a profit

Reporting lower than expected losses, Amazon has again forecast a move into profitability, citing a 22 per cent increase in sales as evidence. The online store, which now sells books, CDs, videos, software, gifts and games in the UK, published encouraging first quarter results. Losses decreased from $308m to $234m from this time last year and Amazon is hoping to make a profit for the first time in the fourth quarter. ...more

Campaigner vows to 'Make spammers pay'

A campaign has been set up by an Internet marketing specialist to help others take legal action against spammers. This follows his winning of court damages after being sent a single unwanted email. Gordon Dick, 30, has set up a website with the motto 'Make the Spammers Pay!' that tells people how to take to court those who send unsolicited email. ...more

Blu-ray movies debut dual-layer discs

Today marks the first public release of a movie on a dual-layer Blu-ray disc. Sony Pictures is making Adam Sandler's 'Click' available, in the US, on a 50GB capacity disc. It will be the first of three such releases from the company, with Sony hoping it will help Blu-ray gain traction in the CE market against the rival HD DVD format promoted by Toshiba. ...more