Intel builds on server components

New from Intel: Build your own server Chip giant Intel has introduced a new range of products to allow OEMs to build a new generation of servers. The 'building block' releases include server boards, server chassis, and RAID controllers, all based on Intel's Xeon processor and Intel E7500 chipset. The Intel Server Board SE7500WV2 is a dual-processor board, integrated with the new Intel Serve Chassis SR1300 or SR2300, and is optimised for high density, rack-mount server environments. ...more

UPDATED: US Supreme Court tightens 'obvious' patent rules

The US Supreme Court on Monday sided with software and technology companies in two major patent rulings that could leave them less vulnerable to infringement lawsuits. The high court moved to curb the liability of firms for infringing products sold overseas and in another case loosened a key legal standard making it easier to invalidate some patents on the grounds they are obvious inventions. The decisions were applauded by software and technology companies. ...more

HP joins the crowd

Hewlett-Packard has announced a range of Pavilion systems that include a CD-R/W drive as standard. This should see them included in a few more Labs Tests. At the risk of sounding like Anne Robinson, the company promotes this 'hardly-pioneering' inclusion by saying that users can now compile their own music and photo CDs. ...more

Intel sees profit boost dented by Intergraph settlement

A recovery in world IT spending gave Intel an 89 per cent boost in first quarter profits over the previous year. The company's revenue at $8.1 billion was up 20 per cent year on year. ...more

Price check: Broadband routers

If you've got more than one computer at home and are hooked up to broadband, you'll probably want to share that connection via an Internet gateway. Here we take a snapshot of UK prices for broadband routers. Starting at ?32. ...more