AMD on track with financials

Following close behind Intel's quarterly financial results, AMD has announced its own. And the bullish Sunnyvale-based chip maker has received a more positive response from the markets. For its fourth quarter ending December 25, 2005, the company notched up record fourth quarter sales of $1. ...more

Microsoft appeals second EC fine

Microsoft has formally lodged an appeal with the Court of First Instance against the €280.5mn fine imposed back in July. The fine was imposed on Microsoft by the European Commission following its failure to comply with the March 2004 Decision, requiring the software giant to publish the details of the interfaces to Windows Server 2003 that would allow rival software companies to develop applications on the same basis as Microsoft's own teams. ...more

SanDisk develops T-Flash removable, intelligent mini-storage

A new fingernail sized flash memory format has been introduced that will make removable storage possible in much smaller devices than at present, including mobile phones. SanDisk has developed the T-Flash, which at 11x15x1mm is a quarter of the size of the smallest flash memory cards currently available and compatible, via an adapter, with any SD card reading device. Being removable will make it ideal for transferring data such as phone numbers and settings from one phone to another, SanDisk says. ...more

MS defends its right to patent XML word processing technologies

Microsoft has defended its right to patent XML-based word processing technologies. This follows the news, which we reported yesterday, that the company had already successfully filed, in New Zealand, for such patent protection. Specifically patent number 525484 relates to A 'Word processing document stored in a single XML file that may be manipulated by applications that understand XML'. ...more

Electoral Commission backs e-voting

The UK Electoral Commission has backed initiatives to introduce e-voting into British political life. The independent body quotes a recent survey stating that more than half (55 per cent) of English adults expressed approval of e-voting, saying it would encourage them to vote at the next local election. That figure rose to three-quarters when it came to the 18-24 year olds age range. ...more