12th April 2004 Archive

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• Intel puts 'Britney Spears silicon' in new X-Scale chip

  Mr. Bulverde at the door

  Intel made a major bid today to boost its cell phone chip business with the release of a new Xscale processor - code-named Bulverde. Bulverde was first discussed in late 2003 as Intel's answer to a graphics rich, more demanding mobile world. The processor formally known by the catchy PXA27x name includes technology designed to …

  Mobile 12 Apr 2004, 03:53

• Intel launches Bulverde, Marathon

  Update Next-gen XScale details emerge

  Intel today formally launched 'Bulverde', the next generation of its XScale processor family, as the PXA270. The chip giant also announced it would ship Bulverde's graphics accelerator companion chip, formerly codenamed 'Marathon' but now officially dubbed the 2700G, in volume this quarter. Bulverde will initially ship with a …

  Mobile 12 Apr 2004, 06:58

• Microsoft squares Intertrust DRM suit for $440m

  Peace of mind

  Microsoft is paying $440m to settle its long-running digital rights management (DRM) patent infringement dispute with Intertrust. The one-off pay-out means that Microsoft customers can use their software "as they are intended to be used without requiring a license from InterTrust". Anything else would have been intolerable, …

  Developer 12 Apr 2004, 09:50

• AMD gives up processor profits to Intergraph

  Patent payout

  AMD has agreed to pay Intergraph up to $25m to settle a chip patent dispute. AMD and Intergraph have put an end to their legal feud that included a lawsuit in the United States District Court for the Northern District of California. Under the terms of their agreement, AMD will pay Intergraph $10m and shell out 2 per cent of the …

  Business 12 Apr 2004, 12:35

• NH judge throws out paedo chat-log evidence

  Chat, Copy, Paste, Prison

  When a New Hampshire judge threw out chat-log evidence against an accused pedophile, he illustrated just how jumbled and confused Internet privacy law can be, writes SecurityFocus columnist Mark Rasch. You are engaged in a chat session with some friends and colleagues, when one of them makes a witty remark or imparts a pithy …

  Music and Media 12 Apr 2004, 20:49