Technology

Intel accused of stealing chip virtualization, violating God's law

Prison inmate sues Chipzilla for $5bn

An American prison inmate has sued Intel for $5 billion, insisting the chip maker's Core 2 Duo chip and its virtualization technology are based on trade secrets pilfered from him by way of Apple suprem

Patent troll sues Oprah, Sony over online book viewing

'We own the touchy, feely internet'

An IP-squatting firm is suing Oprah Winfrey's production company and Sony Electronics over patent inf

Azure new future for Microsoft's Muglia

First among equals

Bob Muglia's New-Year ascension from "vice" to full "president" of Microsoft's server and tools business is an important milestone in t

Super Micro fiscal Q2 sales not so super

Banking on Nehalem

Motherboard and server maker Super Micro Computer said today it was not going to make its expected numbers for its fiscal second quarter ended December 31. The economic meltdown is the culprit - of course. But the good n

Salesforce.com outage exposes cloud's dark linings

Software as a (dis)service

Exposing the dark side of cloud computing, Salesforce.com suffered an outage that locked more than 900,000 subscribers out of crucial applications and data needed to transact business with customers.���

'Sonic boom' golf club may 'damage hearing'

Fore!! - the new sound of fear

Golf isn't exactly known as a sport of deafening noises, but a provocative (albeit suspiciously anecdotal) study is making

Apple unveils 17-inch MacBook, iLife tweaks, Tony Bennett

Jobs-free keynote fails to inspire

Macworld Expo In one of the least eventful keynote speeches in recent memory, Apple's SVP Phil Schiller, filling in for the

A crack in the madness of clouds

Sanity check 09?

Besides providing some of the biggest technical innovation of 2008, the cloud also wins the award for most amorphous product definition. Few people define "the cloud" or "cloud computing" the same way, leading to market no

Best Buy punts resurrected Jesus Phones

Answers AT&T, Wal-Mart

Following in the footsteps of AT&T, US electronics retailer Best Buy is now selling resurrected Jesus Phones at a discount.���

IBM approves Obama's IT stimulus package

$30bn will create 900,000 jobs, healthy IBM

If you were the incoming president of the United States, and you wanted to gauge the effect of an economic stimulus package geared to information technology as a means to create jobs, who would y