Intel warns of lowered revenues

Chip giant Intel caused a stir on Wall Street on Friday when it warned that its first quarter revenues were going to be below forecasts. Previously the company had told investors that it expected revenues of between $9.1 billion and $9. ...more

Eolas Web plug-ins patent annulled

The US Patent Office has rescinded the controversial patent granted to Eolas governing the execution of remote code on Web pages. Last year the company successfully sued Microsoft in an Illinois court for 'patent infringement' and won damages of $521mn. The Patent Office's invalidation of the claim will come as a welcome relief not only to Microsoft, but to millions of Internet Explorer users and website developers. ...more

Scientists put life into memory chips via neuron networks

Researchers have made advances towards integrating living cells into memory chips. Israeli scientists have shown it is possible to store data on an artificial culture of live neurons, imprinting rudimentary memories. Itay Baruchi and Eshel Ben-Jacob, of Tel-Aviv University, said that the breakthrough could help neurologists to understand how our brains learn and store information. ...more

Adobe adds RAW power to Photoshop

Adobe has released Camera Raw updates for the Mac and Windows flavours of Photoshop and Photoshop Elements. The updates add support for the Raw image formats of four new cameras - Canon EOS Rebel XT (EOS 350D/EOS Kiss Digital N), Nikon D2X, Olympus EVOLT E-300 and Olympus C-7070 Wide Zoom - and an updated DNG Converter utility for converting the Raw files into Adobe's digital negative (DNG) format. It is available for Adobe Creative Studio 2, Photoshop CS2 and Photoshop Elements 3. ...more

DRAM makers keep fingers crossed for better prices

Unwilling to see their losses jump higher, DRAM makers are tolerating higher inventory levels as they keep their fingers crossed for a better pricing environment in the second half, sources said. While global contract prices for DRAM show no signs of recovery, the price of 256Mbit DDR has seen temporary support at $3, as several leading DRAM makers maintain a bias towards holding inventory rather than selling at a loss. However, DRAM prices are unlikely to recover in the near term due to the traditional second-quarter weakness in the IT sector and the potential repercussions of SARS on IT demand, market participants said. ...more