Cisco Systems buys Topspin Communications

Cisco Systems has bought Topspin Communications to give itself an entry into the emerging field of grid computing, clustered enterprise applications, and server virtualisation. Cisco says it has paid $250mn for the company in a combination of shares and cash. Topspin's particular forte is InfiniBand-based server fabric switches that connect servers together into a grid, and provide the server grid with network and storage connectivity. ...more

Eats, Shoots and Leaves examples on a website

Lynne Truss, author of the surprise best selling book about punctuation pedantry, has launched a website to collect examples of erroneous grammar. The writer of Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation said that since the book was published in 2003, people have continually approached her with examples of poor punctuation, prompting her to begin collecting them online. 'It would be lovely to hear from you - especially if you have hilarious examples of punctuation signs,' she explains on the site. ...more

Forgent Networks ceases JPEG patent battle

Forgent Networks has ceased pressing patent claims against the JPEG standard for image formats. Forgent has agreed to drop all pending cases and not to file any further suits based on the US Patent No. 4,698,672 (the '672 Patent). ...more

Price change means new winner in PC Pro lab test

Increased memory prices have caused Evesham to hike the price of its Axis 1900+, the Mesh XP 1800+ GTi2 is now the official winner. Due to a further increase in the price of DDR memory, evesham.com has been forced into raising the price of the Evesham Axis 1900+ by ?50. ...more

The weekly roundup - Friday 20 April

Keep abreast of the news with our weekly roundup of the week's main tech stories. The week is dominated by processor news, from the Intel Developer Forum in Beijing. Among the developments we reported from China was a new class of chips for ultramobiles, a variant on its Santa Rosa platform for laptops, and a mobile gaming 'extreme' processor. ...more