AMD and Fujitsu merge Flash memory operations

Chip manufacturer AMD and computer giant Fujitsu Limited have announced that they are to merge their Flash memory operations into a single business. The new company, to be called FASL LLC, will be based on the integration of AMD and Fujitsu's Flash memory businesses, including their existing joint manufacturing venture, Fujitsu AMD Semiconductor Limited. The new company is expected to begin operations in the third quarter of this year. ...more

Storm worm thunders into February malware chart

The deluge from the Storm worm places it at the top of the malware charts in February, according to findings from security appliance vendor Fortinet. The worm, also known as Tibs, accounted for 3.91 per cent of all malware detected in the month. ...more

Ofcom warns consumers will be squeezed by caps and contention as media services rocket

UK Internet users are increasingly familiar with the issues surrounding broadband, according to industry regulator Ofcom, but remain unclear on two that can noticeably affect the level of service, contention ratio and usage caps. According to Ofcom's market report for 2005, 90 per cent of broadband users have never heard of contention ratios and 70 per cent believed their service to be uncapped, despite the fact that both are almost ubiquitous. The regulator acknowledges that at present neither has a significant affect on the 'user experience', except for a small minority of users who download large amounts of data, largely because service providers have gradually increased network capacity to cope with growing demand for bandwidth. ...more

Mobile gamer commits suicide over phone bill

Following a South Korean teenager committing suicide after having received a ?2,000 phone bill, local mobile operators have promised to cap data usage prices. The 16-year old ran up the bill by playing games on his phone, according to police in Iksan, his home town, reports the Taiwanese China Post. Following his tragic death, mobile phone company SK Telecom said that it would introduce an unlimited usage plan costing just ?17 per month while KTF will charge ?15. ...more

HP shows off blue iPod

HP CEO Carly Fiorina has given the first public showing of the HP branded iPod, announced on Friday. Fiorina waves the device around in this C|net video. Microsoft has, as you might have expected, given the Apple-HP alliance a frosty response. ...more