Via puts a padlock on its chips

Via has announced worldwide availability of its Eden ESP10000 and ESP8000 processors. With their low-power consumption and fanless operation, the processors are aimed at the embedded or thin client market. Described by Via as 'enabling PC functionality from traditionally single function devices', the low-power, x86 processors now run at speeds of 1GHz (the ESP10000) and 800Mhz (the ESP8000). ...more

Dot-Jam tomorrow for LastMinute.com

It's an intriguing race. Which of Amazon and Lastminute.com will be the last to make a profit? Well, LastMinute has just filed its latest financial results. ...more

Lindows ponders new name for Dutch operation

Following its enforced withdrawal under Microsoft's legal muscle, Linux distributor Lindows is looking for a new name for its operations in the Benelux countries. The company has asked its existing users to come up with a possible temporary name which can be used and which will satisfy the courts in the Netherlands. If you can come up with a suitable name which doesn't libel Microsoft or its management and will pass the average spam filter send it to mailto:temporaryName@lindows. ...more

EMI sways to ensure merger

EMI group PLC said today that it is looking to find a settlement with the European Commission regulators over its concern that the $20 billion merger with Time Warner would harm competition. This comes a day after The Financial Times reported that EC officials were poised to send a draft of their decision advising that the deal should be blocked. The FT said that unless the two companies must offer significant concessions to appease the EU. ...more

Microsoft poised to open Times Square store

Microsoft is poised to follow Apple into the US retail market by opening a store in New York's Times Square. The New York Post reports that the company is currently 'on the prowl' for a suitable location in which to create a 'branding experience'. Microsoft declined to comment on the report, which said that real estate broker Jones Lang LaSalle has been asked to supply information about One Times Square, the building made famous every New Year's Eve. ...more