UK firm prints TFT panels with inkjet

A UK company has successfully printed a 14in colour display using specialised inkjet printing technology. Cambridge Display Technology used a 128 nozzle printer to produce the active matrix flat panel on an amorphous silicon backplane. The display has a 1024x768 resolution, the equivalent to some 30 million inkjet droplets. ...more

The Great firewall of China?

Having already placed heavy restrictions on Net use, the Chinese government has gone one step further with plans to build its own separate Internet, according to the government's Xinhua News Agency. The Chinese Internet would be "safer, faster, and handle greater volumes of information", it was announced at a ceremony in Beijing, where a number of companies signed an agreement to form the China C-Net Strategic Alliance. However, as the government recently cracked down on 'subversive' content, making Chinese news sites carry only approved material, terms such as 'safer' are probably in the government's interest, rather than the moral welfare of the Chinese. ...more

MPEG LA changes its DRM for mobile devices

MPEG LA has introduced new licensing terms for its digital rights management technology for mobile devices. The new terms are a response to the decision by the GSM Association, which represents some 800 mobile device makers and GSM network operators, to reject the original licensing fees for the Open Mobile Alliance's Digital Rights Management 1.0. ...more

Xerox's patent claim on Graffiti system to be thrown out of court

Handheld builder palmOne has had Xerox's claim that the Graffiti text entry system infringed one of its patents thrown out of court. District Court Judge Michael A. Telesca issued a summary judgement in favour of palmOne after deciding that the patent was invalid. ...more

Wireless broadband nearly under the hammer

As BT's broadband exchanges are unbundled haphazardly, so its wireless counterpart hopes to get unbundled without the bungle. All 12 applicants, which include Energis Local Access, Norweb Telecom, Orange and Atlas Communications, have confirmed that they will bid for the licences, bringing the auction a step closer. It is set to begin 16 October. ...more