Intel trumpets move towards 65 nanometer process

Chip giant Intel has announced that it has succeeded in building a 70Mbit static memory chip based around 65m technology. The company says that at 35nm, the gates which turn the transistors on and off are 30 per cent smaller than the previous 90nm generation of chips. Intel has already demonstrated the feasibility of 65nm process SRAMs in November of last year. ...more

Apple Super Bowl ad leaked

Apple's much-anticipated iTunes advertisement which was due to be shown for the first time at this weekend's Super Bowl has leaked onto the Internet. Three websites have the ad, which stars 16 teenagers who have been sued by the Recording Industry Association of America for the unauthorised sharing of music files. They are accompanied by Green Day's version of The Clash's I Fought the Law. ...more

Nvidia debuts handheld GPU

Graphics chip developer Nvidia has debuted a new GPU designed for mobile phones. The new chip is aimed at providing high quality graphics for the new range of services currently under development for 3G handsets. Designed for low power consumption, the company is claiming that the new GoForce 5500 handheld graphics processing unit is the industry's first handheld GPU to playback H. ...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

Open Source Initiative ratifies Sun's CDDL Licence

The Open Source Initiative (OSI) has formally ratified Sun's Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) as an open source-compliant licence. It is widely expected that Sun will use the licence to distribute an open-source version of its Solaris 10 operating system, although the company has not yet confirmed it will use the CDDL for this. Sun first submitted its draft for the CDDL in December, following the launch of Solaris 10. ...more