Green light for Palm to challenge Xerox patent

An infringed patent can still be an invalid one... ...more

IBM goes for the Petaflop

IBM has landed a contract with The U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to build the world's first supercomputer based around Big Blue's Cell Broadband Engine (Cell B. ...more

Hip directors lead BMW Net film project

BMW has fully embraced the world of multimedia, with a series of films on its site featuring British actor Clive Owen. The Croupier star gets to play a BMW driver in five films, each lasting around five minutes. BMW has managed to procure the talents of hip directors Guy Ritchie, Ang Lee, John Frankenheimer, Wong Kar-Wai and Alejandro Gonz?lez I??rritu for the project. ...more

IBM to bring Firefox inside

IBM plans to develop Firefox extensions to integrate the open-source browser into its server software. Big Blue has advertised for a programmer in its advanced technology group with the job of 'enhancing Firefox with new features complimentary to IBM's On Demand middleware stack'. The creation of the post is another indication that major enterprises are considering the open source browser as a serious alternative to Microsoft's Internet Explorer. ...more

Internet Governance Forum to have first meeting

A new international forum to debate the future of the Internet has been created. The Internet Governance Forum (IGF) has been set up to debate how to bring the benefits of the Internet to developing countries, identify emerging issues, discuss solutions to the misuse of the Internet and disseminate the use of best practice throughout the world. The forum was created following the World Summit on the Information Society that took place last year. ...more