OLPC sued for patent infringement ... New tools drive Mac apps to Penryn ... Top 5 storage predictions for 2008

In this issue:
- OLPC sued for patent infringement
- New tools from Intel drive Mac apps to Penryn
- Business Objects to help SAP in new class of applications
- Web apps, Office among top security headaches, says SANS
- Top five storage predictions for 2008
- Toshiba, NEC collaborate on 32-nanometer chips
- Samsung develops RFID chip for mobile handsets
- Gartner: x86 servers gain as Unix shipments fall
- Samsung's dual-format HD disc player coming in December
- Rogue cell phone bedevils Iowa 911 operators
- Win a Wi-Fi Detector T-Shirt!


TODAY'S NEWS

OLPC sued for patent infringement
A Massachusetts company has sued the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) Association for patent infringement, charging the project with stealing its designs for a multilingual keyboard.

New tools from Intel drive Mac apps to Penryn
Intel upgraded its software development tools on Wednesday to help Mac OS X Leopard applications perform better on Intel's Penryn processors, suggesting the power-efficient chips may be offered soon in Apple Macs.

Business Objects to help SAP in new class of applications
SAP's acquisition of Business Objects will accelerate its strategy to bring to market a category of software called business user applications.

Web apps, Office among top security headaches, says SANS
Web-based applications and security holes in Microsoft products are among the biggest threats facing Internet users today, according to the SANS Institute.

Top five storage predictions for 2008
Hitachi Data Systems released its top five storage predictions for 2008, with data de-duplication rated the hottest and most innovative technology to hit the market since virtualization.

Toshiba, NEC collaborate on 32-nanometer chips
Toshiba and NEC Electronics will work together on advanced chip manufacturing technologies to help them continue the steady miniaturization of consumer electronics products.

Samsung develops RFID chip for mobile handsets
Samsung Electronics has developed an RFID (radio frequency identification) chip it hopes will turn mobile phones into more useful tools to tell people about the products and services they want.

Gartner: x86 servers gain as Unix shipments fall
As adoption of x86 servers increased globally, Unix-based server shipments witnessed a slowdown during the third quarter, a Gartner survey released on Monday said.

Samsung's dual-format HD disc player coming in December
Samsung looks ready to make good on its plan to release a dual-format Blu-ray Disc and HD DVD player in time for the year-end holidays.


ITWHIRLED

Rogue cell phone bedevils Iowa 911 operators
Under FCC rules, cell phones that have long been disconnected from any cell phone provider must still be able to call 911. That's exactly what one mysterious phone in Iowa keeps doing -- 400 times in one week, with nobody on the line. Officials can't find the phone or associate it with a real person, but by law must answer each and every call.

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