IDF, Fall 2005: A glimpse into the future

The final keynote of IDF Fall 2005 provided a fascinating glimpse into Intel's vision of the future. In charge of proceedings was Justin Rattner, director of Intel's Corporate Technology Group, dedicated to research and development. He presented a vision of systems that were self aware, self healing and dedicated to protecting users from harm. ...more

Ex Nvidia CFO settles false accounting case

The former Chief Financial Officer of leading graphics chip company Nvidia has agreed to pay a US court $672,000. The settlement follows charges that she inflated Nvidia's 2000 results in order to meet analysts' expectations and buoy the share price. Christine Hoberg, agreed to pay the fine plus 'disgorgement of ill-gotten gains' to a court in San Jose yesterday. ...more

RealNetworks hits million subscribers but posts a loss

RealNetworks has posted its results for the first quarter, to the tuned of a $2.8m loss. Revenues of $46. ...more

Investigation of Apple Samsung Flash deal confirmed

South Korea has confirmed that it has begun an investigation into accusations that Samsung has charged Apple unfairly low prices for Flash memory chips. 'We are investigating whether Samsung has been unfairly supplying Flash memory chips to Apple at cheaper prices than applied to domestic music player makers,' a spokesman for the country's Fair Trade Commission explained. Samsung, however, did not appear too concerned. ...more

Murdoch makes his presence felt on the Web

Media magnate Rupert Murdoch is in an expansive mood when it comes to his Internet properties. Speaking to an audience in New York, Murdoch predicted that MySpace Video will overtake the market leader YouTube in 60 to 70 days. This is a big claim given that only two months ago YouTube said it was serving 100 million clips a day and claimed to account for 60 per cent of all videos watched on the Web. ...more