John Blau

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FALL IDF: Intel to unveil ‘next-generation architecture’

Intel Corp. plans to introduce a major change in the architecture used to build its chips during its upcoming Fall Intel Developer Forum (IDF) in San Francisco. The highlight of Chief Executive Officer Paul Otellini's keynote speech on Aug. 23 will be the announcement of Intel's "next-generation architecture," which will arrive in the second half of 2006.

Deutsche Telekom: mobile is money maker

Mobile communications continues to be the big money maker for Deutsche Telekom AG, as Europe's largest telecommunications service provider battles stiff competition and falling sales in its core, fixed-line broadband business in Germany.

Qualcomm, Connexion test in-flight wireless service

Qualcomm Inc. and The Boeing Co.'s Connexion have joined forces to test in-flight mobile phone communications in a specially equipped Boeing 737-400 aircraft, the companies said. Connexion, which already provides a wireless Internet service to airline passengers with laptops, hopes to offer them a mobile phone service as soon as regulators in the U.S. give the green light.

Bluetooth offers security tips to avoid attacks

After two Israeli researchers published a paper earlier this month explaining how security mechanisms in short-range wireless Bluetooth technology could be quickly undermined, members of the Bluetooth Special Interest Group (SIG) are now urging users to take several precautions.

Norway throws weight behind open source

Norwegian Minister for Modernization Morton Andreas Meyer is asking all government institutions in the sparsely populated Nordic country to have a plan in place for the use of open-source software by the end of 2006.

AMD files broad antitrust suit against Intel

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) has filed a wide-ranging antitrust suit against Intel Corp., accusing it of maintaining its monopoly in the PC processor market by illegally coercing customers around the world into using its products, AMD said.

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