Peter Sayer

Intel asked the Delaware district court for permission to serve a subpoena on graphics chipset manufacturer ATI. Intel is seeking documents that will shed light on how AMD's planned acquisition of ATI will affect its ability to compete in the microprocessor market.

Palm Inc.'s plans for future products could be affected by delays in development of a new version of the Palm OS software, the company warned in a regulatory filing.

AOL LLC launched a new, free, instant messaging application for business users on Wednesday. AIM Pro Professional Edition integrates with Microsoft Outlook corporate directories and calendars, encrypts messages and scans them for viruses, and offers quick access to business conferencing services from WebEx Communications Inc., the company said.

Microsoft Corp. and Nortel Networks Ltd. will unify their efforts to develop "unified communications" products to break down the barriers between telephony, voice mail, e-mail and instant-messaging systems.

France plans to offer 1.2 million of the country's poorest citizens a computer with broadband Internet access for a daily fee of

A cross-site scripting flaw in the PayPal Web site allows a new phishing attack to masquerade as a genuine PayPal log-in page with a valid security certificate, according to security researchers.

Sun Microsystems Inc. asked a California court to order network-attached processing specialist Azul Systems Inc. to stop infringing Sun patents on memory technology, and to order the company to pay damages.

Microsoft Corp. failed in its bid to subpoena communications from IBM Corp. relating to an antitrust case against Microsoft in the European Union, when a U.S. District Court judge in New York quashed Microsoft's request on Thursday.