Continuing the battle for High Definition DVD supremacy, the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA) announced this week that its format specification and licensing is ready, allowing hardware vendors to finalise designs already being showcased at the show.

In a salvo of Q1 news EMC 'rebalances' its global workforce, spends US$30-million on Grid-based software and predicts record US$9.5-billion 2005 earnings after a $2.7-billion Q4 revenue rush.

According to Arkansas -based newspaper, The Benton County Record EMC Corporation and US retail giant, Wal-Mart are to sue a contractor for breaching IP laws.

High Definition DVD may still be months away from initial release, however, in more Blu-ray news from the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas, TDK is already adding fuel to the format war fire by showcasing a 100GB recordable Blu-ray disc.

In more security news, Research In Motion (RIM), maker of the popular BlackBerry handsets has issued a warning about three software flaws that make the device vulnerable to Denial of Service (DoS) attacks.

An entire Office suite on a U3 USB stick? That's what U3 brings in the form of Portable OpenOffice and ThinkFree Office suites.

The critical Windows WMF vulnerability discovered last week has sparked a blaze of exploits, but don’t hold your breath for a Microsoft patch.

Despite Massachusetts IT soap operas, the North American state government has confirmed that it will be sticking with the Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) OpenDocument file format until further notice.

Symantec has extended its security reach with the cash-only, US$75-million purchase of IMLogic and its IM Manager software.

Rambus today confirmed AMD’s licensing of its current patents and future high-speed memory and logic controller interfaces.