Douglas F. Gray

A security firm on Thursday reported finding vulnerabilities in Oracle Corp.'s 8 and 8i database products which it said potentially could provide attackers with full access to the database, allowing them to create, delete, or modify information.

While the soft economy worldwide has put a damper on the handheld device market, shipments are still set to increase by 43 per cent this year. It's not quite the 88 per cent increase that vendors witnessed last year, but it's strong enough to be optimistic about the market, according to a new report from research group International Data Corp. (IDC).

Philips Components, a division of Koninklijke Philips Electronics NV, and E Ink Corp. Tuesday demonstrated the first prototype electronic ink devices at the Society for Information Display conference here.

STMicroelectronics NV Thursday said that it has implemented further cost-cutting measures, including the shutdown of its wafer fabrication plant in Ottawa and the transfer of most of the jobs to other facilities.

Cisco Systems Inc. launched seven new IP telephony products for businesses late last month that are based around its Architecture for Voice, Video and Integrated Data (AVVID) network infrastructure.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) launched on Monday the first mobile version of its Athlon processor, along with faster versions of its mobile Duron processor for low-cost notebooks.

After losing the battle to eke money out of Infineon Technologies AG for alleged copyright infringement of its patented computer chip technology last week, memory chip designer Rambus Inc. was found guilty of fraud and fined US$3.5 million in punitive damages Wednesday as the judge closed the book on the case.

A U.S. judge has thrown out the remaining three claims of copyright infringement in the case brought by memory chip designer Rambus Inc. against Germany's Infineon Technologies AG, Rambus said on Friday.