Making "it," i.e, broadband connectivity, happen in India is Intel's big goal. The company has bet its future growth on WiMAX, a technology that is often referred to as "Wi-Fi on steroids":

In affirming nearly US$1 billion in fines against the software giant, a European court may have just made life a lot more difficult for U.S. technology companies, writes Fortune's Jon Fortt.

China is adopting its own version of the HD DVD standard - China High Definition DVD, or CH DVD.

Intel just bought Havok, maker of physics middleware for games. This is a really interesting buy for a number of reasons, yet it makes little sense on the surface.

Lenovo's A61e touts EPEAT Gold status, exceeds the new Energy Star 4.0 standards, and has an 85% efficient power supply. That, and packing a 45W AMD Athlon 64 X2 dual-core processor, it can run off an optional solar panel; it uses as much power as three light bulbs. Better yet, it's made of 90% reusable or recyclable materials.

Sun Microsystems will begin building servers with one-time foe Microsoft's Windows operating system installed directly inside of them, instead of forcing customers to install the ubiquitous software on their own or defect to a competitor for one-stop shopping.

As another effort to breathe life back into the physical CD format, Sony has created a new standard that will incorporate single tracks with cell phone ringtones.

The company's objective to reduce the firm's 33% stake in the Seoul-based producer of LCD panels LG.Philips LCD to below 20%. "We have no news" regarding this intention, Kleisterlee said Monday.

IBM has announced that it is moving closer than it has ever been to the OpenOffice.org community with stepped-up support in its Lotus product line of collaborative software and a commitment to contribute code.