Miami-based Psystar, owned by Rudy Pedraza, will sue Apple under two federal laws designed to discourage monopolies and cartels, the Sherman Antitrust Act and the Clayton Antitrust Act, saying Apple's tying of the Mac OS to Apple-labeled hardware is "an anticompetitive restrain of trade," according to attorney Colby Springer of antitrust specialists Carr & Ferrell. Psystar is requesting that the court find Apple's EULA void, and is asking for unspecified damages.

Russia's Ministry of Industry and Trade has given formal approval to provide 27B roubles (US$1.09B) to co-finance 65nm chip production, according to local reports. Mikron, a unit of Sitronics, will manufacture the ICs. The plan calls for 65nm production down to 45nm on 300mm wafers. Mikron expects to be producing 10,000 wafers per month by 2010, according to officials. The investment project is estimated at 58B roubles (US$2.3B), with Sitronics financing the remaining amount.

Santa Clara, Calif.-based Marvell makes GPS chips that go into cell phones and other gadgets. It said the deal will allow it to tailor products for high performance and low power consumption. Under the terms of the agreement, Marvell gains direct access to Trimble's GSP software and tools for development support and testing, Marvell said.

a single-wall carbon nanotube (CNT) TFT is now possible for flexible displays and electronics, thanks to the collaboration between the University of Stuttgart, Germany, and Applied Nanotech.. ...the team announced June 26 it had obtained improved yield from its proprietary printing method, which avoids expensive photolithography. Furthermore, high mobility (100 cm2/Vs) and high on/off ratio (105) were achieved, which is far better than printed TFTs using organic semiconductors.