LONDON — Celoxica Holdings plc, a developer of C language hardware design entry tools, has formed partnerships on accelerated computing with processor vendor Advanced Micro Devices Inc. and with computer makers Hewlett-Packard, Cray and Silicon Graphics Inc.

The business approach was so successful for Celoxica (Abingdon, England) in 2005 that the company

Deutsche Telekom <DTEGn.DE> will use Microsoft's <MSFT.O> software to deliver television and video-on-demand over its upgraded Internet Protocol network starting this summer, the two companies said on Tuesday.

The move marks the biggest European contract Microsoft TV has signed, and the second largest after one with AT&T <T.N> in the United States,

Google got hit with a lawsuit last week by a Web publisher that alleges it has suffered significant financial harm because its site got dropped from the search engine's index.
 
KinderStart.com, which operates a Web site for parents of children under 7 years old, filed its lawsuit as a class action

Red Hat formally announced at a press event in San Francisco last week its Integrated Virtualization strategy, aimed at simplifying CPU virtualization deployment for RHEL (Red Hat Enterprise Linux) customers. The initiative includes integration of virtualization software, known as a “hypervisor,” into Red Hat’s Linux kernel, as well as the formation of a Virtualization

Apple Computer Inc. said on Tuesday a proposed French law that would force Apple to make sure that songs bought on its iTunes music store can work on any portable player would result in "state-sponsored piracy."
 
"The French implementation of the EU Copyright Directive will result in state-sponsored piracy," said

Startup AirPlay Network Inc. on Monday unveiled plans to launch in the fall multiplayer interactive games for mobile phones that would be synchronized with live sports and other TV programming.

AirPlayTV would enable viewers to use their cellular phones as gaming devices to, for example, choose winners and losers in reality TV

Microsoft is taking another serious swing at phishers

Microsoft yesterday announced it will begin more than 100 legal proceedings against alleged phishers in Africa, Europe, and the Middle East.  The Global Phishing Enforcement Initiative is designed to target international phisphers, who are usually sending misleading URLs to users to try and get them

LONDON — NEC Corp. and Unitika Ltd. have co-developed a bioplastic material reinforced with fiber from the kenaf plant in a bid to mitigate the environmental impact of mobile phones.

As concern has risen over global warming and resource depletion, biomass-based plastics have drawn attention as potential replacements for petroleum-based materials. Kenaf

The Boeing Co. has chosen Wind River Systems Inc. as the supplier of embedded software tools needed to build a U.S. Army combat system, the latter company said Friday. Financial details were not disclosed.
 
As lead systems integrator, Boeing decided to standardize embedded software development in the Army's Future Combat

The U.S. telecoms regulator was poised to reveal on Monday whether it would ease numerous regulations on some of Verizon Communications' high-speed, broadband data services for lucrative business customers.
 
The No. 2 U.S. telephone carrier asked the Federal Communications Commission in December 2004 to lift restrictions for business services such