Samsung unveils 2GB phone memory card

Samsung Electronics has developed a tiny, 2GB memory card for use in mobile phones, reports CIO.com.

The 2GB MMCmicro card is about the size and shape of one key on a standard computer keyboard and 1.1mm thick. It can store as much as 12 hours of "mobile video", Samsung said.

Advanced Micro Devices, HP, Sun Microsystems and IBM have announced a joint project to reduce power consumption in computing data centres.

CNet News reports that the project, called the Green Grid project, will help computing customers reduce energy consumption by sharing proven ideas and establishing methods to measure problems and progress.

The move comes as customers battle growing electricity consumption and heating problems.

Dutch company Philips Electronics is suing Eastman Kodak, claiming several of Kodak`s cameras infringe on a patent related to the compression of digital images, reports Reuters.

A Kodak spokesman said the New York-based company would defend itself "vigorously" in the suit, which was filed in the US District Court in Delaware.

Philips said the patent was issued in 1990, and that it has contributed significantly to the compression technology used in products such as DVD players, medical scanners and digital still cameras. The patent is related to technology used to compress the large amount of information needed for digital images into JPEG file formats. Philips had already licensed its technology to most players in the digital still camera market, such as Sony and Canon, and many mobile phone makers.

An Oregon man has been fined $84 000 for scamming users with bogus security warnings that led them to a phoney anti-spyware program, says InformationWeek.

Earlier this year, Microsoft and attorney general Rob McKenna filed lawsuits against Secure Computer of New York for allegedly selling the bogus anti-spyware program, Spyware Cleaner.

Three men were also charged with advertising the software. The first to be penalised, Zhijian Chen, is also the first to be charged under Washington`s 2005 Computer Spyware Act.