The Sony Company has decided to refuse from films output on disks of UMD format, created specially for the PlayStation Portable portable console. The renunciation from UMD is connected that the films put out on these carriers, are not demand by the PSP owners, the site Realtech informs. As alternative for UMD, Sony has made a choice to Memory Stick. On these maps of memory Sony plans to sell films

Movie link will allegedly allow users to transfer downloaded movies from the site onto DVDs. In the past, top Hollywood studios--fearful of illegal copies being made by pirates - demanded that movies be protected by strict digital rights management software (DRM), which prevents movies from being copied to DVD. The problem with such a strategy was that many customers resented being forced to watch them on their PCs, analysts say

The new processor for server-based stations of Montecito, which output was originally planned for 1 quarter of 2006, will come out on July 18. Intel already beginning the delivery of new processors to the companies - distributors of server-based stations, PC World informs. In opinion of Jim McGregor employee of the In-Stat analytical company, the Montecito output becomes the large forward step for Intel

The experts from the Hewlett-Packard Company have created super compact wireless chip capable to store up to 4 megabits of data. Besides the tiny size (on dimensions the chip is comparable with the match head), the new development from HP differs with high speed of data transfer, surpassing 10 times the similar parameter of the Bluetooth interface, agency Reuters informs

Chinese have hacked the Internet service protocol - Skype telephony and they are going to develop a similar service completely compatible with Skype, Playfuls informs. For the eBay company, which has bought Skype Technologies in September, 2005 for 2,6 billion dollars and since then it held the protocol in a secret, the disclosing of the protocol can turn back problems

According to Mac News AOL expects to release a beta version of Total Care, its soup-to-nuts security and PC performance software suite that will compete with similar all-in-one products from Microsoft, Symantec, and McAfee. Total Care will be available as a premium service to both AOL and non-AOL members when the final version is launched, but the free beta will be available to AOL members only. Pricing and a launch date for the final release of Total Care have not been announced

The leader in the market of microprocessors the Intel company will dismiss 1000 employees to raise the competitiveness of its business, informs The News York Times. The reduction will affect the managers of the company, but the basic technical experts Intel will not affect. One percent of the employees Intel will be dismissed, but in the company have refused to inform, how much Intel plans to save on forthcoming reduction of the employees

Mark Rein, vice president of Unreal studio Epic, told a packed audience of game developers that Intel's integrated graphics is bad for the gaming industry. The biggest threat to the PC gaming platform comes not from the consoles, but from Intel. In particular, it comes from Intel's promotion of their integrated graphics chipsets. These graphics card substitutes have been around for a while, but in recent years have become extremely popular in low-end PCs and laptops

Firefox is a popular browser, quickly eclipsing its older brother Mozilla and gaining a 10 percent market share on the web. There is much anticipation for version 2.0, and the Mozilla organization has released a candidate for Beta 1 on their FTP site. This is the first beta version of Firefox 2 to be made publicly available, and Mozilla hopes that software developers will download it and test whether it is compatible with their existing Firefox extensions

The popular Internet search engine has surprised pundits by setting up a huge advertising operation in Michigan. The facility in the Ann Arbor area will employ 1,000 people within five years to handle advertising generated by the Internet search outfit. It already has posted openings on its Web site. Google says there are plenty of talented college graduates in the region. Google co-founder Larry Page is a native of East Lansing and a University of Michigan graduate