As Intel and AMD near the end of the discovery process in their US antitrust battle, the two companies have begun fighting over whose testimony will make it to the big dance. In a legal filing, AMD has pointed to the employees at some of the technology world's biggest names - HP, Dell, IBM and others - who it thinks will help make its case. Intel has responded in kind, and it's now up to a judge to decide on the strength of the vendors' arguments.

IBM is reshuffling its senior management team, following the retirement of two company warhorses.

The United States Trade Representative has slammed China and Russia as the world's worst offenders for stealing US intellectual property - again.

Xbox fans helped propelled Microsoft's business during its latest quarter as the repercussions of last year's Windows Vista launch continued to be felt.

Announcing its second quarter financial results today, Apple confirmed the obvious by saying a "significant" number of iPhones are being purchased from its outlets with the express intention of unlocking them. That trend, coupled with higher-than-expected demand, has resulted in inventory shortages, the company claimed.

Dell is shutting down a call centre in Ottawa, with the loss of 1,100 jobs. The company told CBC news today that it has already issued 500 lay-off notices, and the rest of the jobs are to go in June. It is keeping on 100 sales support employees at the Ottawa site.

Two leading proponents of electronic health records have urged regulators and governments to wake up to Microsoft and Google's growing interest in storing medical information.

Motorola is sprucing up its neglected devices division to make it more attractive to investors.

Irish reseller Horizon Technology has agreed a recommended cash offer from IT distie Avnet, valuing the firm at €101.3m.

The proposed merger follows months of buy-out speculation. In March, Horizon admitted it was in talks with a possible buyer.

The chairman of Samsung will be prosecuted for allegedly hiding billions of dollars to avoid paying taxes, South Korean authorities have announced.

Chipmaker AMD posted its sixth consecutive loss yesterday, for the first quarter of 2008. The firm brought in revenues of $1.51bn, but made a net loss of $358m and an operating loss of $264m.

France Telecom (Orange) has confirmed it's looking at linking up with Scandinavian operator TeliaSonera, after rumours of a possible merger surfaced in the Le Figaro newspaper yesterday.

The New York legislature has approved an ingenious new law that would force Amazon and other big-name online retailers to collect sales tax on all goods shipped to the Empire State.

Struggling retail chain Blockbuster has offered more than $1bn for struggling retail chain Circuit City. The video rental outfit made the bid public today in an attempt to hurry a deal along.

AMD Chief Technology Officer Phil Hester has resigned. And he will not be replaced.

HSBC UK managed to get its beleaguered e-payments system back online yesterday evening after the second extended outage in less than a fortnight.

AMD plans to cut 10 per cent of its workforce over the next two quarters, after suffering lower-than-expected sales across all business units, the company said today.

Microsoft has told Yahoo! that it has three weeks to walk down the aisle - or it will strong-arm the reluctant bride into marriage. If this ends in a proxy battle, Microsoft will almost certainly return with a lower offer than the $44bn bid originally tabled on February 1.

IBM has scrambled back on the Federal Government’s list of IT suppliers after being kicked off earlier this week following a dispute with the Environmental Protection Agency.

Royal Mail’s three main websites have been unavailable since last night, forcing millions of customers to get used to the taste of glue while guessing where their registered post might be.

Blighty’s national postal service currently has no online facility. Instead, customers attempting to gain web access to Royal Mail are greeted with a static status page about the downtime.

EDS has bought Vistorm, a private UK business that flogs IT security and information assurance services to large companies. Terms are undisclosed.

The UK’s two major political parties have demonstrated the benefits of bringing the open source ethos into government, by getting into a punch-up over who thought of the idea in the first place.

A botched upgrade at UK payment processing firm Protx left thousands of online merchants unable to take payments earlier this week.

"The Product is licensed, not sold."

The much-embarrassed finance sector will keep a tight rein on IT spending this year as it prepares to jettison as many as 10,000 workers, according to the latest research from the CBI.

Xerox is to pay $670m to settle a securities lawsuit which dates back to 2000, without admitting any wrongdoing.

For those of you who are having difficulty fully comprehending the fearful chaos inside Heathrow's new Terminal 5, inaugurated this week amid the kind of anarchy which only BAA can really pull off, we're delighted to offer this afternoon our representation of the scenes inside the building as enraged passengers storm the security gates in the vain hope that armed action might reunite them with their luggage:

Red Hat's profit rose 7 per cent during its fiscal fourth quarter, with a healthy bump in revenue offset by the open source software distributor's increased sales, marketing, and R&D expenses.

Oracle's third quarter has proved even a rapacious acquisition strategy can't render you immune to a slow down in customer spending.

The US Department of Justice today is giving a nod of approval to the merger between satellite radio companies XM and Sirius, more than a year after the deal was first announced.

Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard have announced plans to set up a new product research and development centre in Taiwan, reports say.

Tech boffins at the R&D hub will work on advanced software and hardware. They’ll also brainstorm ways of improving technical support for Taiwan partners such as contract laptop manufacturer Quanta, reports Reuters today.

Former Brocade human resources chief Stephanie Jensen was sentenced to 4 months in prison today and fined $1.25m for her part in a stock option backdating scheme.

Bell Microproducts lost its NASDAQ listing today because it can't get its act together on financial filings.

eBay is dropping ValueClick's Commission Junction as the manager of the affiliate programs for eBay's auctions and Half.com sites. Monday's announcement came as the Federal Trade Commission announced ValueClick would pay a record $2.9m to settle charges it engaged deceptive advertising and failed to secure sensitive customer data.

The European Commission is proposing speeding up how VAT regulations work in order to reduce carousel fraud.

China now has the largest number of internet users in the world, a Chinese research firm has calculated.