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DRAM prices plunge, expected to keep falling
http://www.itworld.com/Comp/1938/070920dramprices/index.html Anyone looking to add a bit more memory to their computers won a gift from the DRAM (dynamic RAM) industry. Heavy competition has caused prices to tumble and industry analysts predict further price declines.

IN THE NEWS
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Report: Steve Jobs subpoenaed in backdating case
http://www.itworld.com/Man/2698/070920jobs/index.html Apple CEO Steve Jobs has been subpoenaed by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) to give a deposition in the stock option backdating lawsuit against former Apple General Counsel, Nancy Heinen.

Sony to expand PS2 business, offers no PS3 price cut http://www.itworld.com/App/4201/070920sonyps2/index.html Sony Computer Entertainment Inc. (SCEI) opened Japan's biggest computer gaming event on Thursday with a keynote speech that promised a new PlayStation 3 controller and expansion of its PlayStation 2 business, but not an anticipated price cut.

Toshiba develops multimedia chip using Cell technology http://www.itworld.com/Comp/1982/070920toshiba/index.html Toshiba Corp. on Thursday revealed a new high-performance chip aimed at multimedia applications such as video processing in consumer devices.

With bankruptcy, SCO now facing Nasdaq delisting
http://open.itworld.com/5033/070920scodelist/page_1.html Following its bankruptcy filing, The SCO Group Inc. may be booted off of the Nasdaq stock exchange as early as next week, the Unix vendor said Wednesday

IBM expands Microsoft collaboration war to office market http://www.itworld.com/App/4147/070919ibmms/index.html IBM Corp.'s move to develop its own suite of productivity applications to compete with Microsoft Corp.'s Office software is part of a larger war the two companies are waging in the market for employee collaboration applications.

SAP gives pricing, release plans for A1S hosted applications http://utilitycomputing.itworld.com/4594/070919sappricing/page_1.html SAP AG has christened its suite of hosted ERP software for the midmarket SAP Business ByDesign and said it will be available initially in the U.S. and Germany, with the U.K., France and China to follow soon after. Pricing for the service in the U.S. starts at $149 per user per month for a minimum of 25 users, including services and support, SAP said.

Laptop vendors to offer Centrino with WiMax next year http://wireless.itworld.com/4273/070919laptop/page_1.html Several laptop vendors plan to announce support for an upcoming version of Intel Corp.'s Centrino platform that uses WiMax wide-area networking technology -- but Hewlett-Packard Co., Dell Inc. and Apple Inc. are not expected to be among them.

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