Judge George O'Toole ruled today that the MIT students accused of attempting to defraud the Massachussetts Bay Transit Authority had not, in fact, done so, and refused the MBTA's request for a five month gag order against the students. O'Toole's ruling, however, may disappoint many, as he deliberately avoided the question of whether or not the initial gag order violated the group's First Amendment rights.
IBM and Intel are both talking about future process technologies as IDF kicks off today, but Big Blue's recent announcement regarding its 22nm SRAM has been misinterpreted in some quarters as a bigger win than it actually is. Intel, meanwhile, expects 32nm processors by early 2010, with 22nm chips arriving in 2011/2012.