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Not content with the deep Blu-ray notch in its techno bedpost, Sony is aiming for another conquest; this time in a league it has never before tackled - computer hard drives.

Like the patterned media (PM) method we saw a few weeks ago, Sony’s magneto-optical hybrid (MOH) storage technique promises data densities of up to 1 Terabit per square inch [Subscription link]. That’s far ahead of what can be squeezed onto existing hard drives and promises 1TB laptop drives if successful.

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Qualcomm Inc. scored a minor victory in its continuing spat with Nokia when a judge last week recommended ending the investigation Nokia bought against it in August for infringing patents.

In August, Nokia Corp. asked the U.S. International Trade Commission (ITC) to ban the import of Qualcomm chipsets used in cellphones, including 3G (third-generation handsets), for allegedly infringing on five patents held by Nokia.

ITC Administrative Law Judge Paul Luckern [CQ] granted Qualcomm a motion to terminate the investigation, as the companies are already in arbitration to settle a dispute behind a technology license the two companies signed earlier. If the decision stands after a 30-day review, Qualcomm won’t be prevented from importing its chipsets into the U.S.

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