Andy Patrizio

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison is not a recluse, but he also doesn’t give that many one-on-one interviews. Usually it’s an on-stage talk at a major event, like Open World. So Reuters scored coup with its 2,600 word article on the always-quotable CEO. Ellison’s enjoying some non-tech spotlight these days. The World Cup sailing team he […]

Sprint has long been running ads bragging that it’s bringing the nation’s first 4G wireless network. That may be true, but the country has yet to see a 4G smartphone from the carrier. That’s set to change June 4, when Sprint plans to introduce the HTC EVO 4G, the first handset based on the WiMAX […]

Hewlett-Packard is updating its client virtualization offerings with a slew of new products the computing giant introduced at the Citrix Synergy 2010 conference. HP’s new line includes both hardware in the form of a new laptop, desktops and mobile thin client, as well a set of reference architectures jointly developed with Citrix to support the […]

Turnabout is fair play in patent wars, or at least standard practice. HTC, the Taiwanese handset maker that produces many popular Android devices, has filed suit against Apple, asking the International Trade Commission to ban the importation and sale of Apple’s mobile devices. The lawsuit was a widely expected response to Apple’s own infringement suit […]

The world got a sneak preview of the next version of Google’s open source operating system, courtesy of an enthusiast blog. The good folks at AndroidPolice.com have been doing some testing on a Nexus One handset running on Android 2.2, which has yet to hit the market. What they found was a zippy operating system […]

AMD’s Vision program, which involves an all-AMD chip solution in the notebook, is probably something only AMD could get away with due to its market position relative to Intel and Nvidia. That said, while AMD is the smaller company, it’s also got some winning products that are gaining ground with consumers. So today, AMD is […]

For Apple, next month’s Worldwide Developer Conference (WWDC) can’t start soon enough. Just a few weeks after Gizmondo got its hands on the much-anticipated 4G iPhone, another apparent prototype has surfaced on the Vietnamese Web site Taoviet.vn. As Enterprise Mobile Today reports, the new iPhone appears to be thinner than the current-generation iPhone by a […]

How bullish is Paul Otellini on Intel’s near-term prospects? Confident enough to tell analysts he expects to double its original growth projects for the next few years. Otellini is buoyed by Intel’s expansion into new markets and its development of new processors for devices like TVs, mobile phones and in-car equipment. All told, Intel is […]

Intel’s analyst briefing day featured a parade of senior executives, many of whom aren’t seen at other times of the year. One of them was Andy Bryant, the company’s former CFO and now serving as its Chief Administrative Officer. It’s an odd title, he took a strange path to it. Bryant served as CFO for […]

Wireless computing tends to be limited to cell phones and computers, but there is a move on in the consumer electronics space to bring wireless streaming to that market as well. Like the computer industry, they have the same headache: cables and wires. SiBeam has introduced a new chipset supporting two protocols that will make […]

So what exactly did HP have in mind when it put up $1.2 billion to acquire Palm? A tablet computer, according to the rumor mill. Not long after it scuttled plans for its own tablet based on Windows 7, HP is now reportedly developing a new mobile computing device based on Palm’s webOS operating system. […]

Demand for memory continued to surge in the first quarter of 2010, bucking the historic trend of a post-holiday dropoff. According to market researcher iSuppli, the sustained demand for memory is straining the supply chain, creating a ripple effect that will likely keep PC prices on the rise throughout 2010. Separately, the firm has found […]