Andy Patrizio

A 12-megapixel camera in your cell phone? That’s what Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) is shooting for with its new Imageon line of processors for the embedded and mobile markets. The Imageon line is a legacy from ATI Technologies, which AMD  acquired last year. ATI first released the Imageon in 2003. Considering they are meant for […]

A common refrain among tech analysts last year was that Microsoft’s greatest competitor to a new release of Office was Microsoft itself. Their reasoning? Most previous releases worked just fine, performed the basic functions people needed and there was no compelling reason to upgrade to a new release. But it looks like Office 2007 is […]

This month’s Patch Tuesday event from Microsoft is a bit heftier than in previous months, with half of the dozen security bulletins fixing issues outside of the operating system. All of the operating system-related vulnerabilities are confined to Windows XP and Windows 2000. No security bulletins have been issued for Vista. The trend toward non-OS […]

CORRECTED: Intel today showed off its latest science project, a teraflop processor with 80 cores that, while it will never be productized, will help the company in its future CPU projects. The CPU was intended to be a research project into how to develop an effective and efficient multicore processor, since Intel sees cores, not […]

Advanced Micro Devices today announced new embedded processors that it promises will not be obsolete in six months, a common complaint among its embedded partners, who felt chips were useless by the time products shipped. Over the last few years, AMD  has gotten some push back from developers of embedded products over the rapid obsolescence […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) opened up about Barcelona just a bit more today, providing more technical details on its upcoming quad-core server processor on how it can achieve up to an 80 percent power savings over the existing dual-core Opteron line. AMD  made the presentation today at the International Solid State Circuits […]

Microsoft  is planning a big security update for next Tuesday, with a total of 12 bulletins for the Windows operating system and for many of its major applications. The software giant has tabbed several of these fixes, come days after Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates discussed the need to shore up computer security in a keynote […]

Microsoft is bringing out the first bits of sample code as guidance for Software-as-a-Service (SaaS)  development in a Windows environment. The sample code, a human resources application, isn’t meant to offer guidance in building HR apps, but it does embody everything developers will need to know for SaaS development. This fictitious app is implemented as […]

EMC today announced plans to sell approximately a 10 percent stake in VMware via an IPO of newly issued VMware stock. EMC  will retain ownership of the remaining shares of VMware, and CEO Joe Tucci made it clear the company is not giving up its golden goose. “To answer the question I know will be […]

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) today announced a broadening of its Opteron line of server processors, with small bumps to the clock speed while cutting power consumption across the board. The 8220, 2220 and 1220 Opterons all will bump their performance from 2.4GHz to 2.6GHz while dropping their power consumption from 120 watts to 95 watts. […]

Qualys today introduced QualysGuard 5.0, an AJAX-based Software as a Service (SaaS)  security system, at the RSA Conference. It’s designed to provide compliance and risk assessment and offer a continuous view of a company’s security systems. One of the major changes to QualysGuard 5.0 is its ability to parallelize scans, so it can perform 10 […]

The sudden departure of a chief executive from any firm is usually regarded as a bad sign. Usually. In the case of Kevin Rollins departure from Dell Computer  as both chief executive officer and a board member, it seems to be cause for celebration, at least on Wall Street. “Michael Dell’s resumption of the CEO […]