Andy Patrizio

Charles “Garry” Betty, president and CEO of the Internet Service Provider Earthlink, died on Tuesday from cancer. He was 49 years old. Betty stepped down from Earthlink in late November after his cancer diagnosis. At the time, it was reported he would be on a leave of absence of undetermined length. Mike Lunsford, vice president […]

The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) on Tuesday reported a surprising spike in November semiconductor sales, not surprising given the impending holidays. What makes it unusual is that the spike came so close to the gift giving season. Global sales of semiconductors reached $22.7 billion in November, an increase of 11.3 percent from the $20.4 billion […]

Hackers recently posted claims to have broken the Advanced Access Content System (AACS) copy protection on HD DVD. But another programmer is saying not so fast. The initial claim was posted on Doom9, a site dedicated to DVD copying. A user named ‘muslix64’ posted some Java code that he claimed would decrypt the AACS  protection […]

Internetnews.com editors provide an early roadmap for tech’s direction in 2007. As Microsoft enters 2007, it finds itself with a long list of new products to sell across all markets, from consumers to the biggest IT centers, which might prove more challenging than actually developing the products. With the exception maybe of Vista. Beyond just […]

While most of the Silicon Valley is relaxing and enjoying their gifts from Best Buy and Fry’s, lawyers for Intel and AMD are putting in longer hours than Santa’s elves. The latest legal wrangling is a victory for AMD , as a Federal District judge in Delaware overruled Intel’s  objections and ordered it to produce […]

Ever long for the good old days when all viruses did was stomp on the FAT  table of your hard drive? Recently, McAfee’s Avert Labs encountered a new type of password stealer that uses Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) telephony provider Skype’s network to propagate. There is no vulnerability in the Skype service itself, the […]

Microsoft’s history of adopting standards, only to kill them by putting in proprietary hooks, is so notorious even the Department of Justice had its own term for it: “embrace, extend and extinguish.” So it’s understandable there was some trepidation when Microsoft  first started showing a great deal of interest in Real Simple Syndication (RSS) in […]

The Zune marks Microsoft’s second major foray into consumer electronics following the Xbox. If history is any indication, and so far the Zune appears to be following the same path as the Xbox when it launched five years ago, Microsoft is in for a long fight. And that’s how the company likes it. Of course, […]

Internetnews.com wades through the top stories and issues that rocked the industry in 2006 in this ongoing series. As the year winds down, so will be tens of thousands of Microsoft developers — once Vista is actually out the door and on store shelves. But that’s not all that helped make for an intense year […]

NetSuite today announced it has broadened its self-titled on-demand business process management software to incorporate employee accounting management. NetSuite Employee Resource Management (ERM) automates employee management functions, such as expense reporting and tracking time spent on a project. Because it is integrated with the rest of NetSuite’s applications, including payroll and human resources, the ERM […]

Swedish communications giant Ericsson  has agreed to purchase telecommunications equipment manufacturer Redback Networks in a deal worth $2.1 billion. The deal will be done by means of a tender offer for all outstanding shares of Redback  common stock. At $2.1 billion, that puts the purchase price at approximately $25 per share, well above the $21.17 […]

UPDATED: Dell Computer on Tuesday announced Donald J. Carty would take over as CFO and vice chairman of the computer firm, which is in the midst of a formal investigation by the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) for accounting irregularities. Carty, the former CEO of American Airlines parent company AMR Airline Group, next month will […]