Andy Patrizio

IBM rolled out the Power 7 processor in February and is quickly expanding the breadth of product offerings powered by the RISC processor. RISC-based systems are usually very high-end, mission-critical systems, but in this case, IBM has an entry-level play for Power 7 for those who want its performance but not the six-figure price tag […]

Microsoft has always known that keeping developers well-armed with the latest tools is the best way to keep developers working on its platforms. The company has used a Visual Studio developer conference taking place in Las Vegas as the backdrop to release the latest versions of Visual Studio and the .NET Framework. So what’s new? […]

So much of the buzz around Apple lately has centered on the launch of the new iPad tablet. But wait, the company still sells notebooks, right? Of course it does, and just in case you’d forgotten, Apple offered a reminder today with a significant upgrade to its MacBook line, boosting both performance speeds and battery […]

The world’s largest chipmaker did it again: Beating Wall Street predictions and delivering some good news for industry-watchers. Intel reported its first-quarter earnings today, and despite expectations of a traditionally lukewarm quarter in the wake of holiday and year-end buying, the company posted blowout numbers that could signal growing spending on IT projects. Datamation takes […]

Many industry observers looked at Palm’s rollout of the Pre, and later the Pixi, as a Hail Mary for the company as it struggled to remain relevant in an increasingly competitive smartphone market. When those campaigns fell short of their promise, rumors began to swirl that the end might be near for the handset pioneer. […]

AMD has had its work cut out for it during recent years — struggling with business issues and a resurgent Intel while its ATI unit fought tooth-and-nail to hang on to its share of the discrete graphics space. Now that the situation is easing up for the chipmaker, it’s now free to set its sights […]

Here’s one more nail in the Itanium coffin. Microsoft has announced that it’s dropping support for products based on the ill-fated processor, throwing its lot in with x86 architecture. Server Watch takes a look at what’s behind Microsoft’s decision to drop the Itanium. Microsoft has announced it will no longer support further development for Intel’s […]

The iPad finally made its way into buyers hands this weekend, ushering in a new Apple platform for which developers are already producing hundreds of mobile apps. Not surprisingly, a recent survey finds that developers are migrating to the iPad in large numbers, with an eye to capitalizing on Apple’s brand cachet, it’s mature App […]

Political pollsters know that the results of any survey rely to great extent on the way that the questions are phrased. It’s a sort of methodological sleight of hand that can enable opponents on either side of an issue to claim that theirs is the position favored by the majority of citizens. But it’s not […]

The Wall Street Journal kicked up quite a fuss this week with the report that Apple was preparing a CDMA-version of the iPhone for launch later this year, finally bringing Apple’s popular phone to Verizon’s network. After so many reports, many of which I have covered, the fuss kicked up by this article was remarkable. […]

The constant complaints about the iPhone’s 3G performance have always resulted in the finger of blame being pointed at AT&T, but as it turns out, some of the burden falls to Apple as well. The two firms teamed up to optimize network performance and behavior by the phone, and in doing so, got some decent […]

Apple’s iPad won’t be released to the public until Saturday but that hasn’t stopped developers from burning the midnight oil to be first in line with applications for the promising tablet device. If anything, developers have learned that it pays big dividends to have their applications be among the first available to consumers once a […]