Andy Patrizio

What was behind IBM’s major internal restructuring that saw the hardware and software groups folded into a single division? A push toward integrated systems, the company explains. And analysts think it’s on the right track. Just as companies as far afield as Oracle and Apple offer integrated software and hardware environments, IBM is moving in […]

A report by security vendor Secunia took a look at the vendors with the highest number of vulnerabilities reported for the first half of the year. In the lead? Apple — despite far more high-profile attacks being executed on Microsoft’s Windows platform. So is the Mac’s longstanding reputation as a more secure platform than Windows […]

No one can deny that the iPhone 4 has already proven to be a hit, selling millions just a few weeks after launch. But the newest Apple mobile device has also had its share of headaches: persistent complaints about antenna problems and, now, further delays in availability for the iPhone 4’s white model. It’s not […]

Adoption of Blu-ray technology in the home-entertainment sphere has been fitful, at best. But that’s not stopping sharp from betting big on the technology, announcing plans to bring to market a new player with double the storage capacity of the current leading devices. Sharp’s new Blu-ray player, set to debut in Japan later this month, […]

IBM reinvents the mainframe every few years, proving the naysayers who declare the mainframe dead to be wrong every time. ServerWatch reports that with this year’s revision, IBM has added virtualization support that extends to non-mainframe IBM systems. That means the mainframe isn’t just the figurative center of a data center, it will become the […]

When Oracle concluded its multibillion-dollar acquisition of Sun Microsystems, it also had also bought itself a vast number of customers concerned about the future of their Sun Servers. Since then, those Sun customers haven’t been all that thrilled with the answers and the direction they’ve been getting from Oracle, at least according to a Gartner […]

Much to many of its users’ chagrin, AT&T Wireless has held a monopoly on U.S. voice and data service for Apple’s iPhone since its inception. And for the longest time, everyone has assumed that if and when Apple signs off on a deal with another service provider in the U.S., it would be Verizon and […]

Enterprise Mobile Today has a report on yet another update from Research In Motion, showing off the multimedia features of BlackBerry OS 6. RIM was once the leader in the smartphone market but has since taken a shellacking from the multimedia-rich iPhone and Android operating systems. Will this help restore some luster to BlackBerry? Research […]

The recent debate surrounding the iPhone 4’s antenna and wireless reception — whether there’s indeed a “death grip” that causes the phone to lose signal strength, whether it’s a design flaw or just a software glitch, and whether it’s unique to the iPhone 4 or many other popular smartphones — has had an impact on […]

Intel is reportedly nearing a settlement with the Federal Trade Commission to end an antitrust lawsuit alleging that the chip giant used its market power to crowd out competitors. Specifically, the settlement could see Intel make changes in the way it markets products in the GPU sector, extending provisions that it had agreed to in […]

Apple’s done it again: The maker of the iPhone, iPad, iPod and the Mac trounced Wall Street estimates on blockbuster sales not just of its mobile products but of its venerable Mac line. The numbers show sizable increases in sales for almost every one of Apple’s major products while also offering some evidence that despite […]

Could Apple finally be readying an iPhone for Verizon’s network? Scores of bloggers out there certainly think so, picking up on an off-hand remark Steve Jobs made at a media event last week. When he remarked that Apple houses a Verizon Wireless cell tower on its corporate campus, Jobs touched off a wave of speculation […]