Andy Patrizio

Once you get beyond IBM, HP and Dell, it’s pretty tough to get much attention in the x86 market. You have to have something unique to offer. Fujitsu America thinks it does with its high-density computing servers, including its newest, the CX1000 cloud computing server with Intel Xeon 5600 processors. What’s special about it? Server […]

The mobile market is heating up with new Android-based phone announcements coming at a rapid clip. EnterpriseMobileToday has the story of Google’s latest move, involving the Nexus One. And that makes four. Sprint Nextel on Thursday announced support for Google’s HTC-built smartphone Nexus One on its CDMA (define) network. That puts the Google handset on […]

Don’t count out desktop PCs just yet. Laptops may be hotter and hipper, but desktops are hardly the dinosaur of the tech world — a fact confirmed by new research from IDC. Hardware Central has the story on IDC’s latest forecast for the PC market. After a 2009 most PC vendors would like to forget […]

Motorola might be mum for now, but evidence is mounting that its Droid smartphone is in store for an upgrade to the Android 2.1 operating system, and in short order. Adding to the pile of evidence is word from Verizon Wireless, the Droid’s exclusive carrier, that the device is headed for a “software upgrade” that […]

Intel’s new Xeon processor has opened the floodgates for a deluge of new systems built on the Westmere technology, and SGI is no exception. SGI is going all in on the Xeon 5600 launch, upgrading all of its servers to support the latest from Intel. Server Watch has the story on SGI’s new servers, which […]

No one was sure what to make of Google, a search engine, getting into the mobile phone business. It was one thing for it to make and support the Android OS, but what did Google know about smartphones? The Nexus One launched with considerably hoopla and did get plenty of kudos for being a slick […]

Everyone’s hopping on the Westmere bandwagon, it seems. With Intel’s Xeon 5600 processors coming to market, hardware vendors are lining up with new products built on the latest technology from the chip giant, and Dell’s no exception. Server Watch has the story about Dell’s new line of Xeon-based servers, which aim to provide administrators with […]

Intel has updated its Xeon server processor line to the latest and greatest technology, its “Westmere” family of processors. These chips use a new manufacturing process that lets the processor run faster and cooler than the older generation, plus Intel added a few new surprises. Find out more at HardwareCentral. SAN FRANCISCO — Intel today […]

Google’s Nexus One smartphone may be heading to Verizon Wireless within a few short weeks, if the latest reports prove accurate. Offering a version compatible with the No. 1 U.S. mobile carrier could prove to be a boon for Google, which has received praise for the HTC-manufactured Nexus One’s power and design, but which has […]

The escalating competition between Google and Apple has become a well-established storyline in the IT industry. Nowhere is the rivalry more evident than in mobile, and rarely has it seen a more colorful airing than in the comments of Tim Bray, the Sun veteran who is now joining Google’s Android team. Linux Planet has the […]

Memory manufacturers have been bleeding cash for years while business buyers, PC builders and enthusiasts scored memory on the cheap. Now the situation may be changing. Prices are stabilizing, while demand remains strong for new machines and system upgrades. Meanwhile, costly capacity expansions undertaken by the memory manufacturers in years past have now concluded. All […]

For the earliest of the early adopters, today was a big day. Apple began accepting preorders for its much-hyped iPad, limiting initial orders to two per customer as supplies could be limited. Meanwhile, the blogosphere has dived into the great parlor game of trying to guess early sales figures. Datamation has the story on the […]