Andy Patrizio

Let’s face it: the Apple tablet rumors aren’t going away until the device makes its official debut, expected later this week at an event in San Francisco. In the meantime, the guessing game continues, with the latest wrinkle coming from analytics firm Flurry. Flurry claims to have observed signs of late-stage internal testing of a […]

After a sharp slump, IT spending could be poised for a recovery this year. First Forrester Research and now Gartner have issues their IT projections for 2010, forecasting that the increase will effectively offset last year’s decline. The gain would restore spending to 2008 levels. At the same time, the weakened U.S. dollar is expected […]

Market researcher iSuppli takes a gander at how the chip industry is faring — and makes some predictions about the year ahead. Though late 2009 began seeing signs of a turnaround, fears continued on worries about overexpansion. Fortunately, iSuppli has some reassuring news for the industry. Hardware Central has the story. When the semiconductor market […]

Sun CEO Jonathan Schwartz, who has been virtually invisible since JavaOne last June, sent a memo to Sun Microsystems staffers, striking a rah-rah tone and bidding those who will keep their jobs good luck as Oracle employees. Schwartz has largely been a non-entity on the Sun campus as the firm treaded water, waiting for the […]

AMD had a great fourth quarter, eking out the thinnest of profits for the first time in years and showing a much improved balance sheet thanks to the big payoff from Intel to settle antitrust issues. Now the company is going forward. CEO Dirk Meyer spelled out his plans on an earnings call with analysts, […]

If there’s a word to describe AMD’s fourth quarter of 2009, “unique” might be one word. “Crazy” might be another. After all, how often does a chip company net $1.2 billion on sales of $1.6 billion? AMD (NYSE: AMD) today reported a net income of $1.178 billion, or $1.57 a share, on revenues of $1.646 […]

Amazon is following the lead of Apple and others — hopping on the mobile apps bandwagon and preparing to transform its Kindle e-book reader into a full-fledged handheld computing device. But the e-commerce giant is going to have its work cut out for it in laying the groundwork for a new environment that’s attractive to […]

Just as Oracle is getting ready to finally celebrate the closure of its long-delayed purchase of Sun Microsystems, Russia and China are now threatening to drag the pain out even longer. Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) has an event scheduled for January 27, the deadline for the European Union to issue its ruling (and launch day for […]

Could Apple be looking to make a break with upstart mobile competitor Google? Datamation has the story. There’s plenty of excitement around reports that Microsoft is negotiating with Apple to make its Bing search technology the default on iPhones, and for good reason. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Microsoft have been “frenemies” for decades — a […]

EnterpriseMobileToday takes a look at the latest grist for the rumor mill surrounding next week’s Apple media event and the future of the iPhone. In addition to the widely expected Apple tablet, there’s also a growing number of reports that suggest updates to the iPhone are on their way — including a version designed for […]

The world’s largest chipmaker is taking advantage of some of the enhancements found in its recent processors and chipsets to rev up its remote management and security technology, vPro. The changes are more than just faster performance — they’re a new array of features designed to make vPro even more useful to admins. HardwareCentral has […]

What’s next from Apple? HardwareCentral has details of what the iconic Silicon Valley company might be planning to reveal. Apple has begun sending out invitations to the press for a product launch next week in San Francisco, an event that had better be for the worst-kept secret in the Silicon Valley — the rumored Apple […]