Andy Patrizio

After facing legal scrutiny outside the U.S. for years, the Federal Trade Commission lowered the boom on Intel this week, but is the action, as some analyst’s assert, too little, too late? The Federal Trade Commission’s lawsuit against Intel isn’t earning a lot of cheers of support, except maybe from nVidia. In fact, analysts think […]

The mobile handset market was no different from any other recession-touched sector of the economy, and at least one source of relative growth came from dubious gray-market handsets. Worldwide mobile handset sales in 2009 will come in at about even with 2008 according to a report from Gartner, which is an improvement over […]

Worldwide mobile handset sales in 2009 will come in at about even with 2008 according to a report from Gartner, which is an improvement over earlier projections that sales would decline compared to last year. It was only due to a surge in sales in Western Europe and an acceleration in the gray market in […]

While it’s dealing with its own woes thanks to a drawn-out merger with Oracle, Sun remains firmly in the crosshairs among other major IT vendors, including HP. And now, HP is enlisting some aid in making its play for Sun customers even strong. ServerWatch takes a look. IBM has been crowing about its efforts to […]

A product shortage is both a blessing and a curse. It means a vendor is selling out of a product and it is in demand. It also means they can’t meet the demand, which could be an indication of problems somewhere in the supply chain. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is wrestling with such a problem with […]

Winning the blessing of regulators in Europe hasn’t been an easy task for Oracle as it tries to close its acquisition of Sun Microsystems. But the database giant might have made some headway over the weekend with a laundry list of commitments designed to allay the anticompetitive concerns. Database Journal takes a look at what […]

HardwareCentral looks at a new entrant in the category of rumored tablet PCs: Dell. While speculation over the existence of Apple’s so-called “iTablet” has stolen many of the headlines in recent months, the Cupertino, Calif. Mac maker may be face competition from Dell’s own Android-based model — if all the rumors are accurate. Vendor interest […]

Apple’s iTunes content sales and delivery system is already the largest music retailer, having surpassed Wal-Mart last year. Now it looks like Apple is getting ready to take it in a new direction one that appears to be a cloud-based strategy. The Wall Street Journal reports that Apple is “exploring an overhaul of the way […]

The white-box PC space may not get the same level of attention that brand-name systems attract. But it’s a huge market — OEM PC builders contribute to about 30 percent of PC market revenue — and Dell has plans to stake out a bigger share for itself. ServerWatch takes a look. The name “Dell” is […]

With previous pricing estimates at $500 to $700, the latest rumors place Apple’s “iTablet” closer to $1,000. At that price, analysts wonder what it could offer that a similarly priced laptop can’t. The rumor mill surrounding Apple’s unconfirmed tablet PC got a whole lot of new grist on Wednesday with a report from […]

The rumor mill surrounding Apple’s unconfirmed tablet PC got a whole lot of new grist on Wednesday with a report from an Oppenheimer & Co. analyst who claims that production has indeed started on the device. The most recent round of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) blogosphere speculation had suggested that the device, often called the “iPad” […]

Seagate, the world’s largest hard drive vendor, is expanding into new territories with the announcements of solid-state drives (SSDs) and a revamp of its mobility drive business to include the smallest drive yet. Seagate has been cautious about entering the market, giving it time for the flaws in the technology to get shaken out before […]