Andy Patrizio

Dell is again the subject of rumor that it is looking to enter a non-PC market, this time with a handheld mobile Internet device (MID). This comes just months after the firm was rumored to be shopping around a mobile phone that was rejected by the carriers. The rumors resurfaced in the Wall Street Journal, […]

The Palm Pre Palm’s big comeback with the highly-regarded Pre smartphone may be dampened by reports of poor quality and high returns. Users are lining up to complain on at least one Pre forum about what they describe as a flimsy design. Palm (NASDAQ: PALM) has not disclosed its total sales since the Pre’s launch […]

The federal government has denied Oracle’s request for a speedy approval of its $7.4 billion purchase of Sun Microsystems, requesting more time to give the purchase scrutiny before passing it on to the Federal Trade Commission and the Securities and Exchange Commission for approval. The DoJ’s decision means it will take another 30 to 60 […]

Hitachi Data Systems today announced enhancements to its Adaptable Modular Storage (AMS) 2000 family to increase performance and density, as well as improved performance, reliability, and security. Hitachi (NYSE: HIT) is a giant in Japanese enterprise tech but isn’t widely known in the U.S. The company has been on an initiative to gain ground in […]

With the deadline for its offer looming, EMC decided to extend its $30 per share deal to Data Domain until midnight, July 10. It was originally set to expire this coming Monday, June 29. Data Domain (NASDAQ: DDUP) has enjoyed something of a rarity in the tech sector these days: multiple suitors. The firm is […]

You might want to hold off on any major LCD panel purchases for the next few months, whether it’s a notebook, desktop monitor or big-screen TV — a shortage is threatening to keep prices high and cut into coming seasonal discounts. The shortage won’t be long; market research firm iSuppli said the crunch should ease […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Before Larry Ellison lets Salesforce.com honcho Marc Benioff’s digs get under his skin, he’d better remember that he created this monster — at least, according to Benioff. Salesforce’s (NYSE: CRM) chief couldn’t resist taking a few shots at his “mentor” — Benioff’s words — for the Oracle CEO’s sudden conversion to supporting […]

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Clouds in the sky are elastic: They grow and shrink in capacity and are fluid, not fixed in size. So it should be with the clouds on the Internet, a panel argued here at the GigaOm Structure 09 conference on cloud computing. Still, there needs to be some standards of uniformity. […]

SAN FRANCISCO – Intel and AMD just got a nasty smackdown from the person who run’s Facebook’s datacenters, saying the chips don’t deliver on their promises. Jonathan Heiliger, vice president of technical operations for Facebook, was being interview by GigaOm Network founder Om Malik here at the GigaOm Structure 09 conference. Malik asked him about […]

Hewlett-Packard rolled out new servers this week specially modified for the telco market that will give carriers some needed extra horsepower as they tackle increased traffic volumes and kinds of traffic. These new servers are designed to be especially useful for wireless carriers, which are transmitting all kinds of mixed data over their networks. Ten […]

The ViewSonic VPC100 All-in-One desktop PCSource: ViewSonic. Click to enlarge. ViewSonic has been a major monitor maker for 20 years, so it seems an unlikely choice to enter into the PC market — but that’s exactly what it’s doing with the VPC100 All-in-One desktop PC. Talk about timing. The economy continues to sputter and computer sales have […]

As the security market grows, vendors are on the lookout for competitive advantages. One potential path to greater profit is through partnerships. One example is Cisco IronPort and RSA, the security division of EMC (NYSE:EMC). The two have combined IronPort’s e-mail security appliances with RSA’s Data Loss Prevention (DLP) technology to deliver new capabilities to […]