Andy Patrizio

HP is the first server vendor to earn an Energy Star Seal. A few weeks back, the EPA launched a program that would allow servers to slap an Energy Star logo on their servers, giving vendors some new bragging rights. The EPA said the program would allow current models to meet the specs, because it […]

With so much enthusiasm around Windows 7, thanks to the highly successful beta test program, it seemed the other shoe had to drop sooner or later. It has, in the form of concerns that Microsoft would raise the price when Windows 7 ships in October. It started with recent columns in tech publications that “word […]

PC buying is shifting increasingly from direct sales to indirect sales, such as through resellers, and will continue to move in this direction in the coming years until only the largest firms will be dealing directly with OEMs. That’s the conclusion of a report from Gartner. It found that the indirect channel — value-added resellers, […]

It sure seemed like hell freezing over, with Microsoft delivering a keynote speech at JavaOne. After all, a decade ago Microsoft was throwing as much FUD on Java as possible, claiming it was not cross-platform portable and then proving it by creating the J/Direct API that locked Windows Java apps to Windows. But the keynote […]

Since assuming the helm of Intel (NASDAQ: INTC) in 2005, CEO Paul Otellini has spent much of his time jettisoning acquisitions piled up under prior chiefs. XScale, the communications business, and the NOR flash have all been cut loose in recent years. So an $884 million acquisition is fairly out of character for the chip […]

SAN FRANCISCO — With all the mania around cloud computing, Sun Microsystems has an interesting take on cloud services; making customers stop and ask if they really need it in the first place. Sun (NASDAQ: JAVA) announced Tuesday at its JavaOne show that it’s expanded its professional services with the launch of the Sun Cloud […]

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Oracle CEO Larry Ellison and former Sun Microsystems CEO Scott McNealy closed out the opening keynote for the JavaOne conference by reassuring attendees that investment in Java will continue, and even increase. It came at the end of morning announcements and speeches, with just McNealy and Ellison alone on stage, following […]

Intel and AMD both kicked off the Computex show in Taiwan with additions to their microprocessor lines. For Intel, it’s a trio of new low power processors meant for the ultra-thin notebook market, while AMD is going after the mainstream and enthusiast desktop markets. AMD (NYSE: AMD) is pushing new versions of its old Athlon […]

Graphics chip giant nVidia will introduce a raft of OEM mobile Internet devices (MIDs) at the giant Computex show in Taiwan this week, the first customers to sign on for its tiny Tegra processor. Tegra is a system-on-a-chip design that includes an ARM processor with nVidia’s GeForce 9400M graphics processor as well as other controllers, […]

AMD (NYSE: AMD) today announced it has begun shipments of its six-core Opteron processor, developed under the codename “Istanbul,” to OEM customers, who are expected to begin selling servers with the processor later this month. Because the Istanbul family of Opteron 1000, 2000 and 8000 processors are socket-compatible with the existing “Barcelona” and “Shanghai” line […]

Adobe Systems today announced it will begin a public beta of Adobe Flash Builder 4, (formerly named Flex Builder) and Adobe Flash Catalyst, plus the open source Flex 4 framework on June 1. When used together, these tools will allow designers and content creators to make interactive applications with similar functionality as Ajax. Adobe Flash […]

Computer Sciences Corp. (CSC), the largest independent consulting firm now that EDS is a part of HP, has been on the sidelines in the cloud computing craze. Until now. The consulting giant today announced a trio of managed cloud services for enterprise customers who find other cloud services lacking. To offer these services, the company […]