Andy Patrizio

The mobile market was an ideal launch point for the advent of solid state drive (SSD) technology because every one of SSD’s strengths hit a point of need in mobility: they run cooler and faster than HDDs, they’re smaller and draw far less power. Now that prices are coming down – 64GB drives used to […]

More bragging rights for Apple, it would seem. The Pac-Man sticker is a nice touch. Thanks to FARK and 9 to 5 Mac for the lead.

Patch Tuesday, Microsoft’s monthly ritual of issuing fixes on the second Tuesday of every month, is a modest affair this month, with only two fixes coming out. But they affect both Windows and Office. The company today issued two security bulletins, one rated critical and one rated important. Both flaws could allow for remote code […]

Maintaining a cutting edge semiconductor foundry is neither easy nor cheap; just ask AMD. The bulk of chip designers don’t maintain their own foundries because they are so expensive to maintain and those factories have to be kept up to date or they fall into obsolescence very fast. The result is most semiconductor firms don’t […]

As if Microsoft hasn’t been busy enough with developer news – the Professional Developer’s Conference (PDC) and Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) just took place, separated by one week – the company also has a Tech-Ed show taking place in Barcelona, Spain. At Tech-Ed EMEA 2008, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) introduced new programs and tools modeled […]

LOS ANGELES — The Los Angeles Convention Center can accommodate up to 60,000 trade show attendees if need be, as it has in previous years during the Electronic Entertainment Expo (E3). So putting 1,500 people in the place for the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) seemed like overkill. However, these plans are made well in […]

LOS ANGELES — After devoting the first day of this week’s Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) to the client, Windows 7, day two was centered around Windows Server 2008 R2. It might seem remarkable that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has a second service pack in the works, considering the OS shipped only this year. But even […]

LOS ANGELES – It may not be as sexy or as urgently needed as Windows 7, but Microsoft’s server operating system took center stage on day two of the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) with some pretty big news announcements. The company is preparing to release Server 2008 R2, the second revision to the server […]

LOS ANGELES — Microsoft has already said Windows 7 will retain Vista’s driver model, ensuring hardware drivers written for Vista will work with the new operating system when it ships. However, that doesn’t mean Microsoft can’t make big changes in other directions when it comes to handling devices. Over the years, PC users have had […]

Microsoft’s Jon DeVaan speaks at WinHEC 2008 LOS ANGELES, Calif. -– In launching the Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC), Microsoft choose to place early emphasis on the problems led to so much grief for the launch of Windows Vista. Show attendees (far fewer than the hordes at last week’s Professional Develop Conference) are also getting […]

One down, one to go. Microsoft has the Professional Developer’s Conference (PDC) behind it and is now gearing up for its second major U.S. developer show in as many weeks. This week’s Windows Hardware Engineering Conference (WinHEC) is more narrowly focused than PDC. Whereas PDC is for anyone developing Windows software, WinHEC, which begins today […]

The outlook for the semiconductor sector is looking increasingly tough as sales growth sputters to almost a halt in all but one area: mobility. The questions now are how long will it last, and can China or Intel’s next-generation Nehalem processor rescue the industry? IDC has released its third quarter semiconductor numbers, showing decent unit […]