Andy Patrizio

Source: Reuters Intel has taken the wraps off its entry into the graphics processor market, offering up the first technical hints of “Larrabee,” its attempt to take on nVidia and ATI/AMD in the highly competitive graphics processor space. In a briefing with journalists ahead of its presentation at the Siggraph show later this month in […]

Sun Microsystems tried to put the best spin it could on a 73 percent drop in profit for the most recent quarter, but investors and analysts aren’t buying it as the company’s stock was hammered throughout the day. The server and storage vendor took the unusual task of announcing its fourth quarter and year-end numbers […]

In attempting to fix the problem of software vulnerabilities, we are inadvertently helping the bad guys by telling them where to find the problems. That is the conclusion of an IBM Internet Security Systems X-Force report released today, which found that 80 percent of all vulnerabilities that are published, either by vendors or third-party sites […]

The software security industry has long defied the inevitable consolidation that takes place in any sector, thanks to the ever-growing need for a variety of security products. Whether it’s Russian malware, a lost notebook or an employee going off the rails, there’s a wide variety of security needs and as many products to go with […]

IBM BladeCenter HT Source: IBM IBM and Rackable Systems today announced a joint sales agreement whereby Rackable Systems will offer IBM’s BladeCenter systems for installation inside of Rackable’s ICE Cube modular datacenters. The ICE Cube is a standard-size shipping container with all of the racks for an ultradense datacenter installed inside. Customers can fill it […]

Accenture has introduced a set of services called the Accenture Green Technology Suite for analyzing an IT infrastructure and showing the impact that changing the datacenter’s configuration can have on the overall power use and “carbon footprint.” The consulting giant typically looks at three factors when examining a customer’s datacenter: cost reduction, increasing service levels […]

Source: Reuters As promised, Intel has jumped into the System-on-Chip (SoC) market with a series of announcements based around both the Atom processor and a new family, built on the Pentium M chip. The company has 15 SoC projects in its pipeline, aimed at large and small form factors alike, from handheld devices and mobile […]

Sun Microsystems and Joyent have partnered to provide developers a platform for building and deploying social applications for Facebook and OpenSocial environments, along with offering assistance in the development process. The program will provide developers with up to 12 months free Web hosting on Joyent’s Cloud, which in turn is built on Sun servers running […]

If the City of San Francisco were a public corporation and allowed a blunder on par with the recent Terry Childs case, it might find itself facing federal investigation and Mayor Gavin Newsom might be fighting to stay out of jail, experts said. Security experts contacted by InternetNews.com expressed dismay at the apparent lack of […]

Sun Microsystems has initiated some changes in its channel program designed to help support partners and increase sales, something it desperately needs to do to get the top line growing in its quarterly earnings reports. The two-pronged plan is designed to put more emphasis on Sun’s reseller partners, rather than involve the company directly, according […]

Greetings and welcome, I am your host, Andy “Wink Martindale” Patrizio, welcome to this round of the Dating Game, Silicon Valley Edition. Now this is not a show dedicated to finding a date for more than an hour for overpaid Java programmers with a whole lot of options. Nosiree, this is finding the idea luuuuv […]

Apple today reported a 31 percent growth in earnings over the prior year, but its stock was hammered in after-hours trading due to soft guidance going forward. The absence of enigmatic CEO Steve Jobs on the conference call with financial analysts didn’t help. Concerns about Jobs’ health have circulated since his keynote at the company’s […]