David Needle

Intel continues to hone its focus by selling off parts of the company. The chip giant confirmed yesterday it has agreed to sell the assets of its media and signaling business to Eicon Networks. Terms of the deal were not disclosed. While still by far the dominant chip supplier, Intel  has faced increased competition from […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Google CEO Eric Schmidt started with net neutrality. In a keynote at the Search Engine Strategies show here today, Schmidt said a lot of things. But the most critical concern for Google, he said, is the net neutrality debate. If broadband suppliers and other proponents of a tiered pricing model for […]

IBM further cemented its relationship to long-time partner SAP with today’s announcement of a $40 million investment by Big Blue. Specifically, IBM  said it plans to spend the money over the next five years to test, enable and support SAP applications on IBM’s System z mainframe series. Part of the investment will also be applied […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple capped a speedy move to Intel processors with the announcement here of a new server and workstation based on the latest Intel Xeon 5100, a.k.a. “Woodcrest” chips. “Our transition to Intel is complete,” Apple  CEO Steve Jobs told a packed hall of developers here at the company’s Worldwide Developer’s Conference. The […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple CEO Steve Jobs usually punctuates big-event presentations with the catchphrase “just one more thing,” and then wows the audience with a final surprise announcement. But he skipped the catchphrase here at the opening of the company’s week-long Worldwide Developers Conference (WDC) to deliver the only sour note in another impressive preview […]

Apple’s big five-day Worldwide Developers Conference kicks off Monday with CEO Steve Jobs playing to his favorite audience, several thousand Mac faithful. The only thing Apple  has and will officially confirm ahead of the conference in terms of news is that Jobs will preview “Leopard,” the next version of Macintosh operating system. Leopard is expected […]

Apple Computer  issued 21 security updates aimed at addressing problems, or potentially exploitable problems, in its Mac OS X operating system. Many of the fixes, available for download at Apple’s Security Update Web site, address potential system crashes and unauthorized access to files. For example, one fix addresses the potential for files and folders to […]

Thin client specialist Wyse Technology announced it’s collaborating with virtualization leader VMware on a new virtualization solution. Wyse said its thin clients can now take advantage of VMware’s Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) to enable IT to manage desktops as virtual machines on servers in the data center. The new Wyse Thin OS-VDI Edition is designed to simplify […]

As the Black Hat conference descends upon Las Vegas this week, internetnews.com presents a series of articles addressing security issues past and present. Call it the 26.5 million record wakeup call. That’s how many veteran’s confidential records were at risk following the stunning disclosure of a missing notebook at the Veteran’s Administration this past spring. […]

Intel can rightfully crow about its latest releases. The chip giant’s newest server and desktop processors are widely considered more competitive, if not better than AMD’s chips, which have had Intel on the defensive for the past few years. AMD continues to hang tough, though the latest market figures show Intel is already starting to […]

Over a billion people use cell phones worldwide. But don’t tell Intel that’s a big number. The chip giant introduced new Flash memory products aimed at expanding the number of cell phone users. Noting recent stats from the cell phone industry’s GSM Association, Intel said cell phones are “only” used by 20 percent of the […]

It’s a PC notebook, it’s a high definition entertainment system. You’re both right, it’s two, two, two systems in one. Acer America announced today it’s shipping its latest high-end, multimedia notebook, the Aspire 9800, in North America. First introduced at the giant Computex Tapei trade show in June, the Aspire 9800 sports a 20.1 inch […]