David Needle

It may seem like the iPod is the biggest thing coming out of Apple these days, but computers remain an important part of its business. Today, the Cupertino, Calif.-based company unwrapped what it says is the most powerful desktop line it’s ever made, as well as improved the size and performance of its PowerBook line. […]

Voice over IP (VoIP) may be hot, but the world’s biggest chip manufacturer thinks it has the technology to make it even hotter with companies. Today Intel announced details of products designed to help enterprises implement VoIP while protecting their investment in legacy equipment. The company also unveiled a reference design and products for the […]

The mobile workforce is growing, but companies that don’t recognize that mobility goes well beyond the sales force and C-level executives could be in for some nasty surprises. A study by Fiberlink and CFO Research released on Tuesday found that finance departments are often clueless as to the direct and indirect expenses of mobility. Forty-seven […]

Inkjet users with laser-printer envy take heart. HP and International Paper have teamed to speed the drying time and quality of color output. The two companies said their ColorLok technology announced today is the result of an R&D collaboration between scientists at both companies. HP-branded paper with ColorLok will be available starting in November. “Innovating […]

Let’s see, there’s Intel’s Pentium and XScale, IBM’s Power, Sun’s Sparc line, FreeScale, ARM, and the list of microprocessors goes on. Why on earth do we need another on? P.A. Semi plans to answer that question emphatically on October 28, when it unveils the fruits of its two years of stealth design. The Silicon Valley […]

Search giant Google and cable giant Comcast are reportedly negotiating to purchase a stake in Time Warner’s America Online unit, according to the Wall Street Journal. This follows on the heels of recent reports that Microsoft was interested in investing in AOL in a deal that would merge the MSN Internet portal with AOL. Those […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Today’s Apple product blitz rollout makes yesterday’s news of Microsoft and RealNetworks alliance look like just that –- yesterday’s news. Moving aggressively to cement its dominant position as an online music provider, Apple rolled out new models of its best-selling iPod with video features and updated its iTunes music software to […]

Microsoft’s multi-billion dollar checklist is just about done. Yesterday’s antitrust settlement with RealNetworks was the last major item on the software giant’s list of companies and controversies it hopes to put behind it. Microsoft had previously settled similar cases with Sun, Time Warner (Netscape), IBM and Novell for billions of dollars total. The RealNetworks settlement […]

Amazon.com’s Alexa Internet division has launched a service for developers today that offers over a hundred terabytes of Web site information. Alexa Internet, which has been crawling the Web since 1996, said it has data on some 4.5 billion Web pages covering 16 million sites. The company’s Alexa Web Information Service (AWIS) is being released […]

SAN FRANCISCO — TV luminary Carl Reiner is not in the computer industry. Which is probably the reason he was the only one in the room full of media and analysts at the Museum of Modern Art here who was surprised by Intel’s announcement of its dual-core Xeon “Paxville” processor. The “official” news was long […]

Big just got bigger. Seagate, which makes some of the highest-capacity storage drives for desktop computers and lower-end servers, has overhauled its Barracuda line of hard drives with an extra 500 gigabytes (half a terabyte). Designed for low-cost and Serial ATA (SATA) servers, mainstream and high-performance PCs, PC gaming systems and media PCs, the Barracuda […]

It’s a tape cartridge. No, a disk drive. With Imation’s Ulysses “disk-enhanced” removal media cartridge, it’s easy to be fooled. The Oakdale, Minn.-based company said it’s the first to integrate a hard disk drive into a standard LTO Ultrium tape cartridge form factor for use in a tape library. The Imation Ulysses serial ATA 2.5-inch […]