Michael Singer

Semiconductor maker AMD Wednesday unveiled a new low voltage Flash memory unit designed for mobile devices and PDAs. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based semiconductor maker said its 8-Megabit Am29SL800D — part of its AM29SL Flash memory product line — focuses on Bluetooth and Global Positioning System (GPS) modules. “Consumers are expecting more from portable electronics, including advanced […]

Sun Microsystems Wednesday set its crosshairs on the multi-million dollar gaming industry with the formal establishment of the Sun Game Technologies Group. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based network computer maker said Chris Melissinos has been tapped to play the part of Chief Gaming Officer and to oversee Sun’s efforts to coach online gaming companies on huge […]

Intel is not expected to surprise investors for the rest of the company’s quarter. Such is the rationale behind analyst comments Tuesday about the Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant. The company is preparing to issue its mid-quarter update on Thursday, June 5. The No. 1 chip company is currently forecasting its second quarter revenues […]

Apple Computer Tuesday highlighted its compatibility with non-Macintosh hardware with the improvement of its QuickTime player as well as its iSync platform. Looking specifically at the burgeoning handset market, the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer maker upgraded its iSync platform to version 1.1. Last updated in January 2003, the synchronization software covers e-mail, iCal calendar events and […]

Cementing their casual relationship, industry standards consortia, OASIS (Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards) and RosettaNet Tuesday said they are now working in tangent to streamline Web services specifications for supply chain companies. The groups actively participate in the technical work of the other but say the partnership (dubbed the “Standards Development-to-Implementation Alliance”) […]

About 25 years ago, Hewlett-Packard began making servers and networking products for the telecommunications industry. Tuesday, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and printer maker reminded customers of that as it launched its latest carrier class rack-mount server. The company said its HP cc3310, is designed specifically for network equipment providers (NEPs) and independent software vendors […]

Intel Monday said it is refreshing its Centrino brand of mobile chipsets with faster processors and better security to deal with an increased demand for new designs. The company also issued a way to fix a bug that crashes when used with a virtual private network (VPN). Introduced in March 2003, the Centrino chipset is […]

Hoping to garner more market share from its rivals, mobile platform maker Good Technology Monday aligned itself with Microsoft to make compatible software. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based startup said it is working with the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant to produce GoodLink and GoodInfo support for Microsoft Exchange Server 2003 and its ActiveSync environment. Good makes products […]

New server software released Monday may be partially based on Sun’s Java 2 Enterprise Edition (J2EE) business class operating platform, but is making much more of its own noise in Web application circles. JBoss, the Atlanta-based open source group took the wraps of the developer edition of JBoss 4.0, which is the company’s first attempt […]

The semiconductor industry got a bad case of SARS (severe acute respiratory syndrome) last month as worldwide chip sales totaled only $12.1 billion. The chips themselves are not sick, but the economy that surrounds it is reeling from the impact of the pneumonia-like illness in China and elsewhere. April’s sales figure is a 9.7 percent […]

There is e-mail and then there is video e-mail. And an Aliso Viejo, Calif.-based software company is hoping you’ll notice the difference. Just to make sure, the wireless and broadband division of Smith Micro Software Thursday said it has received a U.S. patent covering key technology in its VideoLink Mail platform. Products in this area […]

Ah, the joys of instant messaging (IM) . Those private little conversations between PCs, er… make that PCs and cell phones. Cingular Wireless Thursday launched a partnership that will let its subscribers with SMS-enabled mobile phones to communicate with Yahoo! Instant Messenger users. Conversely, the Yahoo! IM client also can receive SMSes once it’s begun […]