Michael Singer

In its quest to take up more space on server racks around the globe, Apple Computer Tuesday said it will offer a new version of its rack-mountable Xserve starting next month. The Cupertino, Calif.-based computer maker said it would market the single or dual-processor boxes (1.33GHz PowerPC G4) to companies working with computational clusters and […]

Computer maker Gateway Monday cemented plans to close 76 of its retail stores, reduce employee headcount and make other adjustments in an attempt to save itself from extinction. As previously reported, the Poway, Calif.-based company said it was considering cutbacks in the face of sluggish PC sales and increasing competition from Dell Computer and Hewlett-Packard […]

Reminiscent of the early days of the cellular phone industry, three California-based wireless Internet service providers have partnered to make a unified wireless carrier network throughout the state. Under the “SkyWeb” brand name, NextWeb, SkyPipeline and SkyRiver Communications have signed the inter-carrier interconnect agreement. The between will cover more than 150 cities including San Francisco […]

Applied Materials Monday said it must consolidate its U.S. and overseas facilities as well as drastically cut its workforce to stay alive. The world’s largest maker of semiconductor production equipment, said it would eliminate about 2,000 positions or 14 percent of the Santa Clara, Calif.-based company’s global work force. “Approximately 1,400 positions in Applied Materials’ […]

Sun Microsystems Monday said it has again teamed with Lucent Technologies to offer new wireless and wireline services. The two companies say they are building on their November 2002 agreement to again offer service providers their personal brand of mobile service delivery, messaging and unified communications, intelligent networking and convergent communications. The offerings are comprised […]

Hoping to attract a wider audience, SuSE Linux Thursday said it is making a friendlier “home user” version of its operating system available starting next month. The operating system will come in two versions — Personal and Professional — and incorporate the latest version of KDE 3.1 desktop environment. The new OS is expected to […]

Low-power semiconductor maker Transmeta Thursday said it has been selected to supply chips for yet another batch of Chinese and U.K.-based Tablet PC makers. On one side of the pond it’s Time Computers with its new US$1,450 Time Tablet PC. The three-pound device can be used as an alternative to a standard notebook. The mobile […]

The model numbers will already be in place when AMD launches its 64-bit AMD Opteron processor for servers and workstations next month. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based semiconductor maker Thursday introduced a new 3-digit model numbering strategy for its chips code named Sledgehammer to build awareness and familiarity with the model numbers prior to the product launch […]

In a show of cooper-tition, QUALCOMM Thursday said it inked a deal to begin licensing Java 2 Platform, Micro Edition (J2ME) for some of its chipsets. The partnership is significant considering J2ME and QUALCOMM’s Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless (BREW) are often seen as competing technologies. The San Diego-based wireless giant said J2ME technologies will […]

A week after rivals NVIDIA and ATI Technologies launched faster graphics processors (GPU) for desktop PC, both companies Thursday announced their chips for laptops and other flat-screen devices. Santa Clara-based NVIDIA released its GeForce FX Go series midrange 5200 and high-end 5600 chips, while Markham, Ontario-based ATI countered with its Mobility RADEON 9200 for laptops, […]

Mobile business software maker @Road Wednesday said it has secured a U.S. patent for technology used in its GeoManager platform. The Fremont, Calif.-based company’s franchise product uses Global Positioning Systems (GPS) to pinpoint a vehicle’s location. The company’s software also offers two-way messaging and dispatch communications. @Road transmits the data to a service center using […]

E-business process standards consortium RosettaNet Wednesday announced the expansion of its Asia-based operations with the addition of a new affiliate group in the Philippines. The non-profit organization’s goal is to implement standards for supply-chain transactions on the Internet. Created in 1998, the Santa Ana, Calif.-based parent group includes companies like American Express, Microsoft, Netscape, and […]