Michael Singer

While the rest of the PC industry prepares to sludge through another tumultuous year, Dell Computer is making a stand — at Sears . Best known for its direct sales approach, the Round Rock, Texas-based computer maker Thursday said it is branching out even more through a new contract with the retail giant. The trial […]

Looking to expand the capabilities of Tablet PCs, software maker StarNet Communications Wednesday said it is further bridging the gap between mobile devices and server hardware. At this week’s DesignCon 2003 in Santa Clara, the company used their latest X-Win32 software to connect a HP-Compaq Tablet PC via built-in 802.11b wireless networking to a remote […]

A federal court of appeals Wednesday threw out a lawsuit against Rambus over its role in developing DDR SDRAM memory technology. The origninal suit (Rambus v. Infineon) and appeal filed by rival Infineon claimed Rambus committed fraud while working with the JDEEC Solid State Technology Association – a standards-setting board. Short for Synchronous DRAM, a […]

Intel Wednesday confirmed that has released a new XScale chip designed to help handheld devices run longer on battery power. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant said its XScale PXA255 is the latest upgrade of its PXA series. The chips are built for mobile devices that run intensive applications like MP3 audio decode, MPEG4 […]

Faced with the unemployment line, the entire staff at ZDNet Tech Update Wednesday decided to put themselves up for bid on eBay . After getting pink slips this month from its parent company, CNET Networks , former senior editor Lee Schlesinger told internetnews.com that the 11-member group has decided to pool their resources and sell […]

Graphics chip maker NVIDIA Wednesday said it has inked a deal to put its recently announced Quadro FX processors in Hewlett-Packard workstations. The deal makes the new NVIDIA Quadro FX 2000 and the NVIDIA Quadro FX 1000 workstation graphics chips an option for HP’s IA-32-based workstation product line. The chips will be made available to […]

Lindows.com Tuesday said it has begun shipping its first branded low-cost multi-purpose computer called the Lindows Media Computer. The device includes DVD, CD, MP3 and VCD playback abilities and is expected to compete with Microsoft and Hewlett-Packard’s Media Center XP, formerly known as “Freestyle.” About the size of a thick phone book, the mini-tower comes […]

Saying it has broken new ground in memory chips, Samsung Electronics Tuesday said it has developed the world’s fastest Double Data Rate (DDR3) SRAM . The South Korea-based manufacturer said its new 72Mb memory controller runs at 1.5 Gb per second. Last week, Samsung said it is also working on 4GByte DDR Dual In-line Memory […]

Hoping to reduce some of its older inventory, Apple Computer Tuesday increased the speed and dropped the price on some of its Power Mac computers and flat panel displays. As expected, the Cupertino, Calif.-based computer maker began shipping the towers with the option to buy single 1 GHz, dual 1.25 GHz or dual 1.42 GHz […]

Building on last year’s push to target specific enterprise markets, Cisco Systems Monday rolled out a new package of software, pricing, and financing for mid-sized (50- to 1000-employee) companies looking to build IP voice, video and data networks. As part of a six-month promotion, the San Jose, Calif.-based computer-networking equipment maker is promoting its new […]

Wireless telecom provider P-Com, Inc. Monday said it has signed a pact to purchase privately-held Procera Networks in an attempt to sell advanced switching products. Campbell, Calif.-based P-Com said the stock-for-stock transaction is expected to close in the first quarter of 2003. Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Procera Networks’ initial product, known as the MLS-XP, allows network administrators […]

Hewlett-Packard Monday released a handful of networking tools it hopes will attract the attention of mid- to large-sized enterprises. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and printer maker’s ProCurve division unveiled a new Networking Adaptive EDGE Architecture designed to manage complex applications, including mobile, security and convergence at remote locations. The company says its combination of […]