Michael Singer

Cambridge Positioning Systems (CPS) Wednesday said it has inked a deal to help pinpoint the location of mobile devices runing on Intel chips. The Cambridge, UK-based firm said it is working with Intel to integrate its Enhanced Observed Time Difference (E-OTD) technology into a range of mobile devices running Intel Personal Internet Client Architecture (PCA) […]

Clustering servers into one massive computing system has become all the rage in the Linux community, but two companies Tuesday say they are looking to take the technology to the next level. Hewlett-Packard said it is partnering with Salt Lake City-based Linux NetworX to expand each company’s Linux cluster supercomputing offerings. Linux NetworX designs clustering […]

PDA maker Palm said Tuesday it has reached an agreement to sell its products and operating system in China as early as next month. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based handheld computer maker’s PalmSource division said it has scored a four-year deal to license its OS 4.2 operating system to Legend Group . The announcement coincides with […]

Advanced Micro Devices Tuesday said it has begun shipping its latest Athlon MP 2400+ processor for high-performance servers and workstations. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based semiconductor maker is hoping the new chip will grab market share from rival Intel , which sells a comparable Xeon processor. AMD currently has its 2400+, 2200, and 2000+ chips availble. As […]

Hitachi Semiconductor Monday took the wraps off a new microcontroller (MCU) it says will help automate networked devices around the office. The San Jose, Calif.-based division of the Japanese owned company said its new H8S/2674R is a 33 MHz 16-bit device with a built-in SDRAM interface for better connection to inexpensive SDRAM memory. The idea […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Advanced Micro Devices Monday revealed a little-known fact about the company – its R&D designers are into heavy metal. While its archrival Intel claims silicon will continue to be the dominant catalyst for chips, AMD said it is looking at alternatives to polysilicon, such as nickel, as a way to create better […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems Monday expanded on its networking management software strategy, which it hopes will compete with similar products from IBM and Hewlett-Packard . Dubbed N1, Sun’s idea is to “cable once, provision forever,” meaning that system administrators can plug in servers, storage and other devices into a network and be able to […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Researchers at IBM Monday say they’ve come up with the world’s smallest working silicon transistor, one that may help continue to shrink CMOS devices. At six nanometers in length, the Armonk, N.Y.-based company said this new transistor is at least 10 times smaller than the state-of-the-art transistors in production today. A nanometer […]

Inching closer towards next year’s release, Microsoft Thursday officially posted its second release candidate for Windows .Net Server 2003 software. Testing will continue, but barring any major last-minute changes, the final product is scheduled for next April. The latest test version of its server software completes final packaging for each of its four editions of […]

While Microsoft hashes out its problems with Sun Microsystems in court this week, customers are slowly showing which side of the fence they sit on. The latest firm to dump the Redmond, Wash.-based software giant appears to be Sony . The Japanese-owned computer maker said its European Information Technology division has chosen to distribute StarOffice […]

With a nod to a burgeoning Video on Demand (VOD) marketplace, Silicon Graphics (SGI) announced plans this week for a new Open Cable Server combo that should have cable operators licking their chops. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company said it is combining its SGI Origin 300 server and two SGI TP900 storage subsystems with neighboring […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — In a business model reminiscent of the early 90s, wireless software player Boingo said it is looking for a few good hotspot operators. But unlike its past deals with FatPort and Wayport, Santa Monica, Calif.-based Boingo said it has a way to let average people turn their broadband access points into […]