Michael Singer

Sun Microsystems Wednesday said it wants to drum up new business in a place where it has had past success – financial services. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based networking giant said it is looking at everything from midmarket banks to the largest money centers to install its servers and systems. Already, Sun said it has signed […]

British mobile phone maker Sendo rattled executive cages over at Microsoft Thursday. The long-time supporter of the Windows for Smartphone 2002 platform for handsets said it has instead decided to license Nokia’s Series 60 Platform for its smart phone category. Not only that, but Sendo said it was halting all development of Smartphone-releated products. Sendo […]

“Holy overclocking, Batman,” PC maker Systemax Thursday unveiled a new line of what it calls “Extreme Gaming PCs.” The Port Washington, N.Y.-based company said its new Double-X series can be custom built with the latest Intel or AMD processors, super high-speed memory chips, dual high-capacity hard drives and a liquid cooled chassis. The company says […]

SAN FRANCISCO — When Intel rolls out its wireless-specific processor (named Banias) in the first part of next year, it will mark a milestone in its long-term strategy to get people to think mobile. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company has already invested millions in wireless technologies like 802.11 (also known as Wi-Fi ), but the […]

Four wireless industry giants Wednesday put their stamp on what they call “modest” royalty rates for wideband CDMA (W-CDMA) technology. NTT DoCoMo , Ericsson , Nokia and Siemens say they have agreed to license products that use W-CDMA at a cumulative royalty rate below 5 percent, perhaps even lower. “For example according to the recent […]

In an ongoing patent infringement battle, Intersil Wednesday filed patent infringement counterclaims against Agere Systems. The suit was filed with the United States District Court in Delaware, the court where Agere Systems filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Intersil on October 17, 2002. “We are committed to protecting and defending Intersil’s patent rights in WLAN […]

Earlier this year, Handspring thumbed its nose at Research In Motion’s (RIM) patent lawsuit. Now, Handspring gets a “thumbs up” for putting RIM’s keyboard technology in some of its Treo Communicator PDAs. The two companies Tuesday signed an agreement that will allow Mountain View, Calif.-based Handspring to license certain RIM keyboard patents. The agreement also […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Who says you can’t have it both ways? Internet software maker webMethods Tuesday unveiled a new partnership that combines its integration software in an application server. In a deal with open source group JBoss, Fairfax, Va.-based webMethods said it is including its software platform in the latest version of the JBoss Java […]

Dell Computer Monday gave its long anticipated handheld device a name and a release date. The Round Rock, Texas-based computer maker said its new personal digital assistants – called the Axim X5 – will be available on November 18 to correspond with the COMDEX show in Las Vegas. While company officials are keeping product information […]

Unhappy with what it calls “special” treatment Micron Technology Friday filed a complaint against DRAM semiconductor products manufactured in South Korea. The U.S. Department of Commerce and the International Trade Commission received the countervailing duty (CVD) case with intent of investigating the claims made by the Boise, Idaho-based company. The complaint does not identify specific […]

IBM Monday said it has produced a new silicon germanium (SiGe) transistor that breaks all previous known speed records and should breathe new life into the wireless hardware sector. Scientists at the company’s Burlington, Vt. labs say they have tweaked previous IBM transistor designs with new SiGe bipolar technology to reach speeds of 350GHz, which […]

In a shrinking of wireless standards bodies, the Mobile Wireless Internet Forum Monday said it has fused its organization with the recently formed Open Mobile Alliance (OMA). OMA is an extension of the open mobile architecture initiative supported by key industry segments, such as mobile operators, wireless vendors, IT vendors and content providers. By contributing […]