Michael Singer

Fujitsu Limited said it has achieved a new way of looking at cellular phone semiconductors. The Japanese-based chipmaker Thursday introduced a high-density, large-scale Multi-Chip Package (MCP) that stacks three flash, one SRAM, and two Fast Cycle RAM (FCRAM) devices in a single package for applications. The new PS-MCP is available in standard plastic 179-pin BGA […]

Managed mobile access provider Visto Corp. Friday closed off its popular and long-standing free e-mail/PIM service leaving some 2.5 million users scrambling for ways to retrieve their e-mail. The Mountain View, Calif.-based company notified its users through a pop-up letter when they logged on that it would suspend its service on December 21. Visto representatives […]

The U.S. District Court in New York ruled Thursday that “Graffiti,” the handwriting recognition software used in many handheld devices, is a copy cat of technology developed by Xerox Corp. . Judge Michael Telesca, ruled that Santa Clara, Calif.-based Palm and 3Com Corp. , which use the software in their PDAs, are jointly and separately […]

Calling all open-source Java developers working with UDDU. Get out your library cards. IBM , Hewlett-Packard , and SAP AG Thursday say they are pledging to support UDDI4J, an open-source Java class library that supplies an application-programming interface (API) for interacting with Universal Description Discovery and Integration (UDDI) registries. The news follows UDDI.org‘s Nov. 19 […]

The American Hospital Association (AHA) Wednesday says it has worked a deal with Sun Microsystems to keep its doctors and nurses connected. As part of the agreement, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based networking giant will be building the platform for a new portal for use by 5,000 AHA member hospitals and others in the healthcare field, […]

Web-based outsourcing firm Elance Tuesday says it has named Keith Forshew as its new VP Customer Delivery and Tim Reed as VP Marketing and Business Development. Foreshew and Reed are coming to the company after Elance acquired the assets from Nitorum Corp., a software solutions provider for the hiring and management of skilled labor back […]

In an emergency, dial 911 for help. Want a phone number? Call 411. But if you are looking for directions around the 2002 Olympics, you can now call 511. Tellme Networks Tuesday launched the first ever voice-activated 511 traveler information line where people can get information on real-time information on traffic, road conditions, public transportation […]

Internet business software maker PeopleSoft Tuesday is sending a shot out to all those number-crunchers out there with the launch of its PeopleSoft 8 CFO Portal. The portal offers financial information, analysis and alerts in real time to business managers through a personalized, Web interface. “PeopleSoft’s CFO Portal solution connects people in real time to […]

e-Learning provider SmartForce donned the fatigues and got in step with a host of other tech companies that have signed with the U.S. Army. The Redwood City, Calif.-based company Monday signed a multi-million dollar deal to bring its hosted MySmartForce platform to soldiers and Department of the Army civilians worldwide. The partnership is the second […]

San Jose, Calif.-based Calico Commerce, Inc. Thursday says it is selling its assets to business software maker PeopleSoft for $5 million in cash. As part of the deal, Calico is filing for Chapter 11 Bankruptcy and will ask for the court’s approval of the sale. “By teaming with PeopleSoft, we are enabling our customers to […]

Yahoo! Wednesday made an official offer to acquire New York-based HotJobs.com for a combination of stock and cash estimated to be worth $436 million. The proposal outbids a current plan by Monster.com owner TMP Worldwide to buy HotJobs in an all-stock deal originally worth $460 million, now worth $366 million after a slump in TMP’s […]

One day after two rivals in the digital video recorder sector traded barbs about which company had the first DVR patent, SONICblue Wednesday says it will file a lawsuit in the Northern District Federal Court against TiVo . Santa Clara, Calif.-based SONICblue is charging that TiVo is infringing on its patent that forms part of […]