Michael Singer

eBay sellers have a new content management tool to help them post storefronts faster, thanks to a newly customized Macromedia toolset. The Web graphics software maker said it is offering a customized version of Macromedia Contribute 3 for eBay products that simplifies the way that stores are built and customized. The special version is due […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Two reports issued this week point to a mobile device industry that’s in transition. The CTIA Wireless Association offered a rosy wireless usage picture with news that the number of subscribers grew by 21,401,569 (14.5 percent) between June 2003 and June 2004. The organization’s Semi-Annual Wireless Industry Survey also found a wireless […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Two reports issued this week point to a mobile enterprise industry that has found itself in transition. The CTIA Wireless Association offered a rosy wireless picture with news that the number of subscribers grew by 21,401,569 (14.5 percent) between June 2003 and June 2004. The organization’s Semi-Annual Wireless Industry Survey also found […]

Chief Information Officers are divided when it comes to a merger between Oracle and PeopleSoft but are in favor of keeping the “poison pill,” according to a survey out this week. In reaction to the recent U.S. court ruling allowing Oracle to proceed with its hostile bid to acquire PeopleSoft , 44 percent say they […]

The co-creator of Microsoft’s Xbox is ramping up to launch a new online subscription gaming platform with the help of Sun Microsystems , the companies said. Former Xbox visionary Kevin Bachus is expected to debut his company Infinium Labs’ flagship “Phantom Game Service” sometime in 2005. The service was originally scheduled to debut this fall. […]

If IBM could commit just a little more to AMD , they’d find true bliss, so says a report out this week from Merrill Lynch. But AMD is starting to obligate itself to other projects and may be signaling a need to move on, suggest other analyst firms. The bottom line, say all concerned, is […]

Intel launched a modified Xeon this week for embedded storage systems, a move with more traction in 64-bit computing in mind. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant also released a complimentary C++ Compiler (version 8.1) to augment the release of the storage processor (formerly code-named Nocona). The low voltage Xeon chip runs at 2.8 […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Yahoo expanded its search empire to the mobile arena with the launch of some additional services. The company was one of the original content providers for mobile devices running on the Palm or Win CE platform, a decision Yahoo COO Dan Rosensweig admits was a “premature start.” This is the first time, […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Three companies heavily steeped in the mobile world have initiated work on a new specification designed for future wireless data services. NTT DoCoMo , IBM and Intel are spearheading the new architecture called “Trusted Mobile Platform.” The initiative includes nearly 300 pages of documentation hardware and software architecture requirements, as well as […]

SAP and HP are bundling their best-known products into a new managed service, the companies said today. The platform is a combination of SAP’s MySAP ERP platform running on top of HP’s Adaptive Enterprise. The pact is targeted at mid-sized companies that pull in between $100 million and $1 billion in annual revenue. Starting at […]

Forget the Earth Simulator and IBM’s Blue Gene/L, Silicon Graphics (SGI) is laying claim to the fastest supercomputer in the world. The next official list of Top 500 supercomputers doesn’t come out until November, but SGI said its servers powered NASA’s “Columbia” supercomputer to a top speed of 42.7 trillion calculations per second (teraflops) when […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Apple Computer unveiled a batch of new iPods, iTunes software and promos designed to keep it atop the heap of digital music players. At a launch event that included appearances by rock band U2’s Bono and The Edge, master showman Steve Jobs said Apple has started shipping two new iPod devices […]