Michael Singer

The European Commission (EC) has contracted HP to help protect the borders of 10 member countries, the company said today. The computer and printer maker is under a $48.5 million agreement in collaboration with IT services global operator Steria, as well as two other European companies — Mummert in Germany and Primesphere in Luxembourg. The […]

The answer to the debate over how much to charge for a software license running on a multi-core system may lie within the value of the software. Or so claim executives with copyright protection software provider Macrovision . David Znidarsic, who serves as vice president of technology at the Santa Clara, Calif.-based firm, weighed in […]

The world’s largest chip foundry-for-hire said it is gearing up to release new products this year based on 65-nanometer (nm) process technology. Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company said its new Nexsys technology for system-on-chip (SoC) design is in place, which will let designers build logic devices with twice the density of current 90-nm technology. The shift […]

RealNetworks expanded its Rhapsody music service to compete with subscription offerings from Napster and digital music stores like Apple’s iTunes . Seattle-based Real said it now has three tiers to its online digital music service — Rhapsody 25, Rhapsody Unlimited and Rhapsody To Go — for its RealAudio 10 player. All of Real’s downloads are […]

Silicon Valley start-up Orion Multisystems this week shipped its first workstation, which runs like it were 96 individual computers, or nodes, all working on the same project. Called Orion DS-96 and touted as a personal supercomputer that fits under a desk, the 96-node cluster workstation stands 27 inches high, 25 inches long and 17 inches […]

Rambus’ long-standing claim that its rivals conspired to kill its business is sounding more and more plausible, executives said this week. The company that makes RDRAM computer memory said recent legal developments, including a guilty plea by South Korea’s Hynix, are pointing toward an almost certain conclusion: Rambus was the target of a price fixing […]

Cisco Systems is purchasing a consumer Voice over Internet protocol (VoIP) technology provider for its Linksys division, the company said today. The networking equipment giant said it will spend about $68 million in cash and options for Sipura Technology. Both companies are based in San Jose, Calif. The deal still needs regulatory and shareholder approval, […]

Oracle released new middleware software today to accommodate its PeopleSoft and JD Edwards customers. The No. 2 business software vendor said its Oracle Fusion Middleware is a suite of products based on its current line of middleware products with a few modifications. The goal, according to Rick Schultz, vice president of product marketing at Oracle, […]

HP introduced new computers today designed to take advantage of Microsoft’s latest and future operating systems. Palo Alto, Calif.-based HP is shipping new business desktops, workstations and ProLiant servers with the new Microsoft Windows x64 Edition operating systems, which are being introduced today. HP representatives are expected to tout their 20-year relationship with Microsoft during […]

MontaVista Software unleashed a new embedded operating system designed to make smartphone players like Microsoft and Symbian sit up and take note. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based Linux vendor, known for its embedded Linux offerings, announced its Mobilinux 4.0 product designed for the $300 and $600 mobile and wireless device market. The operating system is scheduled to […]

Sun Microsystems released an update to its Java-based business application suite with an eye toward winning over Microsoft and HP customers. The company said its Sun Java Enterprise System (JES) Release 3 is now available for purchase at $140 per employee per year. The price includes unlimited right-to-use and licenses to versions of Sun’s tools, […]

AMD’s largest hardware partners are stumbling over each other in support of the chipmaker’s new dual-core Opteron. IBM, HP, and Sun Microsystems are scheduled to present their latest wares based on the new chip at an AMD event in New York today. All three OEMs are supporting AMD’s choice to ship its 800-series Opteron chips […]