Michael Singer

Apparently, Sun Microsystems has decided it would rather switch and fight, at least potentially, with Cisco and other traditional switch vendors. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based network computer maker will ship a family of Secure Application switches starting later this year, the company said. Sun said it plans on delivering early versions of the product to […]

Intel enhanced some of its low-cost Celeron family of mobile processors this week, making them more like the popular Pentium M chips. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant said its new Celeron M 350 (1.3GHz) and Celeron M 360 (1.4GHz) are now built on 90-nanometer instead of 0.13-micron process technology, making room for double […]

Sun Microsystems has hired the creator of the Roller blogging technology to bring the communications tool to its enterprise software. Founder Dave Johnson said he accepted the job with Sun Microsystems this week to “design, develop, and deploy the primary blogging system for Sun in conjunction with other engineers” and to evangelize blogging both inside […]

HP has signed a pair of million dollar technology contracts, one with national convenience retailer 7-Eleven and the other with Publix Super Markets, the company said Friday. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and printer maker said its five-year, $55 million contract with 7-Eleven includes servers, storage, networks and printers at some 5,300 U.S. locations. The […]

HP filed a lawsuit in a Tennessee federal court this week against a former authorized reseller, accusing its former partner of selling on the so-called “gray market.” The Palo Alto, Calif.-based company said it is seeking to recover more than $8.6 million for the discounted computer equipment scheduled to be sold to beverage wholesaler P […]

Intel is polishing up its silicon in anticipation of its semi-annual Developers Forum next week. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant is about to kick off its fall classic with a focus on “threading” (parallelism) as its core technology for future server and desktop processors. As previously reported, Intel is shying away from its […]

An e-business standards consortium is aligning its software testing as a further step towards letting companies in different industries communicate better. Santa Ana, Calif.-based RosettaNet said it is working with eBusinessReady to help certify its RosettaNet B2B software for Web services . The goal is to establish a consistent method for B2B between companies that […]

Sun Microsystems’ Java Enterprise System (JES) is fast becoming the platform of choice for customers, partners and developers alike, the company said Wednesday. This week, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based network computer maker announced several deals with various interests that help Sun promote one of key pillars of its software strategy. Priced at $100 per-employee-per-year, Java […]

Apple Computer took the wraps off its new iMac family with a design that puts the entire computer into the flat-panel display. The Cupertino, Calif.-based computer maker introduced three new iMac desktop computers after a two-month delay with the IBM-built G5 processor. The company is taking orders now starting at $1,299 and will begin shipping […]

AMD took the wraps off its first ever x86 64-bit dual-core processor during demonstrations held at the company’s Austin facilities Tuesday. The semiconductor maker is showing an HP ProLiant DL585 server powered by four dual-core AMD Opteron processors manufactured on 90nm silicon-on-insulator process technology. Each core contains 1 MB of Level 2 cache. The ideal […]

FrontBridge Technologies put its best foot forward with an acquisition and the launch of a new managed service, the company said Monday. The Marina Del Rey, Calif.-based firm, which specializes in secure e-mail and messaging software used to protect business networks and corporate e-mail systems, said it has acquired Irvine, Calif.-based MessageRite for an undisclosed […]

Microsoft has been overcharging customers for its Windows business software since 1995, according to a class action lawsuit filed in California. The suit filed late last week in San Francisco Superior court by San Francisco city attorney Dennis Herrera claims Redmond, Wash.-based Microsoft violated state antitrust and unfair competition laws after it charged too much […]