Michael Singer

An Internet standards body is working to bring various utility computing standards under one roof. The Organization for the Advancement of Structured Information Standards (OASIS) said Monday that the Data Center Markup Language (DCML) Organization has joined its ranks. The DCML consists of 45 members headed up by Computer Associates, Opsware, EDS, and TIBCO Software […]

Intel has built a new chip with 500 million transistors using the latest advancements in nanotechnology, the company said Monday. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company said its fully functional, 70-megabit static random access memory (SRAM) chips, which were built using 65-nanometer (nm) process technology, are scheduled for production starting in 2005. The company’s vision is […]

Orion Multisystems, a new company founded by former Transmeta executives, debuted a family of workstations Monday that think and act like a cluster of servers. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company introduced two Linux systems based on Transmeta’s Efficeon processors — a desktop and a mini tower. Officials said its desktop model is a single-system board […]

Intel’s next-generation motherboard design has made its debut in a new Gateway desktop, the company said today. The Gateway 700GR is built on Intel’s highly anticipated Balanced Technology Extended (BTX) architecture. While not made specifically for PC-enthusiasts, the system features an advanced cooling system that can handle high-speed processors as well as the fastest and […]

With its enterprise division still reeling from its financial woes, HP announced today 25 new consumer products it hopes will reinvigorate its brand. As part of its Big Bang II Fall 2004 announcement in Florida, HP is celebrating some firsts. The company will make and market a suite of plasma and LCD flat-panel TVs, as […]

While it waits for a federal court to rule on its hostile bid for PeopleSoft, Oracle is keeping the deal in play. The database giant extended its previously announced tender offer of $21 for all of the common stock of PeopleSoft to midnight EDT on Friday, September 10th. The latest $7.7 billion tender offer was […]

Wireless players Nokia and Vodafone are teaming up to write the next chapter (of code) in the mobile Java story. The companies said they are working through the Java Community Process (JCP) in order to simplify mobile Java standards. The goal is to help content and data move from one Java-enabled mobile device to another, […]

Sprint and Apple have announced a partnership designed to get content providers to connect to PCS Vision subscribers via QuickTime. As part of Sprint’s new PCS Vision Multimedia Services launch, the Overland Park, Kansas-based company said it has certified Apple’s Xserve G5 and QuickTime software as its preferred mobile multimedia delivery platforms and will market […]

Intel continued its “Unwired” mantra by announcing an upcoming Centrino chipset that supports three major Wi-Fi connectivity standards: 802.11b, 802.11g and now 802.11a. The so-called “tri-band” solution promises high-speed bandwidth, less interference, and quicker connections. The company said the PRO/Wireless 2915ABG Network Connection hardware is comprised of a Pentium M chip, an Intel 855 chipset, […]

Linux servers are on the rise again thanks in part to low-end and x86-64 based servers, according to a new survey by market research firm Gartner. The report, released Wednesday, said server revenue increased 8 percent in the last three months, surpassing the $11.5 billion mark, while shipments grew 24 percent to more than 1.6 […]

A new operating system filesystem is expected to inject new life into Linux’s ability to search files, documents, e-mails and contacts more efficiently. Oakland, Calif.-based Namesys (short for Naming System Venture) took the wraps off the latest version of its ReiserFS for licensing this week. Dubbed Reiser4, the so-called “Atomic Filesystem for Linux” posted benchmarks […]

Neither rain nor sleet nor gloom of night can keep the U.S. Postal Service from its appointed rounds, but a 25-year-old Human Resources software system is apparently stopping the mailman in his tracks. So the USPS said this week that it is turning to SAP to replace the aging software that was developed internally to […]