Michael Singer

SAN FRANCISCO — Borland Software is hoping a little of that ‘ole Java magic will rub off on its desktop this week. The software firm made a slew of announcements Monday aimed at bringing more revenue and developers to its slate of platforms and services. Central to its Java strategy, the company has expanded its […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Computer released the software developer kit (SDK) of its next-generation Macintosh OS for desktops and servers in an attempt to leapfrog over Microsoft’s Longhorn. During its annual World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) here Monday, Apple said it would work with developers to bring 10.4x (code-named Tiger) to market in the first […]

Macromedia hopes a mini version of its Flash Player will help give it more play outside the desktop. The software maker released Macromedia Flash Lite 1.1 for mobile handset manufactures. The updated profile of the company’s Flash Player targets mass-market mobile phones that do not have enough processing power. Developers will get access to the […]

SAN FRANCISCO — In what is being heralded as “the most significant enhancement to the Java platform in the technology’s nine-year history,” Sun Microsystems introduced its new Java 2 Platform Standard Edition (J2SE) version 5.0. The upgrade, known as Project Tiger or J2SE 1.5, has more than 100 new features and is scheduled for a […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems decided to succumb to peer pressure and open source Java…sort of. In conjunction with its annual JavaOne Conference, Sun said it is contributing its next generation desktop software, Project Looking Glass and corresponding Java 3D application program interface , to the open source community. NASA recently used the Java 3D […]

The market for x86 64-bit enterprise processors is now a two-horse race. On Monday, Intel will launch its long-anticipated Xeon chip, code-named “Nocona.” With the launch, it joins AMD in an industry-wide push to exponentially increase the processing capacity of standard chips. The new processor core is the workstation/server version of Intel’s previously released Pentium […]

Along with his friends Patrick Naughton and Mike Sheridan, James Gosling is most commonly identified with the Java programming language. Gosling did the original design of the Java programming language and built its compiler and virtual machine. He has recently been a contributor to the Real-Time Specification for Java (JSR-1), and was a researcher at […]

Hoping to energize its developer community, Sun Microsystems is expected to officially launch its branded Java developer tool platform next week. Formerly known as “Project Rave,” Sun’s Java Studio Creator is designed to go head to head with Microsoft’s Visual Studio as well as other Java-based development tools like IBM’s WebSphere Studio. The debut corresponds […]

AMD is investing time and energy in developing chips for more than just the server or desktop. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based semiconductor maker said it is continuing development on three of its chip families — Athlon 64, Alchemy and Geode — for low-power form factors including thin-and-light laptops, consumer electronics and communication devices. The announcement on […]

UPDATED: SAN FRANCISCO — Like a pebble thrown into a still pond, Oracle’s hostile bid for PeopleSoft sent ripples through the boardrooms of its rivals. Bill Gates, who after learning about the hostile takeover last June, fired off an e-mail to Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer asking to consider taking a financial stake in Pleasanton, Calif.-based […]

Whether or not Oracle wins its hostile takeover of PeopleSoft , one thing is for sure: Larry Ellison is acquisition hungry. But the motivation for doing so may not be to battle top-tier market leader SAP , but rather to take away mid-market business from Microsoft and IBM , according to analysts surveyed by internetnews.com. […]

Fujitsu’s chipmaking division released a new SPARC64-based processor this week that brings the company closer to its destiny with Sun Microsystems . The Silicon Valley-based division of the Japanese electronics conglomerate said its new SPARC64 V would ship before September for use in UNIX-based servers, especially 8-way, 16-way and 32-way configurations. The next-generation SPARC64 also […]