Michael Singer

Software executives with IBM and Microsoft are expected to testify for both sides in the U.S. Justice Department’s case against Oracle , according to court papers filed Tuesday. The DoJ and ten states are seeking to block Oracle’s now $7.7 billion proposal to acquire PeopleSoft by arguing that the merger between two major enterprise software […]

HP is seeing an increase in sales of its enterprise products, but is more guarded than its Silicon Valley-based brethren when it comes to announcing the end to the downturn. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and printer maker reported financial results for its second fiscal quarter, including record revenue of $20.1 billion, an increase of […]

Dell introduced three new Axim XO handheld computers today that it hopes will capitalize on the burgeoning mobile enterprise sector. The Round Rock, Texas, computer maker outfitted its new Axim X30 PDAs for the first time with Intel PXA270 XScale processors and Windows Mobile 2003 Second Edition software for Pocket PC. The devices also support […]

AMD returned to its close-knit group of friends to introduce its latest round of two-way and four-way x86 processors for servers and workstations. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based semiconductor maker introduced three new Opteron chips Tuesday: Models 850, 250 and 150, priced at $1,514, $851 and $637, respectively. The chips are geared to compete with Intel Xeon […]

Semiconductor design firm ARM took the wraps off two new blueprints for embedded processors. ARM debuted its MPCore synthesizable multiprocessor on Monday, based on its ARMv6 architecture and developed in concert with NEC Electronics. The design can be configured to contain one to four processors for electronic devices like cell phones and video players. The […]

Transmeta will add a new antivirus technology standard to its next round of low-power chips, the company said Monday. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based concern said it has agreed to work with Microsoft on the software giant’s “No Execute” (commonly known as “NX”) technology, a security feature that is a combination of hardware and Microsoft’s Execution […]

The price of purchasing PeopleSoft just dropped by $1.7 billion, Oracle executives said Friday. The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based database software vendor said it has revised its tender offer for all of the outstanding shares of PeopleSoft to $21 per share, or approximately $7.7 billion. Previously, Oracle was prepared to shell out $26 per share, or […]

Intergraph has only one company left to settle with as part of its so-called “OEM case.” The Huntsville, Ala.-based chip design and production firm narrowed the field of litigants to just HP when it settled its outstanding litigation with computer maker Gateway earlier this week. Poway, Calif.-based Gateway is now expected to pay a total […]

Intel is putting its trust in its mainstream products even as it changes how the chips will perform in the next few years. A quartet of high-level executives with the Santa Clara, Calif.-based chipmaking giant briefed analysts Thursday on the company’s roadmap, reaffirming a shift to dual- and multi-core architectures as well as the improved […]

Networking PCs, TVs and sound systems is getting easier, but behind-the-scenes power plays threaten to undermine the digital home’s foundation. Recent trade shows (Microsoft’s WinHEC and Networld + Interop) highlighted the progress in the area, but security, interoperability and connectivity, and digital rights loom as stumbling blocks. And as broadband continues to penetrate home offices […]

Apple Computer is enticing even more scientists to use its Macintosh server hardware and software for high performance computing (HPC) projects. The Cupertino, Calif.-based company said it will award five fully-provisioned, all-inclusive Apple Workgroup Clusters for Bioinformatics to five scientific researchers in the U.S. “We’ll select the best applications based on the applicant’s scientific record, […]

The next generation of computer memory will dominate the market by next summer, if some of the biggest names in tech have their say. Double Data Rate 2 (DDR2) SDRAM is launching, now running at 400 MHz with 533 MHz designs waiting in the wings. Chipsets with the technology are scheduled to hit the markets […]