Michael Singer

Looking to prevent their trade secrets from becoming front-page news, four IT software firms have asked for the court’s protection in the U.S. Justice Department’s suit to block Oracle’s hostile bid for PeopleSoft . Consulting firm Cap Gemini Ernst & Young, along with Oracle customer Fidelity Employee Service and rivals Lawson Software and Siebel Systems, […]

Gateway went on the legal offensive against HP this week while maintaining a defensive position with regard to its own patents. The Poway, Calif.-based electronics manufacturer filed legal papers Monday charging HP with five counts of patent infringement for technology that covers multimedia functionality, including “Wireless Interface For Standard Modems,” “Multipurpose Computerized Television,” “Expansion Card […]

Intel is upping the ante in the $5.3 billion high-end semiconductors marketplace with its latest dual processor. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant said Monday that it is shipping its Itanium 2 processor (code-named Madison) running at 1.6 GHz with 3MB cache for dual processor systems and workstations. The processor was first mentioned back […]

Web graphics software provider Macromedia is releasing two new tools it says will help customers plug in its Breeze Web conferencing platform without a hassle. The San Francisco-based firm said it’s offering a Directory Services Accelerator and Breeze Scheduling Accelerator. The kits — or “solution accelerators” — are available immediately as free downloads for existing […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Intel opened a new chapter on its wireless strategy Monday with the launch of its next generation Pentium M processor. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant revealed three new cores (code-named Dothan) for its Centrino chipsets. As previously reported, the internal brains behind the processor are the first mobile chips from […]

Rambus took the wraps of a new series of interface cells and services for the next generation of data and graphics memory devices. The technology, released Monday, is used as a bridge between a chipset and memory chips. The Los Altos, Calif.-based company said it will now support the interface cells for the widely used […]

UPDATE: Intel confirmed that it is canceling two projects as part of a radical reshaping of its Pentium and Xeon lineups. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant said it would no longer be developing its Pentium “Tejas” and its similarly built Xeon “Jayhawk.” Both processors are based on single core architecture. Intel said it […]

Hoping to keep its momentum up for the summer buying season, AMD Thursday took the wraps off two new low-power processors from its 64-bit Athlon family. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based semiconductor maker said it is currently shipping its AMD Athlon 64 processor models 2800+ and 2700+ to vendors. The chips are priced at $241 and $209, […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — The man in charge of future technologies at Intel is quite concerned about what computer chips are thinking five seconds from now. CTO Pat Gelsinger said the chipmaking giant is working on smart silicon that anticipates a users’ needs and recommends options instead of just reacting to those needs. The process […]

Computer memory maker Rambus today filed a $1 billion anti-trust lawsuit against four of its competitors, accusing each of conspiracy to drive its RDRAM technology out of the market. The Los Altos, Calif.-based company names Micron Technology, Infineon Technologies, Siemens and Korea’s Hynix in the 36-page complaint filed in the Superior Court of the State […]

Apple Computer is preparing its developer forces for yet another run through the jungle with its next Mac OS X build, code-named Tiger. The Cupertino, Calif.-based computer maker Tuesday said it will preview version 10.4x during its annual World Wide Developers Conference (WWDC) next month, allowing the Mac faithful to begin the arduous process of […]

Graphics chipmaker ATI upped the ante in its battle with rival NVIDIA with the release of a new high-end processor: the RADEON X800. Markham, Ontario-based ATI said it is offering the processor in two formats, the RADEON X800 XT Platinum Edition and the RADEON X800 PRO through its OEM partners. The chips are expected to […]