Michael Singer

SAN FRANCISCO — Hewlett-Packard wants a piece of the iPod action. The systems vendor announced a deal Thursday that will let it sell an HP-branded digital music player based on Apple’s iPod as early as this summer. As part of the alliance, HP will also pre-install Apple’s iTunes jukebox software complete with a desktop icon […]

Dell on Thursday fired off another round of challenges designed to break down Hewlett-Packard’s printing empire. The Round Rock, Texas-based computer maker said it inked technology agreements with Fuji Xerox, Kodak and Samsung to “significantly” expand its imaging and printing offerings by year’s end. The company is expected to make its formal announcement after Chairman […]

Hedging its bets in the semiconductor sector, Infineon Technologies on Wednesday launched its first sever NAND compatible flash memory chip. Best known for its DRAM products, the Munich-based chipmaker said its introductory 512Mbit flash chip gives it some benefits such as a short-term spike in sales. NAND flash memory is used in consumer devices like […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Computer Tuesday stepped outside its usual consumer persona and debuted Xgrid, the company’s first officially branded software designed for grid computing . Developed by the Cupertino, Calif.-based company’s Advanced Computation Group (ACG), the clustering software is intended primarily for scientific research. A beta version is now available as a free download […]

With the release of its 64-bit processors in servers and desktops behind it, AMD has set its sights on mainstream notebook computers with four new Athlon chips. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based semiconductor maker began shipping its new Mobile AMD Athlon 64 processors 3200+, 3000+ and 2800+ (priced at $293, $233 and $193, respectively, in 1,000-unit quantities) […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Apple Computer Tuesday began its 20th year making Macintosh computers with a renewed quest to find something that has eluded it for years — market share. With CEO Steve Jobs orchestrating the event at the annual Macworld Conference and Expo, the Cupertino, Calif.-based company said it is on track to reach 10 […]

Intel has launched a new line of low-cost processors to round out its Centrino mobile family of chips. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant has re-designed its entry-level Celeron chip into a mobile processor for use in thin and light notebooks. Usually Celeron chips are reserved for the discount PC market but are sometimes […]

Looking to insert its chips into smaller devices, Transmeta Monday introduced two new processors based on its Crusoe core. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based firm said its new TM5700 and TM5900 chips are available in a 21mm x 21mm package, making them good fits for devices like thin clients, blade servers, printers, copiers, point-of-sale terminals, smart […]

Macromedia Monday announced an upgrade of a workhorse product that helps developers build interactive content and applications once and deliver it to multiple formats including CD/DVD-ROMs, kiosks and the Web. The San Francisco-based Web graphics software maker said its Macromedia Director MX 2004 addresses the latest trends in Web publishing such as support for JavaScript, […]

Semiconductors remained a hot commodity throughout November, fueling the debate that 2004 will be another banner year for the chip industry, according to a report released Monday. As part of its monthly Global Sales Report, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) said overall sales rose to $16.13 billion in November 2003. That’s a 4.5 percent increase […]

Intel is putting the finishing touches on its next-generation Pentium processor in an attempt to fend off advances by rival AMD . The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip-making giant could not confirm the exact release date of its desktop chip (code-named Prescott) but did say it already is getting revenue for shipments (read: orders from vendors). […]

Micron Technologies is expected to work out a settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) in the next few weeks as part of an ongoing investigation into the dynamic random access memory (DRAM) market, internetnews.com has learned from sources. The anticipated deal comes after an executive for Micron agreed to plead guilty to obstructing […]