Michael Singer

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Consider paying for your lunch just by leaving the restaurant and never once having to pull out your wallet. IBM is certainly thinking of it. It’s part of the Armonk, N.Y.-based company’s current television campaign highlighting its strategy to mesh Wi-Fi networks and pervasive computing. Company Global Wireless Business General Manager […]

Focusing on the virtualization of data center resources, Hewlett-Packard Thursday announced new services and software designed to bolster its Adaptive Enterprise strategy. The rollout includes extended pay-per-use capabilities, expanded IT utility offerings and a new desktop Blade PC. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and printer maker is locked in a race with rivals IBM, Sun […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — Eight months after forging a plan to secure cyberspace, a coalition of government and private corporations says it is close to unveiling real products and practices to bolster the nation’s vulnerable networks. As part of the first of several National Cyber Security Summits, U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) Secretary Tom […]

Sun Microsystems Wednesday unveiled updates to its hardware and software lines as it positioned its Java brand for new competition with its fiercest rivals. As part of its quarterly systems update, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based network computer maker formally launched its Java Enterprise System, Java Desktop System and Java developer tools now branded as “Studio […]

Sun Microsystems Wednesday unveiled “significant updates” to its standard and “military grade” Trusted Solaris operating system (OS). As part of its quarterly announcements about new systems products, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based network computer maker said the improvements to its OS offer 20 to 47 percent better networking performance than previous versions. Sun also announced plans […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Wireless local area network (WLAN) hardware maker Atheros Communications said Tuesday it has taken the first step to go public. The Sunnyvale, Calif., company, founded in 1998 by faculty from Stanford and Berkeley, has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission to offer up to $100 million of common stock. “ATHR” […]

Two semiconductor firms have unveiled plans to develop a third-generation SuperFlash memory technology they say will ultimately improve embedded, code storage and data storage applications. The partnership between Silicon Storage Technology (SST) and Powerchip Semiconductor (PSC), Taiwan’s largest DRAM manufacturer, marks a firm stance in the traditionally volatile memory market. The new self-aligned, third-generation SuperFlash […]

This week’s Wi-Fi Planet Conference and Expo in San Jose will underscore what industry watchers have been saying for years: Wireless is a powerful technology and business asset. But unlike previous years, Wi-Fi has moved out of the hypothetical to become a reality for many. More than previous 802.11-related shows, this year’s four-day production is […]

Chip sales for the month of October are better than they’ve been in 13 years, according to an industry trade group’s report issued Monday. The

Through a series of corporate buyouts over the past 10 years or so, SCO Group (formerly called Caldera International) found itself owning the legal rights to the original development work done on UNIX during the 1970s and 1980s by Bell Labs, the research group that first developed the software. Since the Linux operating system is […]

The $10.8 billion server world is doing better than expected as the year heads to a close, thanks in large part to smaller Linux and x86 blade servers, according to a report released Wednesday by analysts at IDC. The Framingham, Mass.-based firm’s latest Worldwide Quarterly Server Tracker shows a 2 percent revenue pickup over the […]

Linux distributor SUSE Linux said it is addressing major market shifts in hardware and storage with a free update to its recently released Enterprise software. But more than that, the No. 2 worldwide Linux distributor is looking to gain more market share in North America in order to keep pace with its biggest rival Red […]