Michael Singer

The U.S. Supreme Court Monday said it will hear a case that pits chip-making giants and rivals Intel and AMD on the question of overseas business practices. The case stems from an appeal by Intel, which recently asked a U.S. appeals court in San Francisco to reconsider a European antitrust investigation filed by AMD three […]

Looking to expand its “software- as-service model” into the more lucrative “on-demand” space, salesforce.com Monday took the wraps off new tools and programs targeting the customer relationship management (CRM) sector. The San Francisco-based firm kicked off its first ever “Dreamforce” user and developer conference with the launch of sforce version 2.0, the company’s application server […]

Intel Friday confirmed it has padded its wireless portfolio with the acquisition of Hillsboro, Ore.-based Mobilian. Founded in February 1999, Mobilian is a wireless systems company that develops chips, software, and reference designs to support multiple wireless radio standards in devices like PDAs and mobile phones. The company had been working on an all-in-one chipset […]

Microsoft this week awarded grants to five universities to enhance the Assignment Manager component of Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003 Academic. Chosen from a field of 20 proposals from 17 universities around the world, the Redmond, Wash.-based company Tuesday selected the universities based on their submitted request for proposal (RFP) under the Visual Studio .NET […]

With just ten days to go, Jupitermedia Friday said momentum is quickly growing for its inaugural Enterprise IT Week event at cdXpo. The four-day exhibition and conference, which is produced by the parent company of this Web site, brings together IT professionals to focus on five conference areas: a Jupiter Research Symposium, an Enterprise Executive […]

In the latest chapter of the Microsoft anti-trust saga, the company Thursday said it has settled out of court with the state of North Carolina. The case, which received preliminary approval from the North Carolina Business Court last Thursday, will be paid out in the form of vouchers worth up to $89 million. The coupons […]

Intel Thursday began offering an incremental speed bump to its entry-level chips in preparation for the holiday season. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant said its Celeron processor is now available at speeds up to 2.80 GHz for desktop and mobile PCs. Based on Intel’s 0.13-micron process technology, the processor uses 478-pin packaging and […]

Sun Microsystems Wednesday said it will open a testing center in Dallas next month to take advantage of Wal-Mart’s concentrated interest in radio frequency identification tags (commonly referred to as RFID). This week, Bentonville, Ark.-based Wal-Mart met with its top 100 suppliers to set standards on how the company will use the Electronic Product Code […]

Looking to put more Linux in mobile phones, PDAs and other wireless devices, MontaVista Software Tuesday said it has inked a deal with Intel . The partnership means Sunnyvale, Calif.-based MontaVista’s commercial-grade Consumer Electronics Edition (CEE) Linux operating system now supports the recently unveiled next-generation Intel processor for wireless devices, code-named “Bulverde.” When it is […]

Similar to the wine industry, semiconductors have some good years and some not so good years. One trade group’s consensus is that 2004 will be an “excellent vintage”. The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA), which released its annual forecast for 2003-2006 Wednesday, says global sales of semiconductors in 2003 are on par to increase by 15.8 […]

The competition for push-to-talk over cellular (PoC) heated up this week as wireless giant QUALCOMM announced its new BREWChat platform. The San Diego-based company’s “walkie-talkie” function carries the same features of its root technology Qchat, but is specifically designed for CDMA2000 1X Release 0 networks. Both technologies allow for both person-to-person and person-to-group communication between […]

Intel may have made its bread and butter on silicon, but the chip making giant is considering using new types of metals in its future chips. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company said constant problems with electrical current leakage in its transistors have prompted it to develop high-performance transistors using a new material, called high-k, for […]