Michael Singer

SAN JOSE, Calif. — AOL Wednesday padded its Instant Messaging buddy list with its latest partner, Akonix Systems. The alliance means San Diego-based Akonix becomes an AIM Certified Partner. For its part, AOL says it will certify Akonix L7 Enterprise to bring management and compliance features to AOL Instant Messenger (AIM) traffic within enterprises. The […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Yahoo! Wednesday launched the next version of its corporate Instant Messaging platform: Yahoo! Business Messenger 2.0. The new version adds hosting for small- and medium-sized businesses as well as added support for clients such as Web Messenger, Mac and for mobile devices. But more importantly, it brings in new audio, video […]

Intel Tuesday revealed one of its best sales quarters since the dot-com implosion citing record sales of its chipset units and motherboard units. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based firm reported third-quarter revenue of $7.8 billion and earnings per share were 25 cents up 79 percent over last quarter and up 150 percent from $0.10 in the […]

Looking to advance its presence in the mobile marketplace, Intel Tuesday rolled out its StrataFlash Wireless Memory System for next generation handsets. The small 8x11mm package is designed for storing memory for large embedded data applications such as camera images, audio and video files. Based on Santa Clara, Calif.-based Intel’s Multi-Level Cell (MLC) technology, which […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Once a cool tool of the teen set, Instant Messaging has been spotted lately sporting a brand new pair of wingtips. The technology has become so widespread that it’s even attracted the attention of federal communications authorities and Wall Street regulators. But even though corporate usage is skyrocketing, many firms are […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Transmeta has got to win an award for the number of most subtle hints dropped about a product prior to its release. Since it was first mentioned during the Microprocessors Forum here last year, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based firm has referenced its TM8000 processor more than a dozen times in either […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — IBM Tuesday introduced its POWER5, the company’s next-generation high-end server chip for commercial processing, which allows for simultaneous multi-threading, better power management and virtual partitioning. The processor will be shipping in mid-2004, but don’t look to pick up a gross of 1,000 at a discount, as Big Blue will only be […]

To say that QUALCOMM has been working “diligently” to get its wireless software toolbox in the hands of developers is an understatement. The San Diego-based firm has been viciously promoting its Binary Runtime Environment for Wireless — or BREW — since it was launched in 2001. But after tackling the U.S. and Asian markets, the […]

Intel is padding its non-PC product lineup with new chips targeting the storage, networking and telecommunications sectors. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based company Monday began offering a host of Intel NetStructure products based on the Advanced Telecom Computing Architecture (AdvancedTCA) specification as well as new I/O processors, chipsets, optical transceivers and bridges. The new suite of […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Sun Microsystems Monday took the wraps off its long awaited UltraSPARC IV processor (code-named Jaguar – no relationship to Apple computer’s OS). The fourth-generation chip is made up off two UltraSPARC-III cores (code-named Cheetah) and includes on-chip tags for 8 MBs of off-chip 2-way set-associative Level 2 cache per core. Company […]

Oracle Friday postponed yet another deadline in its $7.3 billion takeover bid for applications rival PeopleSoft . The Redwood Shores, Calif.-based software giant said it has extended its announced tender to midnight EST on Wednesday, December 31, 2003. Previously, the offer of $19.50 per share for all of the common stock of PeopleSoft was set […]

The chips are barely a year old and already AMD said Friday that is has seen some serious pick up for its Opteron and Athlon 64 products, previously code-named “Hammer”. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based semiconductor maker said it has secured contracts with RackSaver for its new NemeSys DAW64 design digital audio workstations based on the 64-bit […]