Michael Singer

As an indication that the IT industry is recovering from its 2001-02 hangover, the Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) Monday said PC sales are helping keep chip sales healthy. For 2003’s second quarter, the San Jose, Calif.-based trade group said chip sales of $37.6 billion were up 3.2 percent from $36.4 billion in the year’s first […]

A Cupertino, Calif.-based computer and server maker Monday said it has been awarded a multi-million dollar subcontract to supply U.S. soldiers with notebooks they’ll use as portable servers in the battlefield. Under its partnership with General Dynamics, Tadpole Computer said it will supply the U.S. Army with its 64-bit SPARC/Solaris UNIX notebooks as part of […]

Upscale, online gift retailer RedEnvelope is close to its initial public offering (IPO) now that it has filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC). The San Francisco-based company Friday said it is looking to sell upwards of 2 million common shares with a starting price of $12 to $16 each. Company execs estimate the […]

When Hewlett-Packard acquired Compaq Computer back in 2001, DEC/Alpha fans held their breath. But now that the Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and printer maker has agreed to keep its AlphaServer series alive and well, HP has had to put its money where its mouth is and provide some type of roadmap as it ultimately transitions […]

In its quest to build a better J2EE mousetrap, Borland Software inked a deal this week with TIBCO Software to mix some of their products together. The partnership, announced Wednesday, means Palo Alto, Calif.-based TIBCO will “embed and distribute” its Enterprise for Java Messaging Service (JMS) engine with Borland’s Enterprise Server, Team Edition and future […]

AMD Wednesday began tooting its own horn when it comes to how well its new Opteron processors do in high performance computing (HPC) and clustering environments. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based semiconductor maker announced two major projects within a week of each other that would put its three-month-old chips in the top five fastest machines as ranked […]

Hewlett-Packard Wednesday opened the doors to a new R&D laboratory to develop its ProCurve Networking product line. The Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and printer maker said it is investing approximately S$55 million (USD$30 million) over the next three years to set up the lab at HP’s existing facility. The plant already serves as HP’s only […]

Broadcom Wednesday introduced a new addition to its StataXGS switch family it says helps the transition from Fast Ethernet to Gigabit Ethernet (GbE) in servers. The Irvine, Calif.-based company said its new Broadcom BCM5673 is a 10 Gigabit Ethernet (10GbE) multi-layer switch with a HiGig uplink port that delivers wire-speed Layer 2 through Layer 7 […]

Sun Microsystems Wednesday said it has inked a deal to purchase one of its iForce Partners to help develop its N1 strategy. The “Definitive Agreement” means Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sun will pull funds out of its R&D budget to acquire the Redwood City, Calif.-based startup. Neither company would confirm the price tag. Early estimates put […]

A longstanding licensing debate between Sun Microsystems and open source firm JBoss Group is soon coming to an end, according to the man helping drive the negotiations. Bob Bickel, who was recently named as JBoss vice president of strategy and corporate development, tells internetnews.com the two sides have all but “closed the gaps.” “The only […]

Sun Microsystems Tuesday said it will release its latest update to its Solaris 9 operating environment to the general public starting August 13. Dubbed Solaris 9 8/03 to correspond with the timing of its release, the fourth update covers about 30 different tweaks and patches including a new multi-terabyte UNIX File System and improvements to […]

A group of tech companies Tuesday forged an alliance to make sure Microsoft and Intel can’t corner the mobile and phone market the same way they have with PCs. Finland-based cell phone maker Nokia and chip designer ARM said they are joining Texas Instruments and STMicroelectronics to officially form the Mobile Industry Processor Interface (MIPI) […]