Michael Singer

An industry movement to standardize the way you link your PC to your MP3 player to your television is ironically going forward without a clear sense of how to protect the content in the first place. And it seems like the biggest names in tech are waiting for the problem to fix itself. According to […]

SAN FRANCISCO — An Internet industry group working toward speeding up data transmissions in Local, Metro and Wide Area Networks Wednesday said it has cleared a major hurdle in approving the protocol as a standard. The IEEE 802.17 Working Group approved draft 2.3 of the Resilient Packet Ring (RPR) Working Ballot during its meeting here […]

Open source firm JBoss Group Tuesday aided its efforts to spread its a Java-compatible application server with the addition of a new co-marketing agreement. Under the agreement, Librados has joined the JBoss Preferred Affiliates Program. The San Ramon, Calif.-based firm, which makes J2EE-standards based application integration software, said it will offer either royalty-free source code […]

In a world where machines have taken control of humanity, Palm Wednesday released a PDA that lets you control other machines. And while it’s not as sophisticated as say Arnold Schwarzenegger, the Santa Clara, Calif.-based handheld computer maker’s first upgrade to its Tungsten T — dubbed “T2” — does have some merits. Like the original […]

In preparation for the next generation of mobile devices using its XScale chips, Intel Tuesday released new compiler software. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant said its new Intel C++ Compiler for Microsoft eMbedded Visual C++ is designed to help developers write applications for Intel Personal Internet Client Architecture-based PDAs, cell phones and other […]

Not even a healthy influx of low-cost products could help Sun Microsystems from losing revenue for the ninth straight quarter in a row. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based network computer maker Tuesday posted a profit of $12 million but confessed it’s revenue fell to $2.98 billion from $3.42 billion in the last three months. Sun said […]

Software vendor Lindows.com Tuesday took the wraps off a new class of computer designed to serve as an Internet-ready home and office terminal or public-access kiosk computer. Dubbed the Lindows “WebStation”, the units have no hard drive but run off of an internal CD running LindowsOS. Restarting the computer instantly restores it to its original […]

Last week’s $820 million acquisition announcement of Crystal Decisions by Business Objects prompted some analyst firms to point towards new directions and even more consolidation in the business intelligence (BI) sector. The BI industry as a whole is highly fragmented with companies paying for a standalone platform, modifying one from a partner or inventing their […]

Apple Computer co-founder Steve Wozniak is betting that you want to know where your important stuff is. The CEO and technical visionary of Wheels of Zeus (or wOz — a play on his nickname) is preparing a new GPS-based device along with a corresponding online network service that uses satellites to pinpoint things like people […]

French-owned software maker Business Objects Friday said acquire privately-held Crystal Decisions in a cash and stock deal worth an estimated $820 million. The transaction joins two large firms that specialize in business intelligence (BI). Applications generally include decision support, query and reporting, online analytical processing statistical analysis, forecasting, and data mining. The two companies compete […]

The Apache Software Foundation and The Apache Server Project Friday issued its latest upgrade to the Apache HTTP Server 1.3 family. The operating environment was designed for UNIX OS variants and powers more than half of all Web sites, according to the latest Netcraft survey numbers. The open-source project recently released updates to its Apache […]

Two Silicon Valley-based chip-equipment makers Friday put aside their differences and settled a patent lawsuit. Santa Clara, Calif.-based Applied Materials said it has settled a patent infringement lawsuit between Therma-Wave The litigation centers on Boxer Cross, a wholly owned subsidiary of Applied Materials, which it acquired back in April. Under the settlement, Therma-Wave said it […]