Andy Patrizio

Nvidia has announced the release of the second generation of Ion, its graphics platform for Intel Atom processor-equipped netbooks and nettops. While Intel has designs on bringing Atom to multiple form factors, the new Ion is aimed squarely at the netbook market, with promises of providing the level of graphics performance usually found in a […]

Apple gained plenty of publicity for its new iPad, but at least one analyst thinks the company could come up short in meeting demand when the device ships later this month. A research note issued on Monday from Canadian financial advisory firm Canaccord Adams warns the iPad may be in short supply when it first […]

Bloom Energy, a Sunnyvale startup that has been working in stealth for a decade and gone through more than $400 million in venture funding, finally took the wraps off its invention: a fuel cell that can power a home, corporate office or datacenter for what it said is much less cost than competing green energy […]

In the span of two years and two acquisitions, Sun found itself in possession of two Java Virtual Machines. Now it has the task of merging the two into a single JVM, a task that won’t be rushed because it won’t be simple and because Oracle does not want to disrupt either JVM. Oracle (NASDAQ: […]

The rumor mill is starting to grind again around the iPad, this time with talk that Apple will begin taking preorders for the new tablet as early as this week. Given Apple’s promised delivery time of 60 days from its original announcement of the device, the proposed dates fit. Whether they turns out to be […]

reMail was one of many e-mail clients sold on the Apple App Store, at least until Wednesday. The mail client and its developer were purchased by search engine giant Google and promptly removed from the App Store. The reMail client runs on both the iPhone and iPod Touch. It was very well-reviewed and popular. Among […]

Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) announces fourth-quarter results after the close of trading on Thursday, though investors’ interest is likely to be more focused on the No. 3 PC maker’s operating expenses and management than on its revenues and earnings. For some time, Dell has been focused on removing operational costs from its structure, and as of […]

Salesforce Chatter, the cloud-based, real-time collaboration service first introduced at Dreamforce ’09 in November, has formally entered beta testing with a handful of Salesforce.com customers. At this point, Chatter remains a private, invitation-only beta, with about 100 customers — including Reed Exhibitions, Schumacher Group, and TransUnion — getting the first crack at the new service. […]

Dell plans to acquire KACE Networks in a move to beef up its compliance and systems management offerings for midsized businesses. Terms of the deal to buy the privately held systems management appliance company were not disclosed. That’s the second purchase this week for Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), which is not normally an acquisitive company. Earlier […]

Hewlett-Packard will announce fiscal first quarter numbers after the close of trading on Wednesday, giving the world a good look at the state of the venerable technology giant — and of the industry at large, considering HP’s bellwether roles in PCs, servers and its more recent ascendancy to a strong services position with the acquisition […]