David Needle

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Google CEO Eric Schmidt started with net neutrality. In a keynote at the Search Engine Strategies show here today, Schmidt said a lot of things. But the most critical concern for Google, he said, is the net neutrality debate. If broadband suppliers and other proponents of a tiered pricing model for […]

PALO ALTO, CALIF. — When open source developers gather on a panel to discuss whether “all software will go open source,” you can expect the sentiment to tip that way, only with lots of arguments. A larger question under scrutiny at the AlwaysOn Innovation Summit on the Stanford University campus here was whether it might […]

PC sales are slowing a bit faster than expected leading research firm IDC to revise its figures downward. In a report released earlier this week, IDC estimates worldwide shipments increased only 9.7 percent from the same quarter a year ago. IDC had earlier forecast PC growth of over 10 percent for the next several years. […]

SAN FRANCISCO – Intel’s partners rolled out lots of big iron for the unveiling of the latest Itanium processor. The long-awaited dual-core version of Itanium was announced at a media event here where seven systems from different vendors shared the stage, representing some eight tons of computer hardware. Intel (Quote, Chart) showed off its new Itanium2 […]

HP’s Labs will unveil a tiny, wireless chip today that could make audio and visual information as well as digital documents far more broadly accessible. HP’s “Memory Spot” research team has developed a memory device, based on CMOS (define) integrated circuit design, that includes a built-in antenna and 10 Mbits/sec. data transfer rate, comparable to Wi-Fi […]

Intel said Thursday it plans to cut about a thousand managers from various offices worldwide in a bid to boost efficiency. No details were forthcoming on where the cuts would be made or in what specific areas. The chip giant has been in the midst of a thorough, 90-day review ordered by CEO Paul Otellini […]

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – For Sun Microsystems (Quote, Chart), the unveiling of three major products here on Tuesday at the Palace Hotel was a huge relief. Sun’s earlier first effort in the fast-growing blade (define) server market failed, and the company sat out the second phase of that market’s growth while HP, IBM and others cleaned […]

Do you believe good things come in threes? Sun must, because it’s managed to get three major product rollouts into one blockbuster announcement. Tuesday, Sun Microsystems will unveil a blade system, a high-end server and a storage system at a big media event at the Palace Hotel in San Francisco. All powered by AMD’s Opteron […]

The latest company perk is, literally, music to the ears of National Semiconductor employees. The chip manufacturer announced today it’s giving all 8,500 employees a new 30GB video iPod. The news comes on the heels of National announcing the most successful fiscal year in its history, but the company said the iPods are more than […]

Reporter’s Notebook: How do you bring two of the world’s leading technology companies to their knees? Wi-Fi. At a recent media day, Google provided Wi-Fi in a lecture hall for the 200 or so members of the media in attendance. At least there was supposed to be Wi-Fi. Technical glitches prevented that. “We apologize. We […]