Michael Singer

The Chinese computer company now in charge of IBM’s legendary PC business said it will waste no time in proving itself in the global marketplace. In a statement released Sunday, Lenovo Group said it has completed its $1.25 billion acquisition of IBM’s “Think” brand, including its ThinkPad laptops, ThinkCentre desktop PCs, ThinkVantage software tools and […]

Apple’s launch of its new Macintosh operating system code-named Tiger could get caged if a lawsuit holds up in court. Online retailer Tiger Direct filed papers Thursday asking the U.S. District Court for the District of Florida to grant Apple a restraining order and an injunction. The company doesn’t want Apple to yank boxes of […]

The European Commission (EC) has contracted HP to help protect the borders of 10 member countries, the company said today. The computer and printer maker is under a $48.5 million agreement in collaboration with IT services global operator Steria, as well as two other European companies — Mummert in Germany and Primesphere in Luxembourg. The […]

HP introduced new computers today designed to take advantage of Microsoft’s latest and future operating systems. Palo Alto, Calif.-based HP is shipping new business desktops, workstations and ProLiant servers with the new Microsoft Windows x64 Edition operating systems, which are being introduced today. HP representatives are expected to tout their 20-year relationship with Microsoft during […]

UPDATED: Two years after the debut of its Opteron processor, AMD is launching its first dual-core x86 64-bit chip for servers and workstations. The chipmaker also announced an upcoming dual-core Athlon 64 processor made for desktop PCs, which AMD is calling the X2. AMD said it also plans to introduce a dual-core version of its […]

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Self-regulating or “autonomic” computer networks: wave of the future or hype of the past? Depends on who you are polling these days. IBM and its friends say enough of the technology exists now that they are ready to take the practice to the mainstream. And so it is. The Armonk, N.Y.-based […]

Apple Computer is gearing up to release its Mac OS X operating system known as Tiger later this month, the company said. Version 10.4.0 will be available in a desktop and server version on April 29, 2005. Pre-sales are currently available at the Apple Web site. Single licenses run for $129. A five-license package costs […]

UPDATED: Though it won’t debut for at least two more years, Microsoft will support Intel’s Itanium for Longhorn Server, the company said today. The two companies are evangelizing Microsoft’s next-generation Windows server product family for Itanium as an alternative to RISC/UNIX servers. Longhorn Server is expected to ship in 2007. The 64-bit operating system is […]

One year after Microsoft and Sun Microsystems buried the hatchet, the two are closer to achieving Web services and networking interoperability. On April 2, 2004, the two bitter rivals ended their dispute by swapping handshakes and Hockey jerseys. Headlines joked that hell had frozen over, because of the stubborn and outspoken nature of the two […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Intel is rounding out its single-core 64-bit Xeon processor family as it directs future product lines toward a dual-core architecture. The chipmaker announced five new Xeon chips for multi-processor servers under its Truland group of cores and chipsets. “Think Centrino brand for Xeon MP,” Carol Barrett, Intel director for enterprise platforms, said. […]