Michael Singer

SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems Wednesday said it has signed 11th hour deals with Hewlett-Packard and Dell Computer to keep Java running on PCs despite Microsoft’s attempts at killing it off. According to Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sun, the two traditional allies of Microsoft will continue to ship the Java runtime environment as part of their […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems Tuesday launched its most aggressive campaign to put its Java programming language in the public consciousness. Speaking at the Java ONE conference here, the network computer maker said it would try to unify the various flavors of Java under one brand complete with an updated logo that will identify PCs, […]

What if you could turn computers on and off as quickly as a light switch without having to wait for software to “boot up”? Sound like science fiction? Researchers at IBM and German-based Infineon Technologies AG don’t think so. The two companies Monday highlighted their advances on Magnetic (or Magnetoresistive) Random Access Memory (MRAM). The […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. — If business is going to get serious about Linux, it will have to understand where it can and cannot fit into the software stack. Such is the message behind this year’s Enterprise Linux Forum Conference & Expo 2003 here. The three-day gathering sponsored by Jupitermedia , parent company of this Web […]

Intel is not expected to surprise investors for the rest of the company’s quarter. Such is the rationale behind analyst comments Tuesday about the Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant. The company is preparing to issue its mid-quarter update on Thursday, June 5. The No. 1 chip company is currently forecasting its second quarter revenues […]

Intel Monday said it is refreshing its Centrino brand of mobile chipsets with faster processors and better security to deal with an increased demand for new designs. The company also issued a way to fix a bug that crashes when used with a virtual private network (VPN). Introduced in March 2003, the Centrino chipset is […]

Sun Microsystems Tuesday said began shipping CDs of the latest version of its Clustering Software as a prelude to the launch of the company’s biggest projects this year. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based network computer maker said it has reached the crucial version 3.1 of its software framework. A key component of the company’s SunPlex environment, […]

Once, RISC-based server machines were faster and more powerful. But now many IT buyers now are abandoning the once-popular UNIX architecture because of their proprietary nature and instead opting for advanced x86 architectures, which are starting to match UNIX in computing power but are cheaper to maintain. But instead of a two-horse race, the development […]

The board that oversees the development of the Java computing language Thursday said it has radically altered the way the Java code will evolve. Members of the Java Community Process (JCP) Program Management Office and Executive Committees introduced a draft of Java Community Process – version 2.6 as the definitive how-to manual for its submission […]

Sun Microsystems Wednesday said it plans on simplifying its developer world by dividing it into two groups: highly-skilled code masters that live and breathe Java… and the rest of us. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based network computer maker said it plans on shifting the way it approaches the people who write applications with Java starting with […]

Intel Wednesday took the wraps off of three new Intel Pentium 4 processors and a trio of chipsets designed for corporate and mainstream consumer PC users. And like ducks to water, vendors like IBM , Dell Computer , Gateway and Acer jumped on the bandwagon with individual announcements for desktop models starting under $1,000. The […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Honing their competitive edge, two Silicon Valley-based heavyweights reinforced a 20-year old relationship with a new partnership entitled “Oracle Makes Sun Unbreakable.” At a press conference in here, Santa Clara, Calif.-based Sun and Redwood Shores, Calif.-based Oracle said they would work together to consolidate resources including development, reference architectures, service partners and […]