Andy Patrizio

Microprocessor vendors were not the only semiconductor vendors to enjoy a bang-up third quarter. Graphics processor units, or GPU sales were also excellent, according to numbers from Jon Peddie Research. Traditionally, the third quarter has decent growth during back-to-school and Christmas ramp ups, but this year sales saw their biggest sequential jump over the previous […]

It’s been a busy month for antivirus software, and ESET is the latest vendor to offer a comprehensive security product with the release of ESET Smart Security. This integrated security product expands the company’s NOD32 antivirus product to add antispyware, antispam and firewall security. NOD32 remains at the core of the product, and will be […]

The third quarter was a good one for chip makers, as worldwide sales grew 14.3 percent and worldwide PC microprocessor revenue rose 14.8 percent to $7.95 billion in the quarter, according to a new report by IDC. Mobile continues to be the most energetic of the market segments, and emerging nations are outpacing established markets, […]

What better gift could Apple ask for with the launch of its “Leopard” Mac OS X v. 10.5? How about a PR disaster surrounding Windows? That’s what Microsoft has on its hands thanks to the second incident in as many months involving Windows Update. Last month, Windows bloggers and news sites began reporting that they’d […]

NetSuite is having a little fun with the popular SaaS (define) acronym and rearranging its meaning. The company is referring to an initiative around its new SuiteBundler tool for building vertical business applications as a Service-as-a-Software strategy. SuiteBundler will allow value-added resellers to customize NetSuite’s on-demand ERP (define), CRM (define) and e-commerce software into a […]

Sun Microsystems today announced its first Intel-based desktop workstation computers in years, powered by Intel’s Core 2 Duo and Quad processors. They fill out the Sun workstation lineup, which includes SPARC and AMD Opteron-based workstations as well. For those who remember Sun’s i386 line from the late 1980s, the new Sun Ultra 24 workstation should […]

After months of allegations that Comcast has been throttling BitTorrent uploads, a report from the Associated Press on Friday appears to verify the claim. Accusations have been floating around the Internet for some time that Comcast, the nation’s largest cable TV operator and the second-largest Internet service provider, engages in throttling peer-to-peer activity. On Friday, […]

SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. — Sun Microsystems is working to make good on the many promises related to client-side computing that it first made earlier this year at JavaOne — although it admits parts of the effort may be some ways off. During that show, the company introduced its new client-side technology, JavaFX, which would compete […]

SANTA CLARA, Calif. – Some of the top promoters and leaders of open source projects gathered at Sun Microsystems Monday to update press and analysts on the company’s growing list of projects and initiatives. Long criticized as a company that benefited from many open source projects without giving back in kind, and hounded to make […]

The promise behind virtualization has long been that one well-equipped server could do the work of several. So what happens once customers begin following that idea — and buying fewer servers? That scenario is cause for concern, according to industry analyst Infiniti Research. This week, the firm published a study indicating that server sales will […]