Michael Singer

SAN JOSE, Calif. — Looking ahead to faster networks, Cisco Systems Wednesday said its development road for Ethernet will more than likely take a stop at the 40-Gigabit Ethernet (40-GbE) station. Sometimes referred to at T-2, 40-GbE/OC-768 is being developed to meet ever-growing demands for bandwidth. The technology uses dense wavelength division multiplexing (DWDM) to […]

Computer maker Gateway Wednesday said the U.S. Attorney’s Office in San Diego has opened a criminal investigation focused on the company’s accounting practices. The probe is directly related to a Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) inquiry into Gateway’s bundled AOL Internet services in 2000 and the first quarter of 2001. Company spokesman Bob Sherbin told […]

Hewlett-Packard Monday expanded its product offerings from its ProCurve Networking division. Designed to compete with products from networking gear makers Cisco Systems and 3Com as well as targeting wired and wireless networking managers, the Palo Alto, Calif.-based computer and printer maker unveiled its Secure Access 700wl Series, Enterprise Access Point 520wl and Universal VoIP Infrastructure […]

Looking ahead by watching the past, AMD Tuesday took the wraps of its latest PC processor, the Athlon XP 3200+. The chip designed primarily for the desktop may be the Sunnyvale, Calif.-based semiconductor maker’s last stand in its Barton-core XP line before making the jump to “Clawhammer” architecture in September. The 3200+ chip runs at […]

NEC Corp. Monday took the wraps off a new handheld PC the company says is perfectly suited for workers in the field. At $899, the new MobilePro 900 features an Intel XScale PXA255 processor with 64MB RAM Base SDRAM. While the “clamshell” design is not expected to compete heavily with the Palm and Pocket PC […]

SAN MATEO, Calif. — Palm’s next generation operating system will be just as radical and just as controversial as its current OS. The parent company’s Milpitas, Calif.-based spin-off software division PalmSource said this week that Palm OS 6.0 is expected by the end of the year with products shipping as early as 2004. “OS 6 […]

Preparing for a faster class of servers and systems, Intel this week updated its compilers to version 7.1. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant said its latest tweaking includes support for its Intel Pentium M processor, which is part of its Centrino mobile technology. A compiler translates a high-level programming language, such as C++, […]

Apple Computer is closing the book on its Jaguar operating system with the latest patch, which it released Tuesday. Mac OS X, Version 10.2.6 (code-named “Jaguar Black”) makes only minor adjustments to the Address Book, graphics, printing, OpenGL, and PC card and USB hub device compatibility. For example, the upgrade addresses an issue for Mac […]

SAN MATEO, Calif. — As it prepares to split into two companies, handheld computer maker Palm wooed developers at its only U.S. PalmSource Developer Seminar scheduled this year. During his opening keynote talk, PalmSource president and CEO, David Nagel said the company is still in command of its market position both in hardware and software […]

AMD Tuesday released a new Athlon MP processor designed for entry-level servers and workstations. The Sunnyvale, Calif.-based semiconductor maker says its newest addition — the 2800+ — is based on a AMD’s “Barton” core, which features more L2 cache than previous Athlon MP chips, and allows additional information to be stored closer to the processor. […]