Michael Singer

It won’t be too long before the clerk behind the counter asks you if you would like Wi-Fi with your McDonalds French fries. The company known for its Big Macs and Filet-o-Fish is launching a major wireless Internet rollout in ten McDonald’s restaurants in Manhattan starting this week and is scheduled to expand to several […]

As a true indication of the health of the semiconductor industry, Intel Thursday said it will meet its earnings expectations when it files a quarterly financial statement next month. The company’s first quarter ends March 29. The Santa Clara, Calif.-based chip making giant said it expects revenue to be between $6.6 billion and $6.8 billion, […]

Faced with sluggish PC sales and increasing competition, computer maker Gateway Wednesday gave a thumbnail sketch of a restructuring plan to stay in the hunt. CFO Rod Sherwood said the Poway, Calif.-based company has had enough of losing money. In eight out of its last nine quarters, Gateway has posted losses in a world increasingly […]

Looking to show peer-to-peer technology is not just for the Napsters and KaZaAs of the world, Sun Microsystems Tuesday reaffirmed its backing of the JXTA initiative. The brainchild of Sun co-founder Bill Joy, JXTA is an open, generalized peer-to-peer platform that lets cell phones, two-way pagers, electronic sensors, PDAs, desktop computers and servers communicate and […]

Sun Microsystems Wednesday detailed more of its new “software-train”, which it says will beat Microsoft at its own game. Dubbed “Project Orion,” the Santa Clara, Calif.-based firm said it will base all of its software on its Solaris, Solaris for x86 and Linux platforms and offer a single distribution venue with three licensing models. The […]

Three of the largest semiconductor manufacturers Thursday officially opened a new US$ 1.4 billion research and development center in Crolles near Grenoble, France. STMicroelectronics , Royal Philips Electronics , and Motorola are behind the facility dubbed the “Crolles2 Alliance.” The goal is to pioneer CMOS technology from 90 nanometer processes to 32nm over the next […]

While it’s not in immediate danger of becoming obsolete, Personal Digital Assistants (PDA) are losing the fight for supremacy against smartphones and customer perception, according to a new report. Analysts at In-Stat/MDR Tuesday say the PDA market is poised for growth this year, but the outlook for the next four years is not as strong […]

Building on its ‘Enterprise Content’ platform, Cisco Systems Tuesday released new hardware appliances and router-integrated modules for companies looking to stream video over the Web. The San Jose, Calif.-based computer-networking equipment maker launched version 5.0 of its Cisco Application and Content Networking System (ACNS) software as part of its Enterprise Content Delivery Network (ECDN). The […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Sun Microsystems Tuesday outlined a new software strategy it says will streamline the way customers get the company’s platforms. Dubbed “Project Orion,” the Santa Clara, Calif.-based networking giant said it will move to one distribution, and three licensing models and offer a yearly subscription for Solaris and base all of its software […]

SAN JOSE, Calif. — According to Intel , Web traffic has doubled on a yearly basis for the last few years while spending on IT products has leveled off — and there seems to be no signs of letting up. Seeing an opportunity to sell a thirsty man a glass of water, the No. 1 […]