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SAN FRANCISCO–Intel executives are continuing to push their mobile computing efforts on multiple fronts, including with a newly announced partnership with Google to optimize the Android operating system for the chip maker’s Atom processor platform. In his opening keynote Sept. 13 at the first day of the Intel Developer Forum, Intel President and CEO Paul […]

The point of platform as a service is to enable developers to focus solely on their application code and data, leaving the maintenance of the underlying stack to the service provider. One of the biggest potential problems with this approach is that of lock-in: Moving from one PaaS (platform as a service) to another, in […]

Networking chip maker Broadcom, which makes Bluetooth WiFi chips for iPhones and Samsung Galaxy tablet PCs, expanded its reach into the embedded systems market Sept. 12 when it revealed that it is acquiring NetLogic Microsysems for $3.7 billion in cash. Broadcom said the transaction is expected to close in the first half of 2012. Terms […]

A week after uncovering malware on several key kernel.org servers, the Linux Foundation has taken other key Websites, including Linux.com, offline for a complete reinstall. Linux.com, LinuxFoundation.org and all sub-domains associated with these sites were taken offline after administrators discovered “a security breach” on Sept. 8, according to an email sent to all registered members […]

IT integration and consulting firm Accenture on Sept. 12 agreed to pay a fine of $63.7 million to settle a Department of Justice lawsuit charging that it accepted kickbacks from IT companies in exchange for good recommendations to federal agencies looking for new technology. The DOJ, which has been on the warpath with several IT […]

Microsoft plans on offering additional insight into Windows 8 at its BUILD conference, scheduled to kick off Sept. 13 in Anaheim, Calif. As part of that developer-centric deep dive into the operating system, Microsoft executives will focus on Windows 8’s capability to work on a wide variety of form factors, from desktops to tablets. The […]

ANAHEIM, Calif. — Having promised to shed more light on its developer story for Windows 8 at its BUILD conference, Microsoft gave developers a peek at the direction it is going with the upcoming operating system along with more details about the OS itself. At an invitation-only pre-conference workshop here, Microsoft showed off a new […]

AT&T (NYSE:T) is coming on strong in the Android "Honeycomb" tablet market, vowing to sell the 10.1-inch Acer Iconia Tab A501 4G tablet Sept. 18 for $479.99, or $329.99 on contract. Equipped with a 4G radio to run on AT&T’s 4G HSPA+ network, the Acer Iconia Tab A501 is the speediest Acer Honeycomb tablet yet, […]

Intel is investing more than $24 million in software companies that touch on areas that the giant chip maker is particularly interested in, including cloud computing. In all, Intel Capital–the vendor’s investment arm–will spread the money among seven software makers. The investments, announced Sept. 8, highlights Intel’s ongoing interest in building out its software capabilities, […]

It was not a banner week for cloud computing. Cloud computing rivals Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) suffered brief outages that knocked off some of their key messaging and collaboration products. Google Sept. 7 saw its Google Docs word collaboration application cramp up for one hour, shutting out millions of users from their document lists, […]

Integrated Device Technology, a specialist in developing system-level solutions designed to optimize its customers’ applications, announced coolRAC technology, a power architecture for enterprise data centers that is engineered to increase energy efficiency and lower operating cost. IDT’s technology does not require a data center redesign or changes to the physical architecture, which helps minimize the […]

Google (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android smartphone OEMs have pumped out so many handsets based on the open-source operating system–more than 300 varietals worldwide–that many of the latest handsets offer incremental improvements over their predecessors. Since Verizon Wireless (NYSE:VZW) launched the Motorola Droid in November 2009, it has released two Droid updates, each time offering incremental improvements over […]