John G. Spooner

Intel Corp. will have mobility on its mind at its Intel Developer Forum later this month. Paul Otellini, CEO of the Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker, will kick off the three-day event, to be held starting Aug. 23 at San Francisco’s Moscone Center West, with a keynote that will unveil the first details of a […]

Not all PCs will gain a full view of Windows Vista. Microsoft Corp. has yet to finalize the minimum requirements for a PC to run its forthcoming operating system. But numerous PC industry watchers predict a dichotomy for the OS, which is due in late 2006. Although it will be able to run on all […]

Timing is everything when it comes to wringing the most out of a PC. TimeLab Corp., a 4-year-old Andover, Mass., startup founded by researchers from Zoran Corp., a maker of chips for products such as DVD drives, is expected to later this month unveil TotalClock, a digital clock chip it says replaces the traditional timing […]

Intel Corp. says its chips are better together when it comes to servers. The Santa Clara, Calif., chip giant has begun pitching new server platforms, which bundle processors such as its forthcoming dual-core Xeons, with other silicon bits and add special features such as virtualization, to businesses early. As expected, the chip maker got the […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. will lay off nearly 10 percent of its staff in a restructuring plan designed to increase its ability to compete in the computer market and boost profitability. The Palo Alto, Calif., computer giant on Tuesday announced the plan, which includes cutting 14,500 positions from is global work force of 150,000, and reorganizing its […]

Hewlett-Packard says that by making cuts now, it’s investing in its future. But some analysts are still waiting for the other shoe to drop. The Palo Alto, Calif., computer giant, as expected on Tuesday, enacted a major restructuring plan it says will get its finances in order and ultimately make it more competitive in the […]

Intel is asking itself what’s next for Linux. The chip giant recently pulled its disparate efforts to work with the operating system. Those efforts span programs aimed at notebooks, desktops, servers, storage and vertical markets such as telecommunications, together under one roof, creating a Linux Program Office, run by its Software and Solutions Group. Intel […]

Intel Corp. will mark July 2005 as its entry into the dual-core processor server age. Later this month, the chip maker will begin rolling out the first of four new dual-core server platforms for machines ranging from inexpensive, single-processor boxes for small businesses to multiprocessor Xeon servers and high-end Itanium machines for large businesses. Based […]

Power Macs and PowerBooks could gain new power plants in the near future, analysts say. IBM’s chip group has been mum on details relating to its PowerPC processor line of late, but analysts expect it to deliver a dual-core PowerPC 970 and possibly a single-core sibling with less of a power appetite. Apple Computer Inc., […]

Intel is taking a smaller view of the desktop. The chip giant, in an unusual move, is touting miniature desktops that use its Pentium M notebook processors at Computex Taipei, an enormous computer trade show taking place in Taiwan this week. There, Intel is showing off two prototype small Pentium M-based desktops. During a keynote […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. aims to offer a duo of dual-core processors in its business desktop line this year. Starting this fall, the Palo Alto, Calif., computer giant plans to offer AMD’s Athlon 64 X2 processor, officially introduced Tuesday, as an option for its HP Compaq Business Desktop dx5150, said Brian Schmitz, worldwide product marketing manager for […]