eWEEK EDITORS

SCOTTSDALE, Ariz. — Large doses of humility, realism and renewal were administered at Agenda 2002 here, where the technology elite this week gathered to ponder the toughest tech economy ever. Agenda, which in the past set the technology direction for the coming year, has become a sober affair where attendees congratulate each other on remaining […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Intel Corp. promoted its upcoming release of a 1.5GHz mobile Pentium 4 at an industry conference here on Monday, but remained coy when it came time to talk about a more powerful mobile processor the chip makers developing, code-named Banias. While many chip makers gathering at the annual Microprocessor Forum touted their future […]

DULLES, Va. – Today AOL unveils version 7.0 of its PC client software, the latest in a long line of user interfaces that have made it the worlds largest and most popular Internet provider. At AOLs ultra-modern headquarters, thousands of man-hours and an undisclosed amount of money have been spent to make the Internets training […]

Cysive Inc., a consulting firm and software-development shop, has launched a new product suite that runs on BEA Systems Weblogic platform. Cysive Cymbio is a “multi-channel enterprise platform” that integrates business applications and extends an enterprise through mobile technology, according to the Reston, Va.-based company. Cymbio provides two-way, real-time access between the enterprise, employees, customers, […]

Like many e-services firms, Etensity and Viant are struggling to survive. Etensity, a Vienna, Va.-based provider of application development and other e-services, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. The company, which currently employs about 75 people, said it does not expect any further layoffs during the reorganization period. The firm over the past year […]

Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Canada Inc. has won the right to enter contract negotiations to supply up to $640 million in outsourcing services to Hydro One Inc., Canadas largest utility. CGE&Y outbid a number of competitors, including Accenture, which had earlier expressed confidence in winning that business (SP, Aug. 20, p. 22, www.smartpartnermag.com/issues/index). Under […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Intel Corp. researchers on Monday detailed two new technologies designed to boost processor performance without raising the chips speed, examples of what the company contends is its “move beyond megahertz.” The technologies—hyper-threading and speculative precomputation—would improve the way Intels chips receive and process data, essentially tweaking more performance out of existing architectures. Intel […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Transmeta Corp. on Monday unveiled its smallest chip design to date, seeking to reclaim the high ground in the ongoing battle for low-power supremacy. The upstart Silicon Valley chip designer, whose announcement of its first low-power processor last year sparked competitors to release a flurry of energy efficient chips, claims its upcoming processor […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Advanced Micro Devices Inc., which has long been relegated to making chips for use in consumer PCs, is readying a new product—appropriately code-named Hammer—that officials hope will help the company break into the lucrative corporate market. In AMDs most revealing public statement to date on its Hammer plans, scheduled to be introduced in […]

Microsoft reorganized late Tuesday, creating a new developer division headed by Eric Rudder, the long-time, right-hand technology assistant to Chairman Bill Gates. Rudder was named senior vice president in charge of the newly minted Microsoft Developer and Platform Evangelism Division. The new division is charged with reaching out to Microsofts core constituency – software developers […]