Jeff Burt

Apple is will no longer sell its Xserve server after the end of January 2011, instead giving customers new configurations of its Mac Pro systems powered by Intel’s latest Xeon processors or Mac mini line. In a message posted on its Website Nov. 5, Apple officials said they are “transitioning away from Xserve,” which will […]

Cisco Systems wants to help businesses keep track of what consumers are saying about them and their products on social networking sites. Cisco’s new SocialMiner collaboration software, unveiled Nov. 3, enables businesses to see what consumers are saying on such sites as Facebook and Twitter, as well as blogs and other online networking environments, and […]

Intel’s Light Peak optical-data-transfer technology could start appearing in products as early as next year, according to reports. Light Peak is a connectivity technology being developed by Intel and strongly backed by Apple that could prove to be a solid alternative to USB 1.0 and 2.0 and hinder the adoption of USB 3.0. USB 3.0 […]

Intel’s legal dispute with the Federal Trade Commission appears to be wrapping up, after the agency announced Nov. 2 that it had modified the initial agreement reached with the giant chip maker in August to settle antitrust allegations. According to the FTC, the agreement was amended to allow Intel to ship its upcoming “Oak Trail” […]

High-profile business backgrounds, hundreds of millions of dollars and a wave of voter discontent that swept dozens of Republicans into national offices could not help Meg Whitman or Carly Fiorina capture the gubernatorial or Senate seats they sought in California. Both of the former high-tech executives lost their political bids during the Nov. 2 elections, […]

Broadcom is showing the fruits of its November 2009 acquisition of Dune Networks with the unveiling of a chip that officials say will enable the creation of Ethernet switches with throughput capabilities of 100 Gigabits per second, with the potential for 100 Terabits per second. Broadcom officials said Nov. 2 that the company is sampling […]

Intel officials have been vocal about pursuing other revenue streams beyond the company’s PC and server chip roots, including such areas as mobile handset devices and embedded systems. Now for the first time, they are adding contract manufacturing to the list. Semiconductor vendor Achronix will build its next-generation FPGA (field programmable gate array) chips in […]

Extreme Networks officials are aiming for versatility and scalability in a new family of Ethernet switches that can be deployed anywhere from the edge of the network through campus environments and into virtualized data centers. The Summit X460 family of Gigabit Ethernet switches, unveiled Oct. 26, is designed to help enterprises address increasingly varied demands […]

Mainframes aren’t going to disappear any time soon, given that a significant majority of users not only plan to maintain or grow their use of MIPS over the next year, but also that many of them are interested in big iron’s growing role in hybrid operating environments. “The mainframe is still looking good, especially in […]

Advanced Micro Devices is rolling out the first two graphics cards from its new Radeon HD 6000 series aimed at gamers. The Radeon HD 6870 and 6850, released Oct. 22, offer 30 percent better game performance as well as better energy efficiency than competing products, according to AMD officials. It also includes the company’s second-generation […]

ShoreTel is expanding its unified communications capability by buying Agito Networks and creating a product that lets users communicate anywhere, from any device and on any network. ShoreTel officials, who announced Oct. 21 that the company is buying Agito for $11.4 million, said the deal also will enable ShoreTel to reduce mobile and long-distance call […]

Cisco Systems buying BlackBerry maker Research In Motion would make sense, given Cisco’s unified communications ambitions and RIM’s smartphone capabilities, according to analysts at UBS. Research notes from analysts Maynard Um and Phillip Huang Oct. 20 talking about the possibility have touched off the latest around of speculation about the future of RIM, which has […]