Jeff Burt

Hewlett-Packard reportedly is suing former CEO Mark Hurd to stop him from taking a position with rival Oracle. HP sued Hurd Sept. 7 in the Superior Court of California in Santa Clara after Oracle officials announced Sept. 6 the company was hiring Hurd as co-president. Hurd signed a confidentiality agreement with HP as part of […]

IDC analysts are predicting what others have also: Consumer sales of PCs will slow in the second half of 2010 after a strong first two quarters. However, IDC pointed out in a report Sept. 2 that the softening in the PC market in the second half was not unexpected, and that worldwide a large number […]

The worldwide semiconductor market is poised to have a strong year in 2010, but there are some dark clouds on the horizon, according to Gartner’s market research. Gartner analysts in a Sept. 1 report said they expect global semiconductor revenue to hit $300 billion, a 31.5 percent jump over recession-riddled 2009. That number also represents […]

Cisco Systems is ramping up its push into the smart grid space, bolstering its efforts with a partnership and an acquisition. A day after Cisco unveiled a partnership with Itron to create an IP-based communications network for the smart grid market, the networking giant announced Sept. 2 that it is buying Arch Rock, a privately […]

Hewlett-Packard will pay a $55 million fine to settle a federal investigation into allegations that the vendor and other companies paid kickbacks for government contracts. Officials with HP, the world’s top PC vendor, announced Aug. 2 that an agreement in principle had been reached with the Department of Justice, and estimated that the settlement would […]

Wanova is bringing support for Microsoft’s Windows 7 operating system and other new features to its Mirage desktop virtualization software. At the VMworld show in San Francisco Aug. 31, Wanova officials announced that the company has begun shipping Mirage 1.5, which now supports endpoints that are running Windows 7 as well as a wizard for […]

Hewlett-Packard is about three years away from taking its memristor technology from the research lab to the marketplace. HP officials announced Aug. 31 that the company has entered into a joint development agreement with memory supplier Hynix Semiconductor to develop and bring the technology to future products. The two companies together will put in place […]

Advanced Micro Devices, four years after buying graphics chips maker ATI, reportedly is now ready to let go of the brand. AMD will take the ATI name off its products by the end of the year, according to news reports. Instead, the company will put the AMD name on such graphics products as FirePro, Radeon […]

Wyse Technology is expanding the use of its PocketCloud software from Apple handheld devices to Android-powered mobile phones. Wyse officials are putting the new version of the application, which was announced Aug. 31, on display at VMware’s VMworld show in San Francisco. It was a year ago at the same show that Wyse officials first […]

After months of rumors and speculation, Intel is buying Infineon Technologies’ wireless chip unit, its latest move to expand beyond its traditional server and PC processor business. The Aug. 30 announcement by Intel signals the chip giant’s aggressive push into the exploding Internet-connected mobile device space-Infineon’s wireless customers include the likes of Apple, Nokia and […]

Citrix Systems is buying virtualization management software maker VMLogix as part of a larger strategy to improve the scalability and interoperability of its OpenCloud infrastructure platform. The platform is designed to help service providers create offerings around virtualization and cloud computing. Citrix officials made their announcement Aug. 30 at VMware’s VMworld show in San Francisco. […]

Skype officials are in planning stages for their expected IPO, which they announced Aug. 9. But reports are circulating that Cisco Systems may derail those plans by buying the VOIP vendor. IT blog TechCrunch reported that according to “one of our more reliable sources,” Cisco officials have made an offer to Skype to buy the […]