Nicholas Kolakowski

Apple announced on March 3 a new Mac Pro that utilizes Intel “Nehalem” Xeon processors, along with updates to its iMac and Mac mini desktop lines. The quad-core Mac Pro, with a starting retail price of $2,499, features one 2.66 GHz Quad-Core Intel Xeon 3500 series processor of L3 cache. It also features 3GB of […]

Dell unveiled two new data center rack enclosures, the Dell PowerEdge 4220 and PowerEdge 2420, designed to support the Dell portfolio of servers and storage systems. The company also announced that its data center consulting practice will henceforth utilize Future Facilities 6SigmaDC software suite to help customers maximize data center space utilization and energy efficiency, […]

Yahoo CEO Carol Bartz engaged in a broad-based discussion about her company during the Morgan Stanley Technology Conference in San Francisco on March 3, terming any negotiations with Microsoft over search as private and citing-in a lighter moment-her preference for Google Maps. With regard to the seemingly never-ending drama between Microsoft and Yahoo over the […]

Apple on March 3 announced upgrades to its AirPort Extreme 802.11n Wi-Fi Base Station and Time Capsule wireless hard drive, as part of a big day of rollouts that also saw it issue a handful of new Macs.The AirPort Extreme and Time Capsule will now include dual-band Wi-Fi broadcasting on both 2.4GHz and 5GHz frequencies. […]

PC unit shipments will experience the “sharpest unit decline in history” in 2009, according to a new research report issued by Gartner. The report issued March 2 predicts that some 257 million units will be shipped, a decrease of 11.9 percent from 2008. By contrast, unit shipments declined 3.2 percent in 2001, after the tech-bubble […]

Intel has introduced four new versions of its Atom processors and two new system controller hub additions on March 2, adding to the chip giant’s growing embedded product lineup, which includes smartphones. The four additions to the Atom processor series present different package-size choices, allowing them to fit into a broader range of devices and […]

SAP announced a long-term sustainability strategy March 2 focusing on the company’s internal operations as well as its line of applications for enterprise customers. In the announcement, SAP said it would produce a new solution, named SAP Environment, Health and Safety Management, designed to make its customers’ operations more environmentally friendly. SAP Environment, Health and […]

Intel Displays Future Technologies Intel Displays Future TechnologiesBy Nicholas Kolawkoski No Title Intel showed off one device currently on the market: the Intel Health Guide, a friendly-looking white box that lets patients keep tabs on their health history and communicate with their doctors via a built-in camera. The device also ensures that patients keep up-to-date […]

NEW YORK-Dell and Intel representatives talked about how the green IT movement sweeping the industry affected both their internal decisions and their business practices, in a panel at the Greener Gadgets Conference on Feb. 27. Thanks to its ability to generate cost savings and efficiencies, not to mention projecting an air of corporate responsibility, many […]

Intel, Advanced Micro Devices, Samsung and other chip providers have been hit by the economic downturn in a hard way, as research firm IDC expects a 22 percent decline in global semiconductor sales this year. According to IDC, the semiconductor market was one of the first affected by the recession that began in late 2007. […]

Faced with the recession and dismal fourth-quarter earnings, in which revenue dipped 16 percent to $13.4 billion, Dell is continuing to cut costs and explore expansion into new areas of revenue such as low-cost laptops, also known as “netbooks.” Dell officials are engaging in a strategy of cost-cutting and building new revenue streams to get […]

Google may not be exactly shivering in its boots, but its search engine has a new challenger in Dorthy.com, a Web site that utilizes natural language processing and semantics to refine the search process. About.com co-founder Jim Anderson has been named Dorthy.com’s new CTO. Dorthy.com’s search engine works by having the user input not a […]