Scott Ferguson

Opti wants a bite of Apple. The Mountain View, Calif., maker of controller chips for PCs and LCD monitors has filed a patent infringement lawsuit against Apple, claiming the IT giant has been unfairly using Opti technology in its Macintosh line and its Xserve servers. Specifically, the lawsuit claims that Apple used Opti-patented “predictive snooping” […]

Apple may not want the word “computer” in its title anymore, but its hard to ignore the impact of the Macintosh on the bottom line. Despite a report of flat shipments, plus all the attention given to the iPod, iPhone and Apple TV in the last month, the Mac had a solid quarter for the […]

For the second straight quarter, Hewlett-Packard beat out Dell as the No. 1 vendor of PCs in the world, according to research firms IDC and Gartner. In the fourth quarter of 2006, HP shipped more than 11 million PC units worldwide, while Dell shipped about 9.5 million, according to the two reports that were released […]

Cirba, a data center intelligence software developer, has released the latest version of its product that will offer a number of enhancements and tools for IT managers looking to keep better track of data center assets. The Ontario, Canada, companys software, called Data Center Intelligence, allows data center managers to keep view and keep reports […]

Dell wants to show its customers that its notebooks can be tough too. The Round Rock, Texas, PC maker is launching on Jan. 16 its first-ever “semi-rugged” notebook—the Latitude ATG (all-terrain grade) D620—which will compete for market share against well-known rugged models such as the Panasonic ToughBook and General Dynamics Itronix GoBook. In creating a […]

Hewlett-Packard on Jan. 16 is scheduled to unveil a series of software management tools designed to keep track of assets within an enterprises data center. The new software, which includes improvements to HPs Insight Control Environment, Systems Insight Manager and Insight Power Manager, will work with the companys x86 line of servers, which includes the […]

IBM is looking to increase speed and efficiency in its blade servers by offering, along with a number of partners, a series of networking tools and management technologies. The Armonk, N.Y., company is calling the new product offerings within its BladeCenter H systems “virtual fabric technology,” which reflects the combination of Ethernet connectivity fabric with […]

SAN FRANCISCO—In the weeks leading up to the Macworld Conference & Expo, rumors abounded about a full-screen iPod, an Apple Computer-branded phone or some other Internet-aware mobile device. During a 2-hour keynote address here Jan. 9, Apple CEO Steve Jobs revealed a single device that subsumes all three descriptions. Now with the iPhone to complement […]

Sun Microsystems is looking to grow its foothold in the highly competitive blade market and entice new and current customers to stay with its products by offering a unique hardware replacement and upgrade service. The Santa Clara, Calif., OEM Jan. 9 rolled out its latest blade offering, the Sun Blade X8420, and detailed a new […]

Silicon Graphics, which in October emerged from bankruptcy and staff cuts in October, is now teaming up with Microsoft to offer the Windows Compute Cluster Server 2003 operating system in its Xeon-based servers. The two companies are scheduled to announce the new agreement Jan. 11. SGI, based in Sunnyvale, Calif., will start offering the 64-bit […]