Scott Ferguson

VMware is looking to bring its virtualization technology into the smart phone market in 2009, with a small hypervisor that will allow nearly any mobile device to run multiple virtual machines. On Nov. 10, VMware will announce that it will release a new virtualization platform called the Mobile Virtualization Platform, or MVP, which consists of […]

A former Intel employee, who has left for another position with rival Advanced Micro Devices, has been charged by federal prosecutors with taking nearly $1 billion in processor trade secrets from the chip giant, according to published reports. The five-count indictment charges that Biswamohan Pani downloaded about a dozen technical papers from Intel as he […]

Now that the reviews of Intel’s Core i7 processor are in, Intel is planning to launch the first of its chips based on the new Nehalem microarchitecture during a Nov. 17 event in San Francisco.Although the first of these Nehalem-based processors are designed for high-end desktops and gaming PCs, Intel is preparing to follow up […]

In a demonstration that could have a significant impact on the virtualization market, Advanced Micro Devices and Red Hat have shown that it is possible to live-migrate a virtual machine from a physical server using an Intel processor to a system based on an Opteron chip. Red Hat and AMD, which have partnered for a […]

Advanced Micro Devices is beginning to line up partners that will offer server systems built around the chip maker’s 45-nanometer “Shanghai” processor, which has been shipping since September and is scheduled for release in November. The partners that have lined up behind AMD’s Shanghai processor include many of the smaller server and HPC (high-performance computing) […]

Advanced Micro Devices is eliminating another 500 jobs, including more than 150 positions at its Austin, Texas, facility, as the company looks to regain its financial standings after nearly two years of losses. In a statement released Nov. 5, an AMD spokesman announced that the chip maker decided to slash an additional 500 jobs from […]

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Finally, as part of a three-product unveiling, Fujitsu is rolling out the LifeBook N7010, with its 16-inch display and Intel Core 2 Duo P8400 processor running at 2.26GHz. And Fujitsu has built a second, smaller, touch-screen display into the N7010: This 4-inch display allows users to view photographs, control the CD/DVD drive or launch a […]

Dell, the world’s second largest producer of desktops and notebooks, is looking to cut costs by asking employees to take an unpaid vacation and by reducing the number of outside firms the company uses for various projects. In an internal blog posting Nov. 3, CEO Michael Dell told employees that the company wants to save […]

Panasonic is combining the technology it uses for its line of Toughbook notebooks with Intel’s Atom processor to offer a new type of notebook specifically designed for hospitals and health care workers. On Nov. 4, Panasonic debuted Toughbook H1, a rugged notebook for the health care industry. The Toughbook H1 is based on a reference […]