John G. Spooner

Tello says it wants to be the single point of contact for businesses. The startup emerged on Jan. 23 with a software and service bundle designed to connect businesspeople, regardless of their location or connection, by aggregating wired, wireless and even VOIP (voice over IP) phones, with handhelds and instant messaging services. Tello, established in […]

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. is exploring new types of onboard memory for its chips as a way to bump performance and squeeze more out of its manufacturing plants. The Sunnyvale, Calif., chip maker has licensed memory technology called Z-RAM, created by startup Innovative Silicon Inc., of Santa Clara, Calif., in an effort to look at […]

Business desktops are bringing up the rear in the dual-core processor transition. The deskbound business machines, which are usually architected to offer businesses stability versus providing them with new technology, wont move en masse to chips such as Intels new Pentium D 900 until at least the second half of this year, the chip maker […]

Salesforce.com Inc. is hosting a virtual software bazaar in hopes of encouraging more businesses to make use of software on demand. The San Francisco-based CRM (customer relationship management) software company on Tuesday expanded its horizons by launching the AppExchange service, which grants businesses the ability to access hundreds of different business software applications on an […]

The problem of chip-set sales haunted Intel Corp. during the fourth quarter. Despite putting out record shipments of desktop, notebook and server processors during the fourth quarter, the Santa Clara, Calif., chip maker said supply problems, something its been grappling with all year, affected its ability to get its desktop chips into PCs. The interruption, […]

Sony wants to rewrite the electronic book. The hardware and content giant aims to appeal to frequent travelers, students and consumers with its new Sony Reader. The e-book, which is about the size of a paperback novel, can store up to 100 tomes. Thus, for example, it would allow students who shoulder heavy backpacks to […]

Apple Computer Inc.s new Intel processor machines might not be Windows-friendly at first. The Cupertino, Calif., computer maker, which on Wednesday surprised Macworld Expo attendees by rolling out an iMac and a new MacBook Pro notebook based on Intel Corp.s Core Duo processor, has said it has done nothing to prevent Microsoft Corp.s Windows from […]

Dell Inc. and Advanced Micro Devices Inc. could soon be more than neighbors in Texas, reports say. Financial firm Piper Jaffray & Co. suggests, in a report released this week, that Dell, headquartered in Round Rock, Texas, near AMDs Austin offices, is eyeing a second-half introduction of AMD-processor systems. Such an introduction—Leslie Santiago, a senior […]

IBM wants to open the doors to better patents. The Armonk, N.Y., computing giant, which received the most U.S. patents in 2005, according to the United States Patent and Trademark Office, says its working with the USPTO, the Open Source Development Labs, academics and open-source software developers to improve the quality of patents, in part […]

Apple Computer Inc.s iMac is the first to have Intel inside. Apple CEO Steve Jobs unveiled the new Intel-based iMac in a keynote address during Macworld Expo in San Francisco Tuesday. The new all-in-one machine, which will start at $1,299, incorporates Intels latest Core Duo processor. Later in the speech, Jobs unveiled a new Apple […]