John G. Spooner

Advanced Micro Devices says it has cracked the 10 percent mark in x86 server processor shipments. The Sunnyvale, Calif., chip maker, citing fresh figures from Mercury Research Inc. in Cave Creek, Ariz., said it garnered just over 11 percent of x86 server shipments in the second quarter, versus about 7 percent in the first quarter. […]

IBM is expected to set out with new server hardware, including an update for its mainframe line, on Tuesday. The company is planning whats anticipated to be a fairly broad business systems and strategy update, including a buffed-up zSeries 990 mainframe, as part of a New York event Tuesday morning. Despite the trend toward less […]

Hewlett-Packard is changing the way of its research labs. The Palo Alto, Calif., computer giant will lay off about 10 percent of its 700 HP Labs researchers, close down several projects and part ways with its well-known Research Fellow, Alan Kay, as part of a reorganization. The action is part of a wider restructuring, announced […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. will lay off nearly 10 percent of its staff in a restructuring plan designed to increase its ability to compete in the computer market and boost profitability. The Palo Alto, Calif., computer giant on Tuesday announced the plan, which includes cutting 14,500 positions from is global work force of 150,000, and reorganizing its […]

Hewlett-Packard says that by making cuts now, its investing in its future. But some analysts are still waiting for the other shoe to drop. The Palo Alto, Calif., computer giant, as expected on Tuesday, enacted a major restructuring plan it says will get its finances in order and ultimately make it more competitive in the […]

Hewlett-Packard will announce on Tuesday a restructuring plan that is expected to include hefty layoffs. The Palo Alto, Calif., computer giant on Monday evening said in a statement that its CEO, Mark Hurd, and chief financial officer, Bob Wayman, would conduct calls on Tuesday morning to provide “the details of a restructuring plan.” That plan […]

Intel is asking itself whats next for Linux. The chip giant recently pulled its disparate efforts to work with the operating system. Those efforts span programs aimed at notebooks, desktops, servers, storage and vertical markets such as telecommunications, together under one roof, creating a Linux Program Office, run by its Software and Solutions Group. Intel […]

Intel Corp. is planning a last hurrah for its single-core Itanium server chips. The processor giant is expected to announce on Monday a pair of Itanium 2 processors fitted with a slight increase in clock speed and a faster front side bus. The bus, which is the equivalent of a pipeline for data moving into […]

Hewlett-Packard Co. is using low prices to drum up business for its desktop PCs. The computer giant has begun offering a new wave of low-price desktops to consumers and businesses. Its Pavilion desktop PC, for one, starts at a hair under $250 after a rebate. Its also advertising its HP Compaq business desktop dx2000 model […]

Dell Inc. has shuttered the customer order support portion of its Web bulletin board system, in part to help protect its clients privacy. The Round Rock, Texas, PC maker on Friday removed its customer care board, which was often used by Dell clients to help track orders or solve shipment problems, from its Dell Community […]