Mark Hachman

Broadcom Corp. on Tuesday announced that Scott McGregor, chief of Philips chip division, will become its new president and CEO. McGregor will continue in his current position at Philips through the rest of this year, according to a Broadcom spokesperson, and then assume the title of Broadcoms chief executive on Jan. 3. He will replace […]

Executives at security solutions provider Symantec said theyre confident that the companys business will continue to thrive in the face of Microsofts Windows XP Service Pack 2, and they promised a comprehensive anti-spyware package in the next few weeks. In a conference call Wednesday announcing the companys earnings for the second fiscal quarter, executives said […]

Wisair said Wednesday that it had released its first UWB chipset, lacking only a media access controller to begin enabling OEMs to ship the technology in final form. Wisair is part of the Multiband OFDM Alliance, a consortium of companies aligned around a particular ultrawideband standard. The Wisair solution, which includes the physical baseband chip […]

According to analysts, Intel Corp.s transition between single-core and dual-core processors should be gradual, a boon to the generally conservative server market. At Gartner Inc.s Symposium/ITxpo in Orlando, Fla., Intel CEO Craig Barrett said the companys decision to move to a multicore architecture for its next-generation CPUs is a recognition that the computer industry is […]

Intel Corp. trimmed the prices of its mobile processor lines on Sunday, lowering the prices of both its Pentium M microprocessors and members of its Centrino platform. Intel, of Santa Clara, Calif., lowered the prices of its Pentium M chips between 13 percent and 34 percent, and trimmed the prices of its Centrino bundles by […]

Market researcher iSuppli Corp. said Monday that it had slightly increased its PC forecast for 2004, although it had adjusted projected revenue lower due to declining ASPs. El Segundo, Calif.-based iSupplis new PC forecast predicts that worldwide PC shipments will rise to 191.4 million units in 2004, up 13.4 percent from 168.8 million in 2003, […]

Intel has decided not to bring to market a 4-GHz single-core Pentium 4 after all, following a July decision to push the chip out to the first quarter of 2005. As Intel executives explained previously, the decision is based on the companys desire to accelerate the ramp of its various microprocessor technologies, including Vanderpool, its […]

LOS ANGELES—Microsoft Corp. here on Tuesday quietly launched its new shopping portal for hardware and software, which the company claims will not be used to promote its own products. Instead, the Windows Marketplace will serve as a “virtual storefront” for hardware and software, said Dee Dee Walsh, director of the site for Microsoft. More than […]

LOS ANGELES—Microsoft formally unveiled its “Digital Entertainment Anywhere” strategy here on Tuesday, part of the companys plan to manage multimedia content at home, on the road and in portable devices. As expected, the linchpin of the announcement was Windows XP Media Center 2005, together with a Media Center Expander Device that will push a homes […]

The Wi-Fi Alliance on Monday drew a line in the sand for so-called “pre-standard products,” stating that it would not certify early 802.11n products before the standard is certified by the IEEE standards body. Moreover, the organization said, the Alliance will strip certification claims from those companies that claim 802.11n compatibility but whose products impede […]