Mark Hachman

SAN JOSE, Calif.—Oracle Corp. has a message for those obsessed with software piracy: relax. While most of the software industry has begun doggedly tracking down and stamping out instances of illegally copied software, Oracles top licensing executive said that her company will tolerate scattered instances of piracy if it means keeping an enterprise customer up […]

On Tuesday, the U.S. Supreme Court denied a writ of certiorari to Infineon Technologies in its case against Rambus Inc., a definitive move which clears the Rambus/Infineon infringement trial to move forward. What both sides agreed upon was the decision now allows a federal court in Virginia to retry the case by jury trial. Rambus […]

SAN JOSE, Calif.—More and more, evolving licensing models will determine the direction and success of the software industry, a top Macromedia Inc. executive said Monday. Macromedia, which took great pains to describe the e-licensing model the company rolled out earlier this year, said that its activation strategy has been a success. In terms of revenue, […]

Motorola Inc. said Monday it will spin off its chip operations into a separate company, prepping the spin-off for a public offering at a future date. The spin-off will give the companys Semiconductor Products Sector (Motorola SPS) the freedom and leverage to conduct its own business deals, using capital it can raise from the public […]

Seeking a way to improve the reliability of Windows, BIOS maker Phoenix Technologies LLC and Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday announced an agreement to develop device-level management services for future versions of the Windows OS. The deal will tie together the Phoenix “Core” BIOS software more closely to the Microsoft OS. These forthcoming services will deliver […]

The dust hadnt settled following Advanced Micro Devices Inc.s launch of its new Athlon 64 chip earlier this week, when online reports began to circulate about its availability. Analysts and OEM system vendors werent troubled by the rumors, and Fujitsu Ltd. offered a glimpse into its plans for the processor. Meanwhile, AMD is already looking […]

Intel Corp. today announced that it had invested $450 million in DRAM maker Micron Technology Inc., in a bid to boost the production of next-generation double data rate memory modules. “The availability of high-performance memory is critical as we continue to develop advanced microprocessors and communications components,” said Intel CEO Craig Barrett, in a statement. […]

Seagate Technology Inc. entered the external hard drive market last week, announcing 160-GB and 200-GB models that have already begun to ship to retailers. The drives come with button for automatic backup. Seagate follows both Maxtor and Western Digital into the external drive market, which consumers are beginning to use as a convenient means of […]

Intel Corp. on Tuesday raised the bar on Pentium 4 notebook performance with the introduction of the Mobile Intel Pentium 4 with hyperthreading technology. The chip should drive a new generation of “transportable” notebooks. Officially, the Mobile Pentium 4 replaces the Mobile Pentium 4-M, which will be phased out by the newer, higher-performance Pentium line. […]

As it did with the Opteron processor, Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has managed to sign a top-tier OEM vendor to use its Athlon 64: Hewlett-Packard Co. The company and several others will use the new chip in consumer desktops and notebooks. Hewlett-Packard, alongside Fujitsu PC Corp.; Fujitsu-Siemens Computers; and Packard Bell, a division of NEC […]