Tom Krazit

About a month after its competitors, Gateway Inc. is jumping into the Tablet PC market with a slate device designed by Motion Computing Inc., it announced Monday.

A number of software vendors and security firms are teaming up to discuss reporting strategies for security flaws; balancing the right of users to know whether their software is flawed against the possibility that publicizing vulnerabilities may encourage hackers.

Intel Corp. will reveal details about its third-generation Itanium server processor, which will offer a 1.5GHz clock speed, at a conference sponsored by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc. (IEEE).

Prices for Intel Corp.'s flash memory chips, a vital component in cell phones, will rise 20 per cent to 40 per cent on Jan. 1, said an Intel spokesperson Tuesday.

Prices for Intel Corp.'s flash memory chips, a vital component in cell phones, will rise 20 per cent to 40 per cent on Jan. 1, said an Intel spokeswoman Tuesday.

Sun Microsystems Inc. Friday announced that it has acquired network infrastructure software-maker Terraspring Inc. in a move that may add weight to its N1 strategy to ease data centre management.

Intel Corp. has cut the prices of its Pentium 4 processors in advance of the expected launch of a new 3.06GHz Pentium 4 processor Thursday, according to a research note distributed by Merrill Lynch & Co. Inc. Tuesday. Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) is expected to follow suit, the note said.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) on Monday released a new mobile processor and announced the chip is available in notebooks immediately, breaking the trend of its last few processor launches.