Tom Krazit

IBM Corp. Tuesday unveiled a software development kit for IT managers looking to simplify the deployment and management of PCs across their networks.

Advanced Micro Devices Inc. will release its Clawhammer desktop processor in the first quarter of 2003, a delay from the prior scheduled release in the fourth quarter of this year, an AMD spokeperson confirmed.

Several product announcements dominated the first day of the Intel Developer Forum in San Jose Monday, as Intel Corp. demonstrated its new Banias mobile processors, announced that its desktop processors will soon feature its hyper-threading technology, and showed examples of servers powered by Madison, an upcoming server chip.

Dell Computer Corp.'s eventual entry into the printer and personal digital assistant (PDA) markets will cause headaches for some vendors and delight users as the company drives down prices, say analysts.

Intel Corp. will sell its LANDesk family of IT management products to The LANDesk Acquisition Corp., a new company set up by Vector Capital and vSpring Capital, the companies announced Wednesday.

IBM Corp.'s new ThinkPad X30 family of lightweight notebooks, announced Thursday, represents an overhaul of IBM's ultraportable notebook design, and boasts extended battery life for mobile workers.

Limited specifications of Advanced Micro Devices Inc.'s (AMD's) forthcoming Hammer technology were revealed at the Hot Chips conference Wednesday, including the clock speed and die size of the Athlon version of the Hammer chips, according to an analyst note about the company. However, AMD is denying the accuracy of the information distributed by the analyst.

Transmeta Corp.'s Crusoe processor has been certified as compatible with Microsoft Corp.'s Windows CE .Net, Transmeta announced Wednesday.