Stories by: Tom Krazit

Hewlett-Packard (HP) Tuesday introduced several new utility computing services that will cater to IT managers looking for a way to handle internal fluctuations in demand for computing resources.

An important ruling in the ongoing patent dispute between Blackberry manufacturer Research In Motion (RIM) and NTP could come as early as this Tuesday, as RIM puts the finishing touches on a "workaround" that it claims sidesteps NTP's patents.

A recent survey of 100 US IT executives predicts that IT spending will decrease slightly in 2006 as more businesses worry about global economic conditions, but security software and enterprise IT upgrades remain top concerns, according to Goldman, Sachs & Co.

Hewlett-Packard's fourth-quarter revenue rose on strong growth in PC and server shipments, but restructuring charges and a decline in revenue from consumer printers hurt its profitability for the quarter.

Advanced Micro Devices put a quad-core server processor on its road map and promised to upgrade its software investments, as it outlined on Tuesday its general technology direction for the next couple of years.

HP plans to announce an update to its printer management software along with a one-size-fits-all printer driver at its ImagePrint conference in Orlando, according to a company executive.

Papers are flying in legal offices around the world as a result of Advanced Micro Devices's (AMD) antitrust lawsuit against Intel, filed earlier this year. The case is not expected to come to trial until next year -- assuming it isn't settled by then -- but lawyers for both sides are formulating their arguments as documents and data start to flow from the almost 40 hardware industry companies subpoenaed by AMD.

IBM and Sony have released a software developer's kit intended to help developers write games and other software for future products based on the multicore Cell processor, the companies announced Wednesday.

The unrest among Palm OS developers over Palm's forthcoming Windows Mobile-based Treo smart phone has prompted Palm President and Chief Executive Officer Ed Colligan to pen a letter to Palm's developer community with promises to continue releasing Palm OS products.

Qualcomm has signed a license to use Arm's core architecture for internally developed chips, announcing the first Qualcomm-developed mobile phone processor in a press release Tuesday.

HP is releasing an update to its blade PC product, switching to AMD's processors for its alternative to traditional desktop PCs.