Andy Patrizio

Andy Patrizio is a freelance journalist based in southern California who has covered the computer industry for 20 years and has built every x86 PC he’s ever owned, laptops not included.

Office 2007 Delayed Again

Microsoft has announced yet another delay in the release of Office 2007 based on feedback from beta testing, but has not said just when the application suite...

Sun Denies Open Source Java Imminent

Sun was quick to deny published reports Wednesday that it plans to open source Java in the next few months. The company is working on the project,...

Windows Still More Reliable Than Linux On The Server

Windows Server and Linux are growing up fast, but they still aren't a match for the solid, stable Unix systems on the high-end of the server scale....

Big Cuts at Sun, Up to 5,000 Layoffs

Even though he was adamantly against any layoffs, Sun Microsystems's new CEO Jonathan Schwartz announced today the company plans a net reduction in headcount of between 4,000...

Sun Looks to Cut Staff After All

It looks like some heads will roll at Sun Microsystems after all, despite repeated promisesfrom new CEO Jonathan Schwartz that cuts would not happen. The question now...

Get Your IP Addresses While You Can

Just what we needed, another technology limitation about to put the squeeze on everyone. And we don't mean the Unix date bug. The growing popularity of smartphones...

Gartner: Expect Further Vista Delay

IT research firm Gartner Group is predicting Microsoft will need several more months to test Windows Vista before it's ready to be released. However, the formulation for...

Linux Malware On The Rise

Assuming you're safe from viruses and other malware just because you are on a non-Windows platform is a big mistake, as the number of Linux-based malware doubled...

New Sun Honcho’s Make-or-Break To-Do List

Analysis: Sun Microsystems is full of great-sounding ideas and technology. Open source hardware and software, multi-core servers and blistering attacks on the competition are but a few...

Windows Users Squeezed Coming and Going

It looks like Microsoft is getting users of its operating systems coming and going. Microsoft's next generation Vista OS may prove too much for older computers, but...

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