A business group behind copy-protection software for next-generation DVDs was investigating reports that hackers found a way to circumvent its technology.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/18/2007
Apple Inc. on Wednesday posted a record profit in its fiscal first quarter, beating Wall Street estimates as earnings rose 78 percent amid strong holiday sales of its iPod music players and Macintosh computers.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/18/2007
Intel's Q4 profit plunged 39 percent, reversing a painful price war with much-smaller rival AMD.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/17/2007
Electronics makers on Wednesday urged Germany to press ahead with cutting copyright fees levied on consumer devices such as computers, printers and scanners.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/17/2007
Shares of Advanced Micro Devices Inc. fell more than 9.5 percent Friday, a day after the world's No. 2 microprocessor maker said plunging computer-chip prices hacked into the company's fourth-quarter results.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/15/2007
Federal prosecutors scored their first victory in the investigation of Hewlett-Packard Co.'s ill-fated boardroom spying probe Friday, when a low-level private investigator pleaded guilty to identity theft and conspiracy charges.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/15/2007
So far, when it comes to making money, the online video explosion is mostly about potential. Studios selling TV shows and movies for download, and Web sites like YouTube that link ads to user-generated content, stand to reap billions from the Internet's hottest trend.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/15/2007
Microsoft and SGI announced Thursday that they have inked a deal that makes Redmond's high-performance computing (HPC) server an option for the hardware maker's grid computing systems.
- By Scott Bekker and Stuart Johnston
- 01/11/2007
New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo is investigating possible violations of state and federal antitrust laws by Intel Corp.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/10/2007
Apple Inc.'s much-ballyhooed iPhone was unveiled this week after 30 months and millions of dollars in top-secret development. But the sleek new iPod-cell phone combination could wind up costing the company a lot more.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/10/2007
Data portability stalwart Laplink says it will ship its PCmover for Windows Vista package in time for commercial availability of Vista later this month.
- By Stuart J. Johnston
- 01/10/2007
EDITOR'S NOTE: After this story was published, the DOD issued a statement saying that the report about the spy coins was flawed and the incidents never happened.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/10/2007
- By Stephen Swoyer
- 01/10/2007
By most measures, Apple Computer Inc.'s Steve Jobs famous
unveilings in front of staunch loyalists would be a tough act to
follow. Imagine then, going head-to-head with the legendary CEO.
That's what Michael Dell, chairman of Dell Inc. and a legend himself,
was up against Tuesday.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/10/2007
Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs confirmed months of speculation Tuesday by unveiling a new mobile phone and a set-top box that allows people to stream video from their computers to their televisions.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/09/2007
For more than a decade, Microsoft Corp. chairman Bill Gates and others in the tech industry have touted a vision of a connected lifestyle, in which digital content can move across devices throughout the home and be taken on the go. It's been a slow march. But as Gates kicked off the International Consumer Electronics Show late Sunday, the industry has come further than ever in delivering on that concept.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/08/2007
For more than a year, Intel Corp. and other chip makers have been selling the idea that two heads are better than one. Now, the world's largest semiconductor company is betting four heads -- actually, four computing engines -- will be better still.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/08/2007
Patience may be a virtue, but when it comes to getting faster boot-up times for computers, no one will complain. That is why a new industry alliance is promoting a hybrid technology to speed the start-up process for laptops.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/04/2007
When students in Thailand,
Libya and other developing countries get their $150 computers from the One Laptop
Per Child project in 2007, their experience will be unlike anything on standard
PCs.
- By The Associated Press
- 01/02/2007
When upgrading hard drives, make sure your wires aren't crossed.
- By Rick Colbert
- 01/01/2007