Daniel Drew Turner

At the close of the market Wednesday, Apple Computer Inc. reported its financial results for the first quarter of fiscal 2002. The company chalked up a net profit of $38 million, or $0.11 per diluted share, for the period that included both Sept. 11 and the all-important holiday buying season. This is right in line […]

After Mondays keynote address by Apple Computer Inc.s CEO Steve Jobs, company representatives gently herded packs of journalists to the Macworld Expo show floor at the Moscone Center in San Francisco. The show itself was not due to open for another day; this event, meant to give the press a timely look at Apples new […]

SAN FRANCISCO–After a week of speculation about the main course of Steve Jobs Macworld Expo keynote speech here today — speculation whipped to a frenzy of hype by Apple Computer Inc. itself — the secret ingredient proved to be a long-awaited new spin on an old Mac favorite: an eye-catching flat-panel iMac. Whether this lives […]

In a series of slogans on its home page this week, Apple Computer Inc. vowed to go “way beyond” the predictions of Mac-focused rumor sites when CEO Steve Jobs unveils the companys latest products during his keynote speech on Monday morning. Now, one of those rumor sites claims to have pulled back into the lead […]

After more than two years, Motorola Inc., late last week revised its road map for the companys PowerPC processors, the chips that lie at the heart of many embedded devices as well as Apple Computer Inc.s Macintosh computers. Though the new information is slight, for many it reinforces speculation that Apple will release new desktop […]

With less fanfare than one might expect, Apple Computer Inc. announced on Tuesday the release of AirPort 2 software and hardware updates, which add features the company hopes will make the 11M-bps, 802.11a-based wireless networking package more attractive to enterprise, consumer and educational customers. Though many of the technologies have been available in recently distributed […]

With the overall personal computer market struggling to avoid a crash-and-burn scenario reminiscent of the dot-com meltdown, Apple Computer Inc. has managed to remain profitable. The Cupertino, Calif.-based computer maker on Wednesday reported profits of $66 million, or 19 cents per diluted share, for the quarter ended Sept. 29 , which was slightly than the […]

With a low-key refresh of its pro Titanium PowerBook G4 and consumer iBook notebook lines, Apple Computer Inc. has tuned the engine that drove a large chunk of Mac sales during a down year for the PC industry. But will the enhancements to the portables speeds and features be enough to keep them trucking through […]

IBM next week will announce a new PowerPC ranging in megahertz from 700MHz to 1GHz that could shift the balance of power in the professional Mac market away from Motorola Inc. and its PowerPC G4. eWeek has learned that Big Blue next week will introduce a new processor, code-named Sahara, that could represent the next […]

SAN FRANCISCO — “There must be some Steve Jobs hex on the room,” said Gene Gable, the president of Seybold Seminars, explaining why Wednesdays Microsoft Corp. keynote at this weeks conference was starting late. But, as they say, thats where the troubles began. In place of the scheduled Dick Brass, Microsofts vice president of technology […]

SAN FRANCISCO — Although this weeks Seybold Seminar publishing conference here isnt as crowded as past shows, many exhibitors are expressing relief that theyre not seeing the “ghost town” that afflicted last weeks Web2001 conference and exhibition, held in the same hall. Still, even during a quick walk through San Franciscos Moscone Center, the signs […]

SAN FRANCISCO — It was Mac OS X 10.1s day, at least in the absence of other news. There were few, and small, surprises presented by Apple Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs during his keynote today that kicked off the first day of exhibits here at the Seybold Seminar conference. Although the speech did have […]