Scott Ferguson

Following several months of corporate scandals and business miscues, rivals Dell and Hewlett-Packard were each scheduled to face investors on Nov. 16 and report their latest quarterly results. Now, HP will go at it alone. Late in the day on Nov. 15, Dell announced that it would delay its third-quarter financial results. The Round Rock, […]

Apple Computer has released a firmware update that the company said will fix problems with its Boot Camp software. The Cupertino, Calif. company posted the firmware update on the Apple Web site on Nov. 13. The update affects Intel-based Macs, including the iMac, the MacBook, MacBook Pro and the Mac mini. According to the companys […]

Lenovo Group is rolling out its latest tablet PC. The worlds third largest computer maker announced Nov. 14 that it would start selling its second mobile tablet PC—the ThinkPad X60—next month. In June 2005, the company launched its first tablet PC—the ThinkPad X41. In its effort to improve on the X41 model, Lenovo, which is […]

In an effort to offer more services to its enterprise customers, Dell announced Nov. 14 that it would acquire ACS, a London-based IT services provider. Financial terms of the agreement were not disclosed and the two companies, in a joint statement, did not indicate when the deal would be finalized. Dell did note that it […]

Dell wants a chance at a “second life.” The Round Rock, Texas, PC maker announced Nov. 14 that it has become the latest IT company to open shop in Second Life, the 3-D, virtual world created by Linden Labs of San Francisco. Dell now joins the likes of IT companies such as IBM and Sun […]

Appro International, a systems maker based in Milpitas, Calif., is announcing Nov. 13 that it has delivered two supercomputer Linux clusters to the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory. In building the clusters for the Lawrence Livermore, based in Livermore, Calif., Appro said the machines have the potential to deliver 100 teraflops of computer processing power on […]

IBM is ready for quad core. The company announced Nov. 9 that it will start taking orders for four x86 servers and one blade system that will use Intels upcoming Xeon 5300 quad-core processor. IBM, based in Armonk, N.Y., is the second OEM to introduce servers based on the forthcoming Intel quad-core processor this week. […]

Lenovo Group, the worlds third largest PC maker, reported Nov. 9 that net profits for its second fiscal quarter fell 16 percent compared with last year as the company struggles with brand recognition and slow growth in the computer market. The Raleigh, N.C., company reported that its profits for the fiscal quarter ending Sept. 30 […]

Gateway is offering a new powered-up notebook for consumers and small business owners. The Irvine, Calif. PC maker announced Nov. 9 that it would begin to offer a new notebook, the NX570, with Intels Core Duo processors. The new notebook, which the company said is immediately available, has a base price of $899, according to […]

Dell is upgrading its line of two-way servers and workstations to make them ready for quad-core processors, the centerpiece of a number of hardware announcements the OEM is making around the extension of its hardware portfolio. On the heels of introductions of two notebooks powered by chips from Advanced Micro Devices, Dell on Nov. 8 […]