Scott Ferguson

By most accounts, Apple Computer has hit the “sweet spot” of the technology market. Several analysts, both in the IT and financial fields, believe that the Cupertino, Calif. company will deliver an upbeat fourth quarter report during its Oct. 18 financial earnings call. Analysts point to the companys exceptionally fast incorporation of Intel microprocessors into […]

Oracle has agreed to pay $98.5 million to settle a lawsuit that claimed PeopleSoft overcharged the federal government for software it purchased during an eight-year period, the Department of Justice announced Oct. 10. The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in Maryland, claimed that the GSA (General Services Administration) overpaid for PeopleSoft software from […]

Add another Mac blog to the list. On Oct. 9, Google launched its own blog dedicated to Apple Computers Macintosh and other Apple applications. The first post on Google Mac Blog by Scott Knaster, a technical writer, and Rose Yao, a Mac product manager, offered some insight into why the search engine leader decided to […]

A new study found that worldwide shipments of smart phones and PDAs were up 57 percent in the first six months of 2006 compared to the same time period last year. The Gartner study, released Oct. 5, found that global shipments of smart phones grew by more than 75 percent in the first six months […]

Toshiba announced Oct. 10 that it is introducing several updates to its mid-range Satellite notebook line, and the company said it plans to market the new computers to both enterprises and the consumer. The computer section of Toshiba American Information Systems, which is based in Irvine, Calif., announced that the Satellite P105, M115 and the […]

Oracle announced Oct. 9 that it has purchased Sunopsis, a Burlington, Mass.-based company that produces data integration software. Oracle will integrate Sunopsis data integration products into its Fusion Middleware offerings, the Redwood Shores, Calif. company said in a statement. That integration will support both Oracle and non-Oracle data sources, according to the company. Sunopsis offers […]

Apple Computer on Sept. 29 issued a security update that promises to fix several critical flaws in Mac OS X. In issuing the 2006-006 security update, the Cupertino, Calif., company patched and updated 12 flaws in Mac OS X Version 10.4.8. Several of the security flaws were serious enough to open the possibility for arbitrary […]

There seems to be no end to Sonys battery woes. A day after Lenovo Groups Sept. 28 notebook battery pack recall announcement—it will recall more than 500,000 Sony-cell-based battery packs used in its ThinkPad notebooks—Dell and Toshiba each said on Sept. 29 that they will also recall Sony-made batteries. On Sept. 29, Toshiba announced that […]

Former Hewlett-Packard Chairman Patricia Dunn is expected to testify in great detail before a congressional commission Sept. 28 about her role in the spy scandal that has enveloped the company. CEO Mark Hurd, who became chairman after Dunn resigned earlier this month, is also expected to testify, claiming there was “no excuse” for how the […]

Lenovo Group will begin recalling Sony batteries used in certain models of its IBM ThinkPads, the company and the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission announced Sept. 28. Lenovo will voluntarily recall about 168,500 Sony battery packs that had been used in IBM ThinkPad notebooks in the United States. The Raleigh, N.C.-based computer marker now joins […]