Scott Ferguson

Google could be planning to invest as much as an additional $1 billion in India, according to a Bear Stearns research report. The research report, released Aug. 11, claims that the Mountain View, Calif., search engine giant is interested in investing in the city of Hyderabad, one of the largest urban areas in India and […]

On Aug. 12, the IBM PC hits the 25-year mark. The date is significant not because it was the first PC on the market, as there are a number of contenders for that distinction: The Apple 2, the Radio Shack TRS-80, the Commodore 64, and even the MITS Altair 8800 of 1975, among many others, […]

Apple Computer on Aug. 9 issued two security patches for its new Mac Pro, the Intel-based desktop that had just been unveiled at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. The two patches fix two serious code execution vulnerabilities in the Mac Pro. The Cupertino, Calif.-based computer maker issued the security update for the Mac […]

A new study confirms that the market for wireless-connected PDAs is growing, while the traditional handheld market continues its steady decline. The study, by analyst firm Gartner, of Stamford, Conn., concluded that worldwide market for PDAs grew about 2.7 percent from the second quarter of 2005 to the second quarter of this year. Overall, there […]

Although industry watchers have speculated for months about new video iPods and the possibility that the company may offer movie rentals, Apple CEO Steven Jobs left the stage at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco without mentioning either. During his talk, Jobs focused instead on the refreshed Macintosh line and the anticipation of the […]

Virtual machine developer VMware will unveil software on Aug. 7 that will allow Intel-based Macintosh computers to run x86 operating systems. The announcement, first reported on Aug. 4, will take place during the first day of Apples Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco. /zimages/1/128936.gifVMware President Diane Greene talks about the companys announcement to offer a […]

A pair of Maryland men have been charged with taking the laptop computer that contained the personal information of millions of veterans and active duty military personnel, authorities said. While the two men have been charged with stealing the laptop from the home of a Department of Veterans Affairs employee on May 3, it did […]

Quark is making QuarkXPress 7, its desktop-publishing package, available as a universal application for the Mac OS x 10.4 Tiger. The QuarkXPress 7.01 update is available at no cost for Macintosh users of QuarkXPress 7.0. The Denver, Colo., company said the update is available as of Aug. 7. QuarkXPress can run on both Intel-based and […]

As its first order of business at Worldwide Developers Conference in San Francisco, Apple announced the new Mac Pro desktop with the Dual-Core Intel Xeon 5100 processor. With the announcement of the Mac Pro, Apple has completed its transition to Intel-based Macs. In addition to the new Dual-Core Intel processors, CEO Steve Jobs and Phil […]

Apple Computer CEO Steve Jobs showed off the new Mac OS X Leopard at the Worldwide Developers Conference Aug. 7 in San Francisco. While showing off the new operating system, Jobs joked with the audience that his company would not delve into the secret features planned to keep its longtime rival Microsoft from copying the […]