Scott Ferguson

Apple Computers MacBook Pro notebook is now Core 2 Duo ready. The Cupertino, Calif., computer maker announced Oct. 24 that it would begin to offer three new versions of its MacBook Pro that are powered by Intels new Core 2 Duo processor. Apple is offering two 15-inch MacBook Pros as well as a 17-inch model, […]

NEW YORK—Companies should do more to report cyber-crimes such as hacking and phishing to help federal authorities investigate and ensure that additional data isnt compromised beyond initial attacks, a high-ranking FBI official said. “A huge issue for us is the underreporting of successful or almost successful hacking,” Special Agent Mark Mershin, the assistant director-in-charge of […]

Thin-client maker Neoware on Oct. 17 announced its first-ever line of notebooks, which the company hopes will appeal to security-conscious professionals. The King of Prussia, Pa., company will start taking orders for its Neoware m100 thin-client notebooks later in October, said Diana Wong, director of product marketing. Neoware has had success with its line of […]

Hewlett-Packard is developing homegrown RFID technology to track its own data center assets and, eventually, to bring to market. The Palo Alto, Calif., company on Oct. 17 announced it had completed a successful test of its radio-frequency identification technology with Midwest supermarket chain Meijer. The move by HP is part of a trend among enterprises […]

Oracle has purchased MetaSolv Software, a Plano, Texas, provider of operations support systems, for $219.2 million, the company announced Oct. 23 in a statement. MetaSolvs OSS software is tailored to the telecommunications and media industries, an area where Oracle has been looking to expand. Earlier this year, the Redwood Shores, Calif., software company announced it […]

Before Apple Computer announced its fourth-quarter financial results on Oct. 18, many analysts had predicted strong sales of the companys Macintosh desktops and notebooks. Those analysts were not disappointed. The Cupertino, Calif., company reported its second straight quarter of Mac sales, with 1.61 million sold in the companys fiscal fourth quarter. That followed the 1.3 […]

Riding a quarter of strong Macintosh sales, Apple Computer reported Oct. 18 that its fourth-quarter revenue grew 31 percent compared to the same period last year. The Cupertino, Calif., computer maker reported revenue of $4.84 billion compared with $3.68 billion in 2005. The company said this years quarterly net profit in the fourth quarter stood […]

Intel, the worlds largest producer of microprocessors, posted its third-quarter profits Oct. 17, and the company reported that its net income declined by 35 percent compared to the same quarter in 2005. For the third quarter, Intel posted a net income of $1.3 billion, or 22 cents per share, compared to a net income of […]

In a move to expand its offering for professional photographers and filmmakers, Apple Computer has purchased a San Diego-based company that makes color correction software and other applications. Silicon Color is known for its professional-grade software, especially its FinalTouch 2K software, which is used by film colorists for both television and movies. The company also […]

Thin-client maker Neoware on Oct. 17 announced its first-ever line of notebooks, which the company hopes will appeal to security-conscious professionals. The company, based in King of Prussia, Pa., will start taking orders for its Neoware m100 thin-client notebook later in October, said Diana Wong, director of product marketing. The company has had success with […]

Hewlett-Packard announced Oct. 17 that it has completed a successful test using radio-frequency identification to track assets, specifically servers, in the data center. The technology, which was developed by HP Labs, used RFID readers and tags to track, in real time, the data center assets of Meijer, a privately held Grand Rapids, Mich. company with […]

Oracle announced Oct. 16 that its tweaking Enterprise Manager 10gs application lifecycle management so as to allow IT professionals to monitor the entire database and pinpoint specific changes in the database environment, approve changes, and take “snapshots” of the environment. Oracles achieving this by deploying service-level management, application performance management, configuration management and change automation, […]