Daniel Drew Turner

Apple Computer Inc. on Wednesday reported first-quarter results that exceeding the companys own guidance, showing the highest quarterly revenue in four years. This number was $2 billion, up 36 percent from the year-ago quarter, with a net profit of $63 million, or $0.17 per diluted share. This compares to a net loss of $8 million […]

SAN FRANCISCO—Following a major act, such as Apple Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs keynote address to the Macworld Expo crowd here Tuesday, might give some third-party developers pause when it comes to introducing their own products—theres just too much competition for airtime. Still, many companies moved right ahead and introduced updates and new hardware and […]

SAN FRANCISCO—While some attendees of this weeks Macworld Expo San Francisco may have griped about the relatively few announcements of new software and hardware from Apple Computer Inc., third-party vendors for the Mac platform did not flag in their own product introductions and updates. Across the floor of the Moscone Center here, vendors offered a […]

Even as the Mac community speculates about an impending beta version of Microsoft Office for Mac OS X, a new—and free—productivity suite has found a toehold on Apple Computer Inc.s operating system. Developers Benjamin Reed and Benjamin Meyer this week announced the first running version of a Mac OS X port of KOffice, a comprehensive […]

The days of Toshiba Corp. dividing the market of personal computers into Digital or Media segments are numbered, as the Tokyo-based company this week announced that it would split off its computer business starting 1 January. According to the equipment maker, its nascent “Personal Computer & Network Co.” will be a peer of the existing […]

FreeBSD.org on Tuesday offered Release Candidate 5.2 of its open-source Unix project. The group is prepping a final candidate due in January. A new test version of the FreeBSD open-source Unix operating system was announced on Tuesday by Scott Long of the FreeBSD Release Engineering Team. As a “release candidate,” Version 5.2 RC2 is not […]

After a dispute between the producer of Macworld Expo and star attraction Apple Computer Inc. rattled visitors and exhibitors at the summer edition of the big Mac show, the companies have joined forces for the San Francisco gathering in early January, officials said this week. Apple and IDG World Expo last week announced that Apple […]

In late 2000, Ed Zander (then president and chief operating officer of Sun Microsystems Inc. and now recently tapped as CEO and president of Motorola) said of Suns Cobalt server line: “We think the demand for these high-volume, turnkey devices will explode in the next couple of years. Cobalt is our bet for the future.” […]

Cisco Systems Inc. this week warned that a pair of software security flaws could leave its switches open to denial-of-service attacks. The San Jose, Calif., company issued a security advisory for its Cisco Firewall Services Module (FWSM) for the companys Catalyst 6500 Series and 7600 Series switches. The advisory noted that two vulnerabilities could result […]

With the appointment of Edward J. Zander as chief operating officer and chairman of Motorola Inc. on Tuesday, the company completed a process begun in September with the announced resignation of Christopher B. Galvin, the former CEO and chairman as well as grandson of Motorolas founder. Though the companys stock rose on the news, industry […]