Daniel Drew Turner

In an announcement made without pomp and fanfare, Apple Computer Inc. Tuesday rolled out a new model in its existing Power Macintosh series and a new larger-screen version of its iMac consumer desktop computer. The new midrange Power Macintosh G5 model sports dual 1.8GHz PowerPC 970 processors and costs $2,499. This dual-processor model replaces the […]

According to documents on IBMs Web site, the company will shortly release its first PowerPC 970-based blade server line. As previously reported in eWEEK, IBM is planning to unveil its first server product based on the companys own Power PC 970 processor. This chip is also used in Apple Computer Inc.s Power Macintosh G5 line […]

Apple Computer Inc.s delivery of “Panther” (a k a Mac OS X 10.3) has prompted a wave of third-party updates. New releases range from interface enhancers to major enterprise-level databases Even Apple got into the update action. Earlier this week, the company released a maintenance update, Version 10.3.1, which fixed a number of issues with […]

Do the 150-plus new features in Apple Computer Inc.s “Panther” Mac OS X 10.3 upgrade elbow small developers aside or offer them new opportunities? The response depends on which small developer you ask. In the former camp: Sam Caughron, co-founder and president of Proteron LLC, who posted an open memo on Proterons Web site. The […]

Even as Microsoft Corp. winds up the long pitch for its next-generation operating system, called Longhorn, Apple Computer Inc. Friday evening will release Mac OS X 10.3, a k a Panther, an update focused on improved compatibility with the current flavors of Windows. Apple points to more than 150 new features in Panther. Although many […]

Apple Computer Inc. on Wednesday reported its fourth-quarter financials, revealing a net profit of $44 million and revenues of $1.72 billion. This exceeded Apples guidance and represents a dramatic change from the year-ago quarter, when the company posted a net loss of $45 million and revenues of $1.39 billion. Without an after-tax gain of $6 […]

In a quest for a bigger piece of the entry-level server market, IBM Corp. has drawn up a three-year plan for producing and marketing systems that pair Linux and IBMs own 64-bit PowerPC family of processors, sources report. According to sources, the Armonk, N.Y., company plans to take on Sun Microsystems Inc. and Hewlett-Packard Co. […]

While Apple Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs introduced a swarm of products and technologies during his keynote at Macworld Conference & Expo in New York this week, third-party developers and manufacturers were hawking their compatible wares on the show floor. In the past year since the general release of Apples Mac OS X, a new […]

Hardware and software developers who cater to users of Apple Computer Inc.s Macintosh line of computers have three big seasons per year: the holiday season and the summer and winter Macworld Expo trade shows. With this weeks event up and running in New Yorks Jacob K. Javits Center, companies large and small have pulled aside […]

Cupertino, Calif.-based Apple Computer Inc. is working overtime to beat its publicized release date for the next major upgrade to Mac OS X, according to sources. The company in May broke its tradition of secrecy by publicly previewing the update, code-named Jaguar, at the Worldwide Developers Conference in San Jose, Calif., and at the unveiling […]