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29th July, 2010
Dell, HP to resell Oracle's operating systems
The move provides more choice for running Solaris, Enterprise Linux and Oracle VM on x86 platforms By Chris Kanaracus Tools sponsored by BOSTON, 29 JULY 2010 - Oracle said Thursday that rival hardware vendors Dell and Hewlett-Packard intend to certify
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29th July, 2010
Ballmer Expresses Concern About Apple's iPad Successes
(Image courtesy of Endgadget) Despite having one of their best quarters ever, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer is still a little uneasy about the runaway train that is the iPad in the tablet world.  He also addressed the PC market between the two companies
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29th July, 2010
Wall Street Beat: Dell case serves as cautionary tale
Sometime in the second quarter of 2004, Dell Chief Financial Officer James Schneider was told by the company's EMEA (Europe, Middle East and Asia) financial director that the unit was having difficulty meeting its US$159 million operating income target.
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29th July, 2010
UPDATE: Ingram Micro 2Q More Than Doubles As Global...
Ingram Micro 2Q More Than Doubles As Global Sales Rise 30/07/201008:11:39 UPDATE: Ingram Micro 2Q More Than Doubles As Global Sales Rise Date : 07/30/2010 @ 6:08AM Source : Dow Jones Stock : Ingram Micro Inc. (Cl A) (IM) : 16.17 -0.28 (-1.70%) @ 5:30AM
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29th July, 2010
Shaky start for NZ Apple iPhone 4
Apple's iPhone 4 finally went on sale in New Zealand today, following hiccups in the launch. The devices were meant to be available from this morning at Vodafone, Magnum Mac and JB Hi-Fi stores. Staff at JB Hi-Fi in Queen Street, Auckland, told ZDNet
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29th July, 2010
Apple's iOS4 issues take center stage
Now that Apple has pacified iPhone 4 customers with free bumper cases to alleviate antenna issues, the company is looking into problems with iOS 4 and the iPhone 3G.
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29th July, 2010
HP Adds New GPU Option to EliteBook 8740W
Topic: Notebooks and PCs More Like This Share This HP has announced a new upgrade to the high-end EliteBook 8740W notebook. This machine is a beast of a notebook aimed at the pro user that is in an aluminum chassis that is gunmetal color and rugged. HP
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29th July, 2010
How to Attach or Remove the XBox 360 Hard Drive
The Xbox 360 introduced the external hard drive for gaming systems. Even the original Xbox utilized an internal hard drive. The external hard drive makes it easy to upgrade and take your games on the go. If plan on changing your hard drive or... Recent
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29th July, 2010
HP, Dell To Resell Oracle's Solaris, Linux, And Virtualization Platforms
HP and Dell plan to certify and resell Oracle's Solaris, Linux, and virtualization platforms on their x86-based servers, giving Oracle a chance to expand its operating system and virtualization business even as its own server sales continue to fall. The
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29th July, 2010
If You Want a Second Drive in Your iMac, You Better Get It From Apple
According to a new report by One World Computing, it will be extremely difficult, though not impossible, to install a secondary solid state drive (SSD) to the new 27-inch iMac introduced earlier this week as part of Apple's desktop upgrades. While the
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29th July, 2010
Steve Ballmer: 'Apple sold more iPads than I'd like them to sell'
"Today, one of the top issues on my mind, hey there's a category -- tablets," Ballmer said, according to a transcript by Business Insider. "Apple has done an interesting job. They've sold more than I'd like them to sell. We think about that," he said.
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29th July, 2010
Unboxing: Apple's mid-2010 iMac has changes on the inside
Inside, the new iMacs include faster processors, ranging from 3.06, 3.2 or 3.6GHz Core i3 options on the 21.5 inch model (each with 4MB of L3 cache), or a 3.2GHz Core i3 or 2.6GHz Core i5 (both with 4MB of L3 cache) or Quad Core 2.8GHz i5, or Quad Core
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29th July, 2010
CORRECTED-UPDATE 1-Ingram Micro beats Q2 estimates
LOS ANGELES, July 29 (Reuters) - Ingram Micro Inc reported higher-than-expected sales and profit on Thursday, but the company said it expects revenue in the current quarter to be flat sequentially. The world's largest technology distributor reported a
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29th July, 2010
Dell to pay $100m to resolve fraud claim
DELL WILL pay $100 million to resolve US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) accounting fraud allegations in a deal that will let founder Michael Dell stay on as chief executive after paying a $4 million fine.
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29th July, 2010
Here's What Apple's New "iAd For Developers" Ads Look Like (AAPL)
Earlier, we brought you a bunch of new information about Apple's new "iAd for Developers" program , which is essentially a cheap new ad program for developers to promote their iPhone apps within other apps. Now we can show you what the ads look like!
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29th July, 2010
Get More Prints With Original HP Cartridges
Manila, Philippines -- A recent study entitled, “Page Yield/Ink Cartridge Reliability Comparison Study for Asia” showed that Original HP cartridges demonstrate twice higher yield compared to refilled cartridges. The study also found high failure
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29th July, 2010
OWC Announces Memory Upgrades For New Mid 2010 Apple iMac Models
Other World Computing (OWC(r)) http://www.macsales.com, a leading zero emissions Mac(r) and PC technology company, announced today the immediate availability of OWC PC3-10600 DDR3 1333MHz Memory Upgrade Kits up to 16GB for the new Mid 2010 iMac models
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29th July, 2010
Microsoft Says Tablets Top of Mind Amid Apple Success 8:05 PM
By Dina Bass (Adds more Ballmer comments starting in seventh paragraph.) July 29 (Bloomberg) -- Microsoft Corp. Chief Executive Officer Steve Ballmer said tablet computers are high on his priority list as Apple Inc. takes the lead in a market his company
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29th July, 2010
Apple Nano May Be Fire Hazard, Japanese Ministry Says 7:28 AM
By Go Onomitsu and Adam Le (Updates with new comment from Apple in third paragraph.) July 29 (Bloomberg) -- Japans trade ministry asked Apple Inc. to report by Aug. 4 on measures the company will take to prevent a fire hazard the ministry said is related
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29th July, 2010
Australia’s Telstra gives Apple iPhone 4 award for ‘best coverage performance’
Many people have asked us about how they can get the best coverage performance...
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