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Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer on Vista's 'Unqualified Success'
As chief executive of Microsoft, Steve Ballmer heads a company that's not just a PC software giant but also a growing presence in the broader consumer electronics industry. In less than 10 years, Microsoft has become a major player in video games, mobile phones, set-top boxes and Internet search and advertising. However, the company is nowhere near as dominant in consumer electronics as it is in operating systems.
IBM Hits Its Stride in Unix Server Race
"It is a race, and we're not slowing down." That is how Ross A. Mauri, the general manager of IBM's Power Systems product series, describes competing against Sun Microsystems and HP for the Unix server market. IBM announced a number of new products and upgrades Tuesday to help keep its current lead in revenue.
Revenge of the Wii, Part 2
Seven years ago, after the release of the Sony PlayStation 2 and the Microsoft Xbox, it seemed as though Nintendo, once a market leader, would never regain its No. 1 position. The GameCube, which sold a paltry 21.74 million units worldwide, had been a relative dud for the longtime gaming champion. However, undeterred by its third-place position, Nintendo had a plan for the next generation of gaming consoles.
GeoEye Starts New Earth Photo Album With High-Res Pics
Some five weeks after its launch from Vandenberg Air Force Base in California, GeoEye-1, the satellite developed by aerial and geospatial information provider GeoEye, has signaled back to Earth. GeoEye-1 snapped the first location the satellite saw when the camera door was opened -- Kutztown University, located midway between Reading and Allentown, Penn.
iSuppli Darkens Semi Outlook
Semiconductor industry watcher iSuppli lowered its 2008 revenue forecast Thursday from 4 percent growth to 3.5 percent. The research firm expects revenue in the chip industry to top US$280.1 billion, roughly $10 billion more than the industry earned in 2007. "Four percent had been our forecast for a while now.
Spontaneous Broken Symmetry, Secret Mac Factories and One-Click Wildebeests: One Weird Week
Outside of the money you pay for Internet access, it still costs nothing to watch YouTube. Technically. But if you have a problem with compulsive shopping, you may want to cut up your credit cards, because Google has figured out a new way to monetize its video-sharing site, and it's actually pretty simple -- if not outright obvious.
Should Citizen Journalism Be Placed Under Citizen's Arrest?
When does an iReport give CNN's credibility a black eye? When its citizen "journalism" about a Steve Jobs heart attack turns out to be phony. It takes a lot during this Autumn of the Economic Meltdown for an individual company's stock woes to break out from the pack, but an Oct. 3 iReport on CNN.com claiming that Apple's CEO had been rushed to a hospital after suffering a serious heart attack did the trick.
Who Wants a Cheap(ish) MacBook?
Apple has announced it will host an event next week, and the word of the day is "notebooks." Both its MacBook and MacBook Pro lines are about due for some body design tweaks and more powerful engines. Rumors have been running rampant all over the Web for weeks. The latest claims that Apple will introduce a new $800 MacBook.
RIM Starts a Storm, Spy Photos Whip Up a Hurricane, Woz Rains on iPod
Research In Motion kicked the week off by announcing the new BlackBerry Storm, the company's first touchscreen smartphone, which in turn jump-started the "iPhone Killer" headlines. While the mobile bloggers were busy with that one, traditional Mac lovers have been stoked into a frenzy of anticipation over the new MacBook lineup -- will they come Oct. 14? Are these spy photos real?
Microsoft Aims to Spread BI Throughout the Enterprise
Microsoft gave audience attendees at the 2nd annual Microsoft Business Intelligence conference a sneak preview of its forthcoming SQL Server this week, code named "Kilimanjaro." It was an appropriate venue for its debut, given its increased emphasis on BI.
Laying the GroundWork for Better Systems Monitoring
Founded in 1998, EZ Prints is an Atlanta-based provider of digital image fulfillment technology for retailers, portals, ISPs, digital content owners and professional photo services. About 500 online and offline retailers in the U.S. and Europe, including six of the top 10 online photo sites, use EZ Prints' technology platform to offer services that allow consumers and businesses to personalize digital content.
Encrypted Flash Drives Keep Sensitive Data Under Your Thumb
Flash memory drives the size of your thumb are dirt cheap and offer gigabytes of storage. It's tempting to fill one of them with important computer files, clip it to a key chain and hit the road. However, what if you lose it while fumbling for change at Starbucks and the hacker in the corner finds it? This is not a good thing. That's where a new breed of flash drives comes in.
Phishers Use Spoofed YouTube Pages as Lures
Savvy Internet users know that downloading unsolicited computer programs is one of the most dangerous things you can do online. It puts you at great risk for a virus or another time bomb from a hacker. However, even some sophisticated surfers could get taken in by a sneaky new attack in which criminals create fake YouTube pages -- dead-on replicas of the real site -- to push their malicious software.