Hardware

On February 29, Apple became only the sixth company ever to cross $500 billion in market value. Only Microsoft, Cisco, General Electric, Intel and Exxon Mobil have ever entered this exclusive club, but none of them were able to maintain … Continue reading →

Software and services revenue grew, but IBM’s hardware and financing segments saw a decline … Services now make up more than half the company’s revenue. Tuesday: Apple Inc.’s Mac sales for the quarter came in slightly below expectations …

Apple is not alone in its spotty support for IPv6. Presenters at the North American IPv6 Summit in Denver last week said the lack of IPv6 feature parity for network hardware, software and services is one of the biggest challenges … Continue reading →

The shift from PCs to mobile devices is the biggest megatrend in computing right now, and Apple’s iPhone and iPad are the two most dominant products in that space. But there’s more to this than just cool hardware. Apple controls … Continue reading →

… rumoured to be considering dropping its Apple MacBook Pro 17in laptop in favour of a new model designed as a hybrid combination of the MacBook Pro and MacBook Air product lines, as it refreshes its hardware to take advantage … Continue reading →

Those details — sensors for voice, touch and gesture control — along with a slew of other hardware advances … need backing from one or more of the “big five” platforms: Apple, Google, Amazon, Microsoft or Facebook. In a recent … Continue reading →

Meanwhile, the overall PC market grew about 2%. Windows PC makers are now hoping Windows 8 will give them a better chance at competing with Apple, both in PCs and tablets. Intel CEO Paul Otellini last week said he believes … Continue reading →

The assumption so far has been that Apple’s waiting for Intel’s next-generation chips to arrive, or pushing back new hardware to coincide with its Mountain Lion OS X release, due out “this summer.” Last and mostly least, Apple said it … Continue reading →

For more than a year Intel has talked about graduating from copper wires to fiber optics for Thunderbolt ports on Apple’s Mac computers, and Sumitomo Electric Industries has became one of the first companies to deliver optical cables. Sumitomo is … Continue reading →

The assumption so far has been that Apple’s waiting for Intel’s next-generation chips to arrive, or pushing back new hardware to coincide with its Mountain Lion OS X release, due out “this summer.” Last and mostly least, Apple said it … Continue reading →