Hardware

Intel Sees Opportunity in Shortage of Drives – New York Times

… both components and finished personal computers could prove an opportunity for Intel as it tries to fight the onslaught of tablet computers, particularly Apple’s iPad. It has been trying to build a business in the emerging category of …

Daily Report: Intel Sees an Opportunity in Drives Shortage – New York Times Blogs

Quentin Hardy reports that the shortage of both components and finished personal computers could prove an opportunity for Intel as it fights the onslaught of tablet computers, particularly Apple’s iPad. It has been trying to build a business …

Apple in 2011: Huge momentum, and a tragic loss – CNET News

As in 2009, Apple’s product launches in 2011 were mainly refreshes of existing hardware. Nowhere was that more clear than the iPhone 4S, a souped-up version of the iPhone 4 with a speedier processor, better camera, and a new voice … Continue reading

Rotten Apple Thieves Steal 125 iPads from Best Buy – Hot Hardware

Apple’s iPad 2 devices sell for anywhere between $500 (16GB, Wi-Fi) up to $830 (64GB, Wi-Fi + 3G). The iPads were stolen from a locked display case. Surveillance cameras showed the suspects executing a “carefully planned heist” in which they … Continue reading

Intel shares may stay focus after-hours – Marketwatch

The International Trade Commission is expected to rule on whether some phones made by HTC Corp. violate Apple’s patents, which could lead to a banning of HTC handsets, Ian Sherr reports on digits. Intel shares (NASDAQ:INTC)  were recently down …

School shuns Apple servers for Windows – Network World Fusion

topped off by Apple discontinuing the rack-mountable hardware the school used. So Columbia Prep, where Apple Macintosh computers reign supreme in classrooms, computer labs and libraries, over the summer made a switch to Windows servers to be used in …

A Look At The AppStore On The Impressive iPhone 4 – PRLog (free press release)

The Apple iPhone 4 has proven to be phenomenally popular thanks to both its innovative software and very capable hardware. These two factors combine for a great smartphone experience. Arguably the most important factor for many iPhone users is the … Continue reading

Why Apple’s Steve Jobs idolized Robert Noyce, Google doodle honoree – Alaska Dispatch

Jobs would regularly and, often disparagingly, challenge Apple employees and push them beyond what they thought was possible. Intel Corp. was founded by Noyce, Gordon Moore, and Andrew Grove. Steve Jobs idolized Andrew Grove, too, according to Isaacson’s …

Robert Noyce: Why Steve Jobs idolized Noyce – The Christian Science Monitor

Robert Noyce was the co-inventor of the microchip, co-founder of Fairchild Semiconductors and Intel Corp. Here’s what Steve Jobs told Leslie Berlin, author of “The Man Behind the Microchip” about Noyce: “Bob Noyce took me under his wing,” Apple …

5 Early Radar Stocks: Intel Cuts Guidance, Apple Passes 100 Million, and Diamond Foods Drops 18% – Yahoo Finance

Shares of Intel Corp. fell more than 3% after cutting fourth quarter guidance.  The company now expects revenue to be $13.7 billion, compared to previous estimates of $14.7 billion.  The lower expectations are due to hard disk drive supply …