Reuters - Apple Computer Inc. on Friday told securities regulators it would not file its quarterly results on time as it reviews irregularities related to some past stock options grants.
AP - Apple Computer Inc. said Friday it will delay filing its latest quarterly report and expects to make "significant changes" to results for the period because of irregularities related to past stock-option grants.
AFP - BetOnSports, the multibillion-dollar London-listed group embroiled in a US crackdown on Internet gambling, has said that its US-facing operations are to close.
AFP - The US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) urged personal computer owners to immediately fix a dangerous vulnerabililty in Microsoft's Windows operating systems.
AFP - Personal computers have transformed society in a mere 25 years and they are just getting warmed up.
USATODAY.com - IBM took another step to build out its software portfolio Thursday by announcing a $1.6 billion acquisition of FileNet, which helps companies route data through business applications.
AFP - Dell, the world's leading personal computer maker, could be hit with multiple lawsuits in China for alleged false advertising of its popular laptop computers, state press has reported.
AP - Internet gambling company BetOnSports PLC announced Friday that it is shutting down its United States-focused operations because of a U.S. federal indictment restraining its operations.
PC World - In 1981, IBM's 5150 took the business world by storm and moved the PC into the mainstream.
PC World - The IBM PC is 25. And here are the top PCs ever, from machines you owned and loved to systems you've never heard of.
TechWeb - The expanded curriculum addresses the expected evaporation of mainframe and related skills as baby-boomer techies retire.
TechWeb - Just two days after rolling out the Mac Pro, Apple issues a patch for the top-of-the-line Intel Xeon-based system.
Reuters - The battle between two hyped formats for high-definition DVD will confuse shoppers and turn many of them off the whole technology, a London-based research firm predicted on Friday.
I just wanted to let all the readers of this blog know that Weblogs Inc. has rolled this blog into Download Squad--so you'll be able to read and comment on my VoIP-related posts there, as well as at my personal blog, Signal to Noise. So, farewell to "voipfan.com" and hello to my new readers and commenters at my new digs! Please come visit often. No further explanation needed: "Never explain--your friends do not need it and your enemies will not believe you anyway."Permalink | Email this | Linking Blogs | Comments
AP - Since BetOnSports PLC started accepting wagers online, gamblers played the odds on plenty of sporting events. But they also gambled on whether U.S. prosecutors would one day target the Costa Rica-based company for possibly violating federal law.
InfoWorld - Lattix is extending its software architecture management product, which examines architectural dependencies, to .Net projects.
Reuters - On Thursday, British police said they had foiled a plot to blow up aircraft mid-flight between Britain and the United States in what Washington said might have been an attempted al Qaeda operation.
PC Magazine - Eastman Kodak Company announced that it has forged an agreement with Flextronics International Ltd., in which Flextronics will take over the manufacturing and distribution of Kodak's consumer digital cameras.
Investor's Business Daily - IBM elevated its rivalry with EMC Thursday, when it said it would buy FileNet for $1.6 billion in cash, a purchase that would leapfrog IBM over EMC in the market for software used to manage content.
AdWeek.com - The videos were typical YouTube fare: a handheld digital camera, bad lighting and a goofy subject matter. They featured "Dave B.," a bored office worker, doing seemingly amazing tricks with a rolled up wad of paper as a soccer ball. Thanks to his "fingerskilz," chronicled on a blog (www.fingerskilz.tv) and seeded on video-sharing sites, Dave B. attracted more than 230,000 viewers.
Reuters - Makers of security equipment are the most likely to benefit from the heightened alert at airports after British police foiled a plot to blow up planes flying between Britain and the United States.
AFP - BetOnSports, an Internet gaming website that attracts billions of dollars in bets a year, told its 2,000 employees at its main operations center in Costa Rica that it was shutting down the hub from Friday, a company official told AFP.
Reuters - Sprint Nextel Corp. said an outage of its cellphone service in parts of the New York borough of Queens on Thursday was caused by water damage to network equipment due to a burst pipe.
AP - Warner Music International has licensed songs from its catalog of music by Madonna, Green Day and other artists to Russian mobile carrier VimpelCom Group, the companies said Thursday.
