Mac sales surge as PC sales drop 20% in UK, 12% in France
Tue, Feb 7, 2012 - PC sales in Europe plummeted in the fourth quarter of 2011, but Apple bucked that trend over the holidays, particularly in France and the U.K., with continued strong growth. ( 30 comments )
Former Apple exec and Palm chief Jon Rubinstein leaves HP
Fri, Jan 27, 2012 - Hewlett-Packard on Friday confirmed that Jon Rubinstein, who came to the company through its $1.2 billion purchase of Palm, has left the company. ( 54 comments )
Apple now the largest buyer of semiconductors in the world
Tue, Jan 24, 2012 - Apple spent some $17 billion on semiconductors in 2011, making it the largest chip customer in the world, research firm Gartner revealed on Tuesday. ( 23 comments )
iPhone 4S launch propels surging Apple 20% to close the gap with Android
Wed, Jan 18, 2012 - The launch of the iPhone 4S last October had an "enormous impact" on the U.S. smartphone landscape, boosting Apple's share among new buyers by almost 20 percent and putting it neck-and-neck with Android in December. ( 69 comments )
Apple jumps 9 spots to become 8th most valuable brand in the world
Mon, Jan 16, 2012 - Apple was ranked the eighth most valuable brand of the world in 2011, with an estimated total value of $33.49 billion, making it bigger than Disney, Mercedes-Benz and Budweiser. ( 129 comments )
Apple awarded 676 patents in 2011, ranks 39th among all companies
Wed, Jan 11, 2012 - Apple was awarded a total of 676 patents by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office in 2011, ranking it No. 39 among companies awarded inventions in the U.S. ( 35 comments )
Apple's iMac accounts for 33% of all-in-one PC sales
Wed, Jan 4, 2012 - While portable computers get the most attention and sales, all-in-one PCs have quietly become a booming market, and Apple's iMac accounts for nearly a third of all sales. ( 92 comments )
HP says it will build new webOS powered tablets by 2013
Fri, Dec 9, 2011 - While stating her company would "bet heavily with Windows [8 tablets]" in the short term, HP chief executive Meg Whitman stated that the company will return to building a webOS tablet by 2013, if not next year. ( 82 comments )
HP to keep webOS, make available as an undefined open source project
Fri, Dec 9, 2011 - HP has finally outlined its plans for webOS today, stating that it will "contribute the webOS software to the open source community," apparently because it couldn't find a suitable buyer for the platform. ( 41 comments )
HP CEO rumored to pronounce fate of webOS on Friday
Thu, Dec 8, 2011 - After months of deliberation, Hewlett Packard's new CEO Meg Whitman is rumored to announce the PC maker's plans for webOS on Friday. ( 27 comments )
HP CEO: Apple likely to take away PC leadership position next year
Wed, Nov 30, 2011 - HP's new chief executive Meg Whitman told journalists Apple was doing "a great job" and that her company's once much smaller rival could likely pass HP to become the world's leading PC maker next year. ( 59 comments )
Ultrabooks headed for 5-10% price drop in early 2012
Wed, Nov 30, 2011 - Prices for laptops in Intel's "Ultrabook" category are expected to fall below $1,000 by the end of this year and may drop as much as 10 percent in the first quarter of 2012 with the help of a $100 marketing subsidy from Intel, according to a new report. ( 34 comments )
HP's Chairman using MacBook Air, may detail webOS plans next week
Wed, Nov 23, 2011 - HP is expected to finally announce a future path for its webOS platform next week, on the heels of an embarrassing PR photo portraying chairman Ray Lane using a MacBook Air at home. ( 68 comments )
HP leads all 1.2M non-Apple tablets sold in US in 2011
Tue, Nov 22, 2011 - The NPD Group on Tuesday offered a picture of how tablets that are not Apple's iPad are faring in the market in the U.S., revealing that Hewlett-Packard's $99 fire sale of the failed TouchPad gave it the largest unit share so far in 2011. ( 142 comments )
Combined Mac, iPad sales to make Apple largest global PC vendor in 2012
Mon, Nov 21, 2011 - Apple is poised to become the largest seller of PCs in the world before the second half of 2012, if the iPad is categorized as a PC. ( 263 comments )
Major PC makers plan to concede tablet market to Apple, Amazon in 2012
Fri, Nov 18, 2011 - Traditional PC makers like Dell and HP believe they have no advantages in the tablet market, and plan to phase out from competing with Apple's iPad, along with low-end tablets from content providers like Amazon and Barnes & Noble, in 2012. ( 134 comments )
HP takes aim at Apple's MacBook Air with new $900 Folio13 Ultrabook
Wed, Nov 16, 2011 - The latest entry in the thin-and-light Ultrabook lineup is HP's new Folio13, a 13-inch laptop with a 128GB solid-state drive that undercuts Apple's MacBook Air with a starting price of $900. ( 107 comments )
HP considering sale of webOS to 'several' companies including Oracle
Tue, Nov 8, 2011 - PC maker HP is said to still be considering the sale of its webOS mobile operating system, though any deal is expected to be less than the $1.2 billion it originally paid to acquire the platform from Palm. ( 29 comments )
Microsoft axed Courier tablet in favor of 'Windows Everywhere' strategy - report
Wed, Nov 2, 2011 - Software giant Microsoft scrapped the Courier tablet project last year because the device diverged from its strategy of bringing Windows everywhere without compromise, a new report claims. ( 53 comments )
All prospects for an internal HP webOS largely destroyed
Fri, Oct 28, 2011 - HP announced yesterday that it would retain its PC business while deflecting questions about the future of webOS for at least another month, but insiders note that HP has already destroyed the viability of the project moving forward internally, leaving a sale of the group its best hope for survival. ( 75 comments )
Apple updates Thunderbolt software, Aperture and printer drivers
Thu, Oct 27, 2011 - Following Wednesday's slew of software updates, Apple on Thursday issued a second Thunderbolt software update, alongside new HP and Epson printer drivers and a minor update to Aperture. ( 18 comments )
HP to keep PC business, future of webOS still uncertain
Thu, Oct 27, 2011 - Two weeks after calling an internal all hands meeting to discuss the status of its Personal Systems Group making PCs and mobile devices, HP has finally announced it will keep the division rather than spinning it off or selling it. ( 20 comments )
HP set to decide future of Palm, webOS this week
Mon, Oct 10, 2011 - HP is rumored to have finished the initial bidding process for its webOS unit and will hold an all-hands meeting tomorrow that may reveal its future plans for selling or spinning off the group, according to people familiar with the company's plans. ( 15 comments )
Adobe keynote coincides with Apple's 'Let's talk iPhone' event
Fri, Sep 30, 2011 - Adobe is planning to hold a keynote on Tuesday, Oct. 4, at 10 a.m. Pacific, the same date and time of Apple's highly-anticipated press event, where the company is expected to announce a next-generation iPhone. ( 60 comments )
Rumor: Amazon eyeing purchase of HP's Palm division for webOS Kindles
Fri, Sep 30, 2011 - Amazon is said to be considering a purchase of Palm, the smartphone maker now owned by Hewlett-Packard, and its webOS mobile operating system. ( 63 comments )
Patent suit targets Apple, 26 others over wireless transactions
Fri, Sep 23, 2011 - Apple is one of a long list of companies accused of patent infringement in a new lawsuit related to wireless recording of transactions. ( 12 comments )
Gartner projects Apple's iPad to maintain 50% market share through 2014
Thu, Sep 22, 2011 - Apple's iPad will continue to dominate the tablet market, maintaining more than 50 percent market share through 2014, according to a new analysis. ( 19 comments )
HP ousts Léo Apotheker, appoints Meg Whitman as new CEO
Thu, Sep 22, 2011 - HP's board has removed the chief executive it appointed just short of a year ago, Léo Apotheker, and has appointed former board member Meg Whitman in his place. ( 52 comments )
HP may oust CEO after less than a year on the job
Wed, Sep 21, 2011 - After HP's TouchPad quickly flamed out against Apple's iPad and the company announced a controversial decision to spin off its low-margin PC business, Hewlett-Packard's board is now set to meet and consider ousting Leo Apotheker as its chief executive. ( 51 comments )
Apple continues 'unstoppable' winning streak in customer satisfaction
Tue, Sep 20, 2011 - Apple has once again topped the American Customer Satisfaction Index for PC makers, making it eight years in a row that consumers have been most satisfied with the Mac maker. ( 69 comments )
IDC: Apple's iPad 2 took market share from Android tablets in Q2 2011
Wed, Sep 14, 2011 - Apple's iPad 2 took the lion's share of global tablet shipments in the second quarter of calendar 2011, with a 68.3 percent share, while Android's share of tablets slipped, according to the latest figures from IDC. ( 104 comments )
Steve Jobs resignation has little effect on Apple product demand - report
Tue, Sep 13, 2011 - Consumer demand for Apple products is unlikely to be impacted by the resignation of Apple co-founder Steve Jobs, says one of two new studies, while the other reaffirms that the iPad will continue “dominating” the enterprise tablet market for the foreseeable future. ( 29 comments )
HTC eyeing webOS purchase to compete with Apple's iOS
Mon, Sep 12, 2011 - Smartphone maker HTC has publicly stated it is considering buying its own mobile operating system platform, with HP's webOS a potential option for acquisition. ( 112 comments )
HP's confounding call to build more TouchPads likely due to obligations
Wed, Aug 31, 2011 - With Hewlett-Packard estimated to lose $200 for each TouchPad it sells at a fire sale price of $99, the company's head-scratching decision to resume production of the failed tablet is likely a result of agreements made with component suppliers. ( 48 comments )
HP considers reviving TouchPad after death sparks sudden demand
Tue, Aug 30, 2011 - Hewlett-Packard has suggested in an interview that it is considering reviving the TouchPad in view of a potential spinoff of its computer division, and has confirmed that “one last run” of webOS tablets will be manufactured to “meet unfulfilled demand.” ( 63 comments )
HP favoring PC business spin-off over sale
Mon, Aug 29, 2011 - Hewlett-Packard revealed on Monday that the preferred strategic option for its struggling PC business is to spin it off into a separate company. ( 29 comments )
Samsung rumored to buy webOS to compete with Apple's iOS, Mac OS X
Mon, Aug 29, 2011 - In an effort to more directly compete with Apple's integrated hardware-software approach, Samsung is rumored to be interested in buying webOS from Hewlett-Packard. ( 146 comments )
Apple's iOS unaffected by malware as Android exploits surge 76%
Wed, Aug 24, 2011 - A new study has found that iOS remained untouched by malware during the second quarter, while Android faced 76 percent more threats than in the first quarter, making it the most targeted mobile platform. ( 124 comments )
Samsung considering purchase of HP’s PC business - report [u]
Tue, Aug 23, 2011 - Samsung is reportedly considering outsourcing notebook production to Taiwan-based OEMs, a move which sources attribute to the company’s unofficial interest in purchasing HP’s PC business [updated with Samsung response]. ( 27 comments )
Microsoft shocked to find interest in Windows Phone 7
Mon, Aug 22, 2011 - After Microsoft's head of Windows Phone 7 offered free phones and training to any published webOS developers, he reported being "caught a bit flatfooted" to find 500 people interested in actually taking him up on the offer. ( 55 comments )
HP ran its webOS SDK on iPad 2, hopes to license it as mobile web app tool
Mon, Aug 22, 2011 - After HP's webOS hardware unit was scuttled by upper management, the webOS software team has hopes of bringing their work to the mainstream, leveraging Apple's open web platform to do so. ( 54 comments )
HP begins TouchPad clearance with $99 fire sale [u]
Fri, Aug 19, 2011 - Resellers have begun clearing HP TouchPad inventory with a drastic sale that cuts the price of 16GB and 32GB models to $99 and $149, respectively, just one day after the device was discontinued. ( 244 comments )
Microsoft courting webOS developers with free phones
Fri, Aug 19, 2011 - Microsoft is looking to capitalize on HP's webOS failures by offering free phones, developer tools and training to developers left stranded by the demise of the platform. ( 49 comments )
HP eats $100 million charge to cover unsold stockpile of TouchPads
Thu, Aug 18, 2011 - HP announced on Thursday that it will take a roughly $100 million charge due to poor sell through of the TouchPad, likely in order to credit Best Buy and other resellers for their unsold inventory. ( 80 comments )
HP outlines "difficult but necessary" decisions spurred by success of iPad
Thu, Aug 18, 2011 - After just nine months on the job, HP's chief executive Léo Apotheker announced plans to radically shift the company away from the shrinking PC market, drop its mobile competition to the iPad and iPhone entirely, and instead focus on its online services, printing and software businesses. ( 82 comments )
HP's PC sales lead industry but 5.7% operating margins dwarfed by Apple
Thu, Aug 18, 2011 - HP's announcement that it will spin off its PC business stems from the razor-thin operating margins of just 5.7 percent the company has collected from its massive -- but not highly profitable -- computer sales. ( 21 comments )
HP kills webOS, spins off PC business to focus on software
Thu, Aug 18, 2011 - Hewlett Packard, the world's largest PC maker, has announced plans to spin off its PC business and scrap its recently acquired webOS smartphone and TouchPad tablet business to focus on software and services. ( 254 comments )
Best Buy upset with HP over selling just 25K TouchPads
Tue, Aug 16, 2011 - Best Buy is reportedly unhappy with HP after having sold just 25,000 of the PC maker's TouchPad tablets and is unwilling to pay for the more than 240,000 unsold units, according to a new report. ( 117 comments )
Non-iPad tablet makers expected to slash prices to move inventory overstock
Mon, Aug 15, 2011 - Faced with growing inventory due to sluggish sales, the makers of tablets competing with Apple's iPad are said to continue to cut prices in order to reduce losses, potentially sparking an industry-wide price war, according to a new report. ( 47 comments )
HTC announces 'major' $300M investment in Beats Electronics
Thu, Aug 11, 2011 - After teasing a "major news announcement" for the company, HTC CEO Peter Chou revealed that it has acquired a $300 million majority stake in audio technology company Beats Electronics, with the first HTC product to implement Beats technology due out later this year. ( 59 comments )
HP makes $100 TouchPad price cut permanent in bid for No. 2 tablet spot
Wed, Aug 10, 2011 - After receiving positive response to a temporary $100 price cut on its webOs-based TouchPad tablet, HP has decided to make the discount permanent as it aims for the No. 2 spot in the tablet market, behind Apple's iPad. ( 100 comments )
HP slashes iPad-competing TouchPad price to $399 1 month after release
Fri, Aug 5, 2011 - Just over a month after the HP TouchPad hit the market, its price has been cut by one-fifth for a special weekend sale intended to boost sales of the iPad-competing tablet. ( 143 comments )
Apple issues Quicktime 7.7 for Windows, Leopard and updates printer drivers
Wed, Aug 3, 2011 - Apple on Wednesday issued QuickTime 7.7 for Windows and Mac OS X Leopard, as well as a batch of driver updates for printers and scanners from Samsung, HP and Brother. ( 27 comments )
iPad competitors still can't match Apple's design efficiencies
Tue, Aug 2, 2011 - As hardware makers struggle to compete with the iPad in terms of sales, they also can't match Apple's design efficiency, which helps to keep the iPad's costs down, one analysis has found. ( 79 comments )
PC makers struggling to match MacBook Air pricing ahead of Ultrabook launches
Fri, Jul 29, 2011 - Windows-based PC makers looking to challenge Apple's extremely successful line of ultra-lightweight MacBook Airs with designs based on Intel's "Ultrabook" platform are losing hope that they'll be able to do so and still turn a profit on sales of the notebooks any time this year. ( 58 comments )
UBS ups 2011 iPad estimate to 37.9M, 63% market share
Wed, Jul 27, 2011 - Analysts for investment bank UBS raised their 2011 forecast for Apple's iPad on Wednesday, predicting total sales of 37.9 million units for a projected 63 percent market share. ( 57 comments )
Palm chief addresses poor TouchPad reviews, compares webOS to Apple's early Mac OS X
Tue, Jul 5, 2011 - Former Palm CEO and current HP executive Jon Rubenstein sent a letter to employees addressing lukewarm reviews of its new TouchPad tablet, and suggested that criticism of its webOS operating system is similar to complaints reviewers had with early versions of Mac OS X. ( 110 comments )
iPad sales will help Apple top HP, become largest mobile PC vendor in 2012
Fri, Jul 1, 2011 - Apple is expected to dethrone market leader HP in terms of global notebook shipments next year, if the iPad is categorized as a portable computer. ( 38 comments )
HP exec: TouchPad not aimed at dethroning Apple's iPad
Thu, Jun 30, 2011 - An HP executive said Thursday that the TouchPad tablet is not meant to take the market away from the iPad and is instead aimed at the enterprise, while a new report claims Apple is set to overtake HP next year as the world's leading portable PC vendor, if iPads are taken into account. ( 56 comments )
Review roundup: HP TouchPad billed as 'mediocre tablet'
Wed, Jun 29, 2011 - Hewlett Packard's entry into the tablet market has drawn praise for its external beauty and criticism as reviewers dug beneath the surface, with one journalist calling the device a "mediocre tablet." ( 112 comments )
Apple may make more profit selling one Mac than HP does from 7 PCs
Fri, Jun 24, 2011 - Apple has a tall order ahead of it if the company ever plans to challenge some of its larger rivals in personal computer market in terms of volume shipments, but the profit the Mac maker currently takes home from the sale of each system may already be enough to spook its competition. ( 191 comments )
Analyst: Apple's iPad to lead tablet market explosion for 'foreseeable future'
Fri, Jun 17, 2011 - According to one analyst, the market for consumer tablets could top 215 million units by 2015, with the iPad expected to dominate the market's explosive growth. ( 23 comments )
HP exec dismisses Apple and Intel's Thunderbolt in favor of USB 3.0
Tue, May 17, 2011 - PC maker Hewlett-Packard reportedly looked at the new high-speed Thunderbolt port created by Intel and Apple, but has decided for now to stick with USB 3.0. ( 133 comments )
Apple ranked world's most valuable brand at $153 billion
Mon, May 9, 2011 - A new survey ranks Apple as the world's most valuable brand, worth an estimated $153 billion, beating mainstays like Coca-Cola, BMW and Disney, as well as tech rival and the previous No. 1 company, Google. ( 49 comments )
Fears of iPad cannibalization drive PC estimates downward
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 - Slowing shipments of PCs have prompted some analysts to revise their 2011 PC shipment estimates downward over concerns that Apple's iPad is eating into sales of PCs. ( 34 comments )
iPad retains 74% tablet market share as Apple sits among top 5 PC vendors
Thu, Apr 28, 2011 - Apple's iPad accounted for 74 percent of tablet shipments in the first quarter of 2011, as combined Mac and iPad sales made Apple one of the top five PC vendors in the world by volume. ( 47 comments )
Palm, Facebook investor changes tune on Apple over iPad, apps
Thu, Apr 14, 2011 - In a marked shift from his former belief that sales of the iPhone would dry up after two years, Roger McNamee, a prominent venture capitalist who has invested heavily in Palm and Facebook, said in an interview that Apple will likely lead a 10-year technology growth cycle with the continued success of the iPad and its App Store ecosystem. ( 42 comments )
US Mac sales grow 9.6% in Q1 2011 as rest of market drops 10.7%
Wed, Apr 13, 2011 - Apple's line of Mac computers saw great success in the U.S. in the first quarter of calendar 2011, growing 9.6 from 2010, while the rest of the American market fell 10.7 percent and netbook maker Acer tumbled 42.1 percent. ( 51 comments )
Gartner sees Apple's iPad dominating tablet market through 2015
Mon, Apr 11, 2011 - Research firm Gartner sees Apple's iPad controlling the lion's share of the tablet market for the next three years, and remaining the top mobile platform in terms of sales through at least 2015. ( 77 comments )
'Unstable performance' of Android 3.0 seen as benefit to Apple's iPad
Fri, Apr 8, 2011 - Tablet makers who craft their own mobile operating system -- particularly Apple and its iOS -- stand to gain from the "unstable performance" of Google's tablet-centric Android 3.0, codenamed Honeycomb. ( 107 comments )
PC sales start slow in 2011 while market is 'usurped' by Apple's iPad
Tue, Apr 5, 2011 - Following a blockbuster start to sales for Apple's iPad 2, sources in the Far East PC supply chain have reportedly indicated that PC sales have seen "weak demand" to start 2011. ( 54 comments )
Acer to "overhaul operations" in the wake of Apple's iPad
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 - The founder of Acer, the second largest PC maker globally, has acknowledged that the company must overhaul its operations to focus on profit margins rather than market share in reaction to the success of Apple. ( 48 comments )
Dell, HP execs lash out at Apple's iOS successes
Wed, Mar 30, 2011 - Executives from rival technology companies Dell and HP spoke out against Apple this week, with a Dell executive predicting that the iPad will fail, while an HP executive criticized Apple's relationships with its partners. ( 233 comments )
With 60% of world's touch panel capacity, Apple squeezes competitors
Thu, Feb 17, 2011 - Apple has reportedly locked up 60 percent of the world's touch panel capacity, which has led to "tight supply" among competitors hoping to take on the iPad. ( 59 comments )
Apple doubling orders for 'hot-selling' Macbook models, suppliers say
Thu, Feb 10, 2011 - Apple's Asian manufacturing partners have seen orders for popular Macbook models as much as double, while shipments of notebooks to other brand-name vendors have failed to meet expectations, a new report claims. ( 13 comments )
HP hires former Apple exec to pitch webOS to developers
Thu, Feb 10, 2011 - HP has hired Richard Kerris, Apple's former Senior Director of Worldwide Developer Relations, to help attract developers to the webOS platform as it attempts to challenge Apple in the smartphone and tablet markets. ( 23 comments )
HP announces plans to add webOS to its Windows PCs
Wed, Feb 9, 2011 - Almost lost at the end of its more than two hour long webOS event was the news that HP plans to apply its webOS experience on new PCs it sells, initially augmenting rather than replacing Windows in a bid to greatly expand the new environment's installed base. ( 30 comments )
Apple slipping, but still leads Dell and HP in tech support satisfaction
Thu, Jan 27, 2011 - Apple's lead over HP and Dell in customer service satisfaction rankings has narrowed over the last year, but its customers still reported fewer nuisance issues and greater satisfaction by a significant margin. ( 39 comments )
Apple becomes No. 3 global PC maker with 241% growth, if iPad is included
Wed, Jan 26, 2011 - With Mac and iPad sales combined, Apple computer sales grew 241 percent year over year in the fourth quarter of 2010, vaulting the company into third place in worldwide PC sales research, firm Canalys revealed on Wednesday. ( 196 comments )
Apple doubles awarded patents, reaching 563 in 2010
Tue, Jan 11, 2011 - Apple was awarded 563 patents in 2010, making it the No. 46 global company in terms of inventions recognized by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office last year. ( 13 comments )
Report: iPad will grow 250% in 2011 at the expense of PCs
Fri, Dec 31, 2010 - A new report claims tablet sales will more than triple next year, but says Apple will hold on to its dominant position with the iPad, jumping from 14 million units in 2010 to 36 million next year. ( 65 comments )
Windows Phone 7 hits 5,000 apps in 2 months, equaling Palm's webOS
Thu, Dec 30, 2010 - Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 platform now has more than 5,000 applications written for it, well behind the 300,000 for Apple's iOS, but matching the total number of programs for Palm's webOS in just over two months. ( 69 comments )
HP's Jon Rubinstein slams Android, takes on Apple's iPad
Wed, Dec 22, 2010 - The Wall Street Journal has posed its interview with HP's Jon Rubinstein, shedding additional light on the firm's future plans for webOS in light of his past as a top engineer working with Steve Jobs at Apple and NeXT. ( 49 comments )
HP, Microsoft to take on Apple's iPad and each other at CES [u]
Tue, Dec 21, 2010 - Just like last year's Consumer Electronics Show, HP and Microsoft will be showing off their latest tablet competitors to Apple's iPad. This year however, the two PC partners will be tablet rivals. ( 33 comments )
As corporate interest in tablets spikes, Apple's iPad remains tops
Wed, Dec 15, 2010 - A new survey has found a "corporate explosion" of interest in tablets, with the potential market for Apple's iPad doubling in the first quarter of 2011. ( 20 comments )
HP updates six printers to work with Apple's AirPrint
Fri, Dec 10, 2010 - HP this week updated the firmware of six of its printers, enabling compatibility with Apple's AirPrint, which allows printing directly from iOS devices like the iPhone and iPad. ( 33 comments )
Classifying iPad as mobile PC makes Apple No. 3 worldwide manufacturer
Tue, Dec 7, 2010 - If the iPad is categorized as equivalent to a traditional laptop, Apple is the largest mobile PC seller in the U.S., and the third-largest worldwide. ( 34 comments )
Apple iPad widely expected to lead tablet disruption of PCs in 2011
Sat, Nov 27, 2010 - Reports from a variety of analysts predict a huge swell in tablet computer sales next year ranging from 35 to 100 million units in total, with Apple's iPad accounting for the largest number sold by far. ( 121 comments )
Apple nabs HP's former 98 acre campus in Cupertino
Thu, Nov 25, 2010 - Apple has greatly expanded its Cupertino, California land holdings with the purchase of a 98 acre campus vacated by HP earlier this summer. The spot is adjacent to land Apple bought in 2006. ( 70 comments )
Mac pricing gives Apple top dollar share in U.S. home PC market
Tue, Nov 23, 2010 - For the first time ever, Apple is the dollar share leader in the U.S. home PC market, with the Mac taking 29.4 percent of every dollar earned from domestic home computer sales. ( 76 comments )
Apple iPad rival HP Slate sees demand fizzle at 9,000 units
Sun, Nov 14, 2010 - After announcing that demand for its HP Slate had "exceeded expectations," it has now leaked out that HP only planned to build 5,000 and ended up having to retool to build a total of 9,000 of them. ( 138 comments )
Apple releases printer driver updates for Mac OS X
Fri, Nov 12, 2010 - Following the release of Mac OS X 10.6.5, Apple is now making available printer driver updates for a variety of models in Software Update. ( 12 comments )
Inside AirPrint: How to add iOS printer sharing back to Mac OS X
Thu, Nov 11, 2010 - Experimenters have discovered the configuration files Apple removed from the public release of Mac OS X 10.6.5; adding them back restores the ability to print from iOS devices to shared printers on the Mac. ( 30 comments )
Bank of America, Citigroup testing iPhone to replace BlackBerry [u]
Fri, Nov 5, 2010 - Two of America's largest banks are actively testing Apple's iPhone as a replacement of their existing RIM BlackBerry devices for corporate email. ( 49 comments )
HP releasing $799 Slate 500 to take on iPad in tablet market
Fri, Oct 22, 2010 - Six months after the launch of Apple's iPad, HP is ready to launch its Slate 500 tablet device, which will cost $799 and is aimed at business customers. ( 434 comments )
HP announces Palm Pre 2 with webOS 2.0, launching 'soon' in US
Tue, Oct 19, 2010 - Palm on Tuesday formally announced its Pre 2 smartphone, with the webOS 2.0 mobile operating system re-branded to reflect HP's purchase of the company. ( 50 comments )
Categorizing iPad as PC would make Apple largest US seller
Mon, Oct 18, 2010 - Reclassifying the iPad as a PC in terms of sales would catapult Apple past rivals Dell and HP, elevating the Mac maker to the No. 1 computer manufacturer in the U.S., one Wall Street analyst has noted. ( 122 comments )
PC industry customer satisfaction again dominated by Apple
Tue, Sep 21, 2010 - Apple remains the best in its class for customer service, with the Mac maker again leading all other PC makers for the seventh straight year, despite industry-wide improvement, according to a new study. ( 45 comments )
Former HP exec Mark Hurd hired as Oracle co-president
Mon, Sep 6, 2010 - Mark Hurd, whose departure from HP had been compared to Steve Jobs' exit from Apple in 1985, is headed to Oracle where he will serve as co-president and join the board of directors. ( 32 comments )
Palm unveils webOS 2.0, SDK available to developers
Tue, Aug 31, 2010 - Palm on Tuesday introduced the beta software development kit of the next version of its mobile operating system, webOS 2.0, bringing new features like an expanded universal search that developers can tap into, and new HTML5 capabilities and enhancements. ( 65 comments )
