Three days before the start of the 2012 Worldwide Developers Conference (WWDC) in San Francisco, a new report from KGI Securities analyst Ming-Chi Kuo claims Apple will unveil a brand-new Mac notebook equipped with a Retina Display, which is simply being referred to as MacBook. The computer will reportedly be offered alongside the updated MacBook Pro, MacBook Air, iMac and Mac Pro models set to debut next week.
Dave Smith
Jun 08, 2012
Thousands of software and application engineers have already sold out next week?s developers conference mounted by Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company. Here are four key highlights.
David Zielenziger
Jun 08, 2012
An update to a Mac OS X-based application that cites support for Retina graphics, has fueled rumors that the revamped MacBook Pro and iMac family, expected to unveil at WWDC next week, will come with the highly anticipated iPad display feature.
Ceylan Yeginsu
Jun 08, 2012
Sales of electronic chips rose 3.4 percent to $24.1 billion in April, the biggest monthly boost in two years, the Semiconductor Industry Association reported. The trade group repeated an earlier forecast for yearly chip sales to reach $301 billion, a slight boost over 2011.
David Zielenziger
Jun 06, 2012
An alleged list of tech specs and features for an unreleased 13-inch MacBook Pro has surfaced in a WeiPhone forum, according to Apple Insider. The unconfirmed list says that the new computer will be equipped with an Ivy Bridge processor, but no Retina high-definition display.
Lisa Eadicicco
Jun 05, 2012
Intel Corp engineers are applying lessons from aircraft design to create sturdier laptops in a bid to reduce the cost of the new ultra-thin computers, the top chipmaker is promoting heavily
Aditi Mathur
Jun 02, 2012
Apple Inc.'s Apple Store went off-line twice in 12 hours, leading some to speculate that the tech giant is gearing up to launch highly anticipated updates, including a revamped MacBook Pro and new Apple software at the WWDC conference on June 11.
Ceylan Yeginsu
May 30, 2012
Production of the highly anticipated MacBook Pro update seems to be in full swing, after a new report claims that Apple's Foxconn factory is outsourcing to keep up with demand for the revamped laptop.
Ceylan Yeginsu
May 29, 2012
Several industry bellwethers like Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSCO), Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) ) and NetApp (Nasdaq: NTAP) have reported poor resuilts or forecasts. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) will axe 27,000 people. Is a new tech recession ahead?
David Zielenziger
May 27, 2012
While Memorial Day is a day meant to celebrate and commemorate all those who have fallen while serving in the United States Armed Forced, along with a long weekend vacation from work and school, Monday, May 28 may be a great day to snag sales. According to NASDAQ, Memorial Day 2012 will be one of the best in recent years to receive heavy discounts on apparel and home goods. So, grab your wallets and eco-friendly shopping bags! From pets, to auto, to apparel to electronics, here are some of the b...
Nadine DeNinno
May 25, 2012
Apple's senior VP of industrial design Jonathan Jony Ive, who was also Apple founder Steve Jobs' closest friend and confidant, was asked by The Telegraph what project he would like to be remembered by. Even though Ive is behind some of Apple's most courageous product designs, the design guru actually said Apple's current project could be his finest hour.
Dave Smith
May 24, 2012
A New York jury on Wednesday heard former Goldman director Rajat Gupta on a FBI wiretap casually discussing business with Raj Rajaratnam, the now-imprisoned hedge fund founder he is accused of tipping off about boardroom secrets.
IBT Staff Reporter
May 23, 2012
Because they report quarterly results generally out of the regula,r pattern technology giants Cisco Systems (Nasdaq: CSC), Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) and Dell (Nasdaq: DELL) are technology bellwethers. Do their dismal dismal forecast presage downturn?
David Zielenziger
May 23, 2012
International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM), the No. 2 computer maker, said it opened a new center in Da Nang, Vietnam, its third center in the Southeast Asian country.
David Zielenziger
May 22, 2012
One value of going public for any company is to raise cash as well as mint new shares for acquisitions. Facebook (Nasdaq: FB)?s $16 billion initial public offering was no exception.
David Zielenziger
May 20, 2012
Low-power processor maker ARM Holdings PLC (Nasdaq: ARMH) is stepping up the rhetoric against chip rival Intel Corp. (Nasdaq: INTC), saying it expects to take more of Intel's share in the notebook personal-computer market than Intel can take from it in the smartphone market.
Johnathan Davis
May 19, 2012
Investors in Facebook Inc. (Nasdaq: FB), the No. 1 social network, got their first chance on Friday to gauge reaction to its $38-a-share public offering price that initially had valued the company at $104 billion.
David Zielenziger
May 18, 2012
Shares of Micron Technology (Nasdaq: MU), the only U.S. maker of memory chips, jumped as much as 9 percent Thursday on a report that Apple (Nasdaq: AAPL), the world's most valuable technology company, had placed a huge order in Japan.
David Zielenziger
May 16, 2012
In 1999, Andrew Grove, then Chairman of Intel (Nasdaq: INTC), the No. 1 chipmaker, published a bestseller, ?Only the Paranoid Survive.?
David Zielenziger
May 15, 2012
The highly anticipated revamped and redesigned MacBook Pro will be released at the annual Apple Worldwide Developers Conference on June 11, according to Bloomberg.
Ceylan Yeginsu
May 15, 2012
Former Yahoo (Nasdaq: YHOO) CEO Scott Thompson quit in part because of a recent diagnosis of thyroid cancer, the Wall Street Journal reported.
David Zielenziger
May 14, 2012
Best Buy has dropped the price on Hewlett-Packard's Folio ultrabook down to its lowest ever, just $798. The lightweight laptop, which is similar in design to Apple's MacBook Air, got its new low price on Wednesday as rumors of a $799 MacBook Air continue to grow.
Jacob Kleinman
May 09, 2012