Looking to pull the company out of its recent slump, Apple Computer Inc. CEO Steve Jobs kicked off the MacWorld conference and expo held in San Francisco by unveiling an array of new products. With thousands of Apple faithful looking on, Apple's top executive revealed features in the Mac OS X operating system, faster G4 desktops and a new line of ultra-thin PowerBook laptops.
In the wake of dismal quarterly returns from its carrier-networking segment, 3Com Corp. announced plans Thursday to create a subsidiary, CommWorks Corp., to handle its service provider and carrier systems businesses, according to a company statement.
A damaging virus that has been in the wild since 1999, called Kriz, has been patiently lurking in networks for more than a year, waiting for its big day, say anti-virus software vendors. Like Santa Claus himself, Kriz is expected to begin his grand run on Christmas Eve.
The number of people with Internet access in the United States continues to rise, and the Web-surfing public appears increasingly attentive when on the Web, according to a study released last Thursday reveals.
IBM Corp. upgraded several features of its Enterprise Storage Sever Thursday, attempting to both boost mainframe sales and compete more effectively against storage stalwart EMC Corp.