General Electric said on Tuesday that a company laptop containing the names and Social Security numbers of 50,000 current and former employees was stolen in early September. The laptop, issued to a GE official who Continue reading “GE laptop theft exposes data on thousands”.…more
The Dow Jones Industrial Average was nearing the level of its best-ever finish Wednesday, as investor optimism was overcoming concerns about sluggishness in the economy. Advances of 2% or more in McDonald’s, General Motors and Continue reading “Intel Helps Drive The Dell To Near Record Highs”.…more
Underlining the company’s leadership in developing hardware and drivers to support Microsoft Corp.’s Windows Vista operating system, ATI Technologies Inc. today announced that its driver has been granted the graphics industry’s first Windows Hardware Quality Continue reading “ATI CATALYST Drivers WHQL Certified for Windows Vista”.…more
News from the Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco reports that PC makers are ready to launch new systems featuring the upcoming quad-core Core 2 Extreme processor (that’s a mouthful). These chips – rated about Continue reading “Intel’s Quad Core Coming Sooner Than Later”.…more
Speaking to the press at Hewlett-Packard’s Palo Alto, Calif., headquarters, CEO Mark Hurd apologized for the company’s conduct in spying on board members and journalists, and outlined a series of actions the company was taking Continue reading “Hewlett-Packard Gets Humble About Their Conduct”.…more
An executive with the U.S. unit of South Korea’s Samsung Electronics agreed to plead guilty and serve prison time for taking part in price-fixing in the computer memory chip business, the U.S. Justice Department said Continue reading “Samsung Exec To Plead Guilty To Price-Fixing”.…more
Sony’s forthcoming 20GB version of the PlayStation 3 video game console will feature an HDMI 1.3 output, the company announced Friday at the Tokyo Game Show. The port, which had been previously announced as standard Continue reading “Sony’s 20GB PS3 to feature HDMI port”.…more
Intel announced 10,500 job cuts a few weeks ago, but was extraordinarily vague about where they were coming from. It seems that The Inq. has heard rumors that the job cuts would be focused around Continue reading “Intel job cuts become clearer”.…more