Apple's iPhone profit margin greater than 50%
Each 8GB iPhone sold by Apple puts US$333 more in the till than the device cost to build, a market research company said after tearing apart the new phone.
Stories by Gregg Keizer
Apple patches 'snap, crackle, pop' bug
Apple Monday issued a fix for the "snap, crackle, pop" audio problem that has bedeviled some Macintosh users since the June 20 operating system update to Mac OS 10.4.10.
Analyst: Apple sold 500,000 iPhones over the weekend
Apple Inc. sold about 500,000 iPhones on its opening weekend, the majority of them to Mac users, a financial analyst said Monday.
Activation problems plague iPhone debut
New iPhone owners transferring existing cell phone numbers, especially from rival carriers, have reported AT&T activation delays that prevent them from using the phone except to make 911 emergency calls.
Consumer group questions iPhone battery replacement
A Los Angeles-based consumer watchdog group that filed a lawsuit against Apple Inc. in 2006 has called on the company to spell out the iPhone's battery-replacement policy to prospective buyers.
Researcher: Hackers don't time exploits for impact
The idea that cybercriminals stockpile exploits, then time their release to do the most damage gives them too much credit, a security researcher said Friday.
‘Scam-spammers’ are messing with our minds
Spammers and scammers know how to work the mind games that make even the most sophisticated and sceptical computer users fall for their tricks, a researcher says in a just-released report.
Apple touts iPhone keyboard as first reviews hit
Coincidence or not, Apple Wednesday released a video demonstration of the iPhone's touch-screen keyboard hours after the first reviews criticized some aspects of the device's screen-tapping.
Google pushes court on Microsoft search
Google has escalated its antitrust battle with Microsoft by questioning its rival's promised changes to Windows Vista search and asking a federal judge to extend oversight to make sure Microsoft follows through.
IPhone security: Nightmare for IT or no big deal?
Apple Inc.'s iPhone will prove to be a security nightmare to corporate IT when it <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9025428">debuts Friday</a>. Or it may fuel a surge in mobile malware. Or it won't change the security landscape one whit. Take your pick, said security researchers and analysts today.
Apple patches Safari beta browser a second time
Apple Inc. Friday issued security updates to patch four vulnerabilities in Mac OS X and the Safari beta, marking the <a href="http://www.computerworld.com/action/article.do?command=viewArticleBasic&articleId=9024767">second time in eight days</a> that the company has had to fix its newest browser, which runs on both Mac and Windows XP and Vista machines.
Apple sells one of every seven notebooks
Apple got help from the update to its MacBook laptops to push its share of the laptop market up nearly two points in May, to 14.3 percent, a research firm said Friday.
Google wants more Vista changes
Google said Wednesday that it wants federal and state regulators to press Microsoft to make more changes to Windows Vista's desktop search and indexing tool.
Microsoft: We patch faster than Apple, Novell, Red Hat
Windows users were at risk for in-the-wild vulnerabilities fewer days on average last year than users of rival operating systems from Apple, Novell, Red Hat and Sun, a Microsoft executive claimed.
University tech group leaks iPhone technical details
New technical details about Apple's iPhone, leaked to the Web by a University of Washington technology group but since yanked from the school's site, confirmed that the device will not support Adobe's Flash, will rely on QuickTime to display audio and video, and can keep only eight Safari-displayed Web pages in memory at one time.