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Renato Corporation to Invest in Ophthalmic Camera Technological Applications
Renato Corporation has concluded negotiations with a North American developer of computer software applications with the intent of investing in the new ophthalmic camera technologies.
Marketwire via Yahoo! Finance |
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Best of the online weekend
Maybe you were worn out by the almost-public visit by President Bush, so you took time off from the computer this weekend. In doing so, you missed a lot of news and other articles. Here's a look at some of the weekend's best to help you catch up.
Napa Valley Register |
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N.Y. AG pushes Comcast to block child-porn access
New York's attorney general notified Comcast Corp. on Monday that the state will take legal action if the company — the nation's second-largest Internet service provider — doesn't agree to eliminate access to child pornography.
AP via Yahoo! News |
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Virtual Attack
A week ago, New Braunfels grandmother Mary Alice Altorfer had never heard of YouTube. Now she’s a hot topic on one of the most influential Web sites in America.
The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung |
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Apple 3Q profit jumps 31 percent
Apple Inc. says its most recent quarterly profit jumped 31 percent and beat Wall Street's forecasts. It was helped by demand for Macintosh computers and iPod media players. ...
Boston Herald |
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Government Computer News
It’s hard to talk about the government’s information technology future without confronting the exodus of top professionals retiring from federal agencies.
Government Computer News |
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New Program Helps Birmingham Seniors Stay Sharp
It’s the first of its kind in the Birmingham area, there’s a new computer program aimed at helping senior citizens stay sharp as they age.
NBC 13 Birmingham |
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Apple 3Q profit jumps 31 percent but stock drops
Macintosh and iPod sales helped boost Apple Inc.'s fiscal third-quarter earnings 31 percent, beating Wall Street's expectations, but investors pummeled the stock after Apple said profit margins contracted and the company issued soft guidance for the current quarter.
INO News |
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Hubby wins YouTube divorce
A Broadway mogul whose actress wife trashes him in a widely viewed Internet video has been granted a divorce from her.
AM New York |
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Web-initiated harassment of grandma continues
Web postings urging online and telephone harassment of Herald-Zeitung employees appeared Saturday morning on the Internet hours after an article was published describing similar attacks toward a New Braunfels woman.
The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung |
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CNN - Apple Beats Estimates, Guides Lower
Computer And Consumer Electronics Maker Apple Reported Fiscal Third-Quarter Earnings Monday That Beat Forecasts On Strong Sales Of Mac Computers And IPhones. But Shares Fell After-Hours As The Company's Outlook For The Fourth Quarter Disappointed Investors.
CBS 46 News Atlanta |
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Reading cool, libaries say
Business is booming at Canada’s major public libraries, which credit everything from the high price of buying books to social networking, erotic vampires and a new social acceptance for frothy best-sellers.
Canada.com |
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Health officials tout computer prescribing
(AP:WASHINGTON) Those hard-to-read scribbled prescriptions from doctors could soon become a rarity.
INO News |
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Stocks slip on oil, drugs; Apple, Amex drop late
NEW YORK (Reuters) - Stocks slipped on Monday, as oil turned higher after last week's sharp drop and Merck and Schering-Plough hurt the pharmaceuticals sector.
EARTHtimes.org |
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Apple outlook below Wall St, though profit beats
SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc on Monday warned that its current-quarter earnings would be well below Wall Street targets despite a better-than-expected third-quarter profit on brisk sales of its Macintosh computers and iPod media players.
EARTHtimes.org |
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Paid killers and software pirates
Two stories that recently caught my attention featured issues I hope never become intertwined.
Otago Daily Times |
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Apple Reports Record Third Quarter Results
CUPERTINO, Calif. , July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Apple(R) today announced financial results for its fiscal 2008 third quarter ended June 28, 2008 . The Company posted revenue of $7.46 billion and net quarterly profit of $1.07 billion , or $1.19 per diluted share.
Broadcast Newsroom |
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Dene Mackenzie's blog
Two stories that recently caught my attention featured issues I hope never become intertwined. An order by a United States federal judge that Google must turn over to Viacom its records of which users watched which videos on YouTube has renewed concerns among privacy advocates.
Otago Daily Times |
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Rogers Wins Additional National Wireless Spectrum to Expand Advanced Wireless Services to Canadians
TORONTO, July 21 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ - At the close of the Canadian federal government's Advanced Wireless Spectrum auction today, Rogers Communications confirmed its increased spectrum holdings will ensure the company is well prepared to serve its customers now and in the future with leading innovative broadband wireless services.
Broadcast Newsroom |
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Digital disasters friends and family s****d have prevented
Oops, I was going to back up my computer, but…
Salon.com |
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Apple 3Q profit jumps 31 percent but stock drops
Macintosh and iPod sales helped boost Apple Inc.'s fiscal third-quarter earnings 31 percent, beating Wall Street's expectations Monday, but investors pummeled the stock after Apple issued soft guidance for the current quarter.
AP via Yahoo! News |
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Apple fiscal Q3 profits up 31% on record Mac sales
Apple Inc.'s fiscal third quarter net income jumped 31 percent, beating analysts' average estimate while revenue climbed 38 percent on strong sales of the company's Macintosh computers and solid contributions from the consumer products business.
Electronics Supply and Manufacturing |
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Recent Original Stories
From the WSJ: "The dream of cheap computers in the hands of millions of poor children is becoming a reality, though not exactly as its proponents imagined.
New Mobile Computing |
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Web-initiated harassment of grandma continues
Web postings urging online and telephone harassment of Herald-Zeitung employees appeared Saturday morning on the Internet hours after an article was published describing similar attacks toward a New Braunfels woman.
The New Braunfels Herald-Zeitung |
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Health officials tout computer prescribing
Those hard-to-read scribbled prescriptions from doctors could soon become a rarity. Beginning Jan. 1, the federal government will boost Medicare's payments to doctors that send prescriptions electronically to a pharmacy rather than writing them out on paper and handing them to the patient.
Miami Herald |
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