Mon, May 18th, 2009 | Most Viewed, SciTech, Top Stories |

Email |Print | Reprints [-] Text [+] NEW YORK (Reuters) - Apple Inc (AAPL.O: Quote, Profile, Research, Stock Buzz) could offer lower-cost versions of the iPhone, and without the obligatory monthly data service plan, in hopes of significantly boosting sales, ...Read More

P&G Beats Forecasts and Sees Growth

Thu, Oct 29th, 2009 | Business |

In Bob McDonald's first full quarter at the helm of Procter & Gamble (PG), the world's largest consumer-goods company reported fiscal first-quarter results that were well ahead of expectations. After a spring and summer of poor results, as consumers switched ...Read More

UPDATE 2-Wynn Resorts profit rises, shares fall

Tue, Oct 27th, 2009 | Business |

* Q3 adj EPS 33 cents vs. estimate 15 cents * Q3 revenue edges up * Shares fall 9 percent (Adds analyst comments, share price, byline) LOS ANGELES, Oct 27 (Reuters) - Casino operator WynnResorts Ltd (WYNN.O) posted better-than-expected quarterlyearnings on Tuesday, but ...Read More

Apple Q4 Results: Another Big Quarter, More Macs And iPhones Sold Than Ever Before

Tue, Oct 20th, 2009 | Business |

Apple Q4 Results: Another Big Quarter, More Macs And iPhones Sold Than Ever Before The Q4 numbers are in for Apple and they're good. Quite good. Really good. The company posted revenue of $9.87 billion and a net quarterly profit of $1.67 billion, or $1.82 per diluted share. Apple's own earnings projections for Q4 were ...Read More

Apple's Profit Burden: Great Expectations

Sun, Oct 18th, 2009 | Business |

Apple has shown few signs of being slowed down by the recession. That's likely to continue when it reports fiscal fourth-quarter results on Monday. The maker of iPods, iPhones and Macintosh computers is projected to post a 13% year-over-year earnings increase ...Read More

Occidental goes gambling with Phibro

Sat, Oct 10th, 2009 | Business |

HOUSTON (Reuters) - Occidental Petroleum Corp's surprise purchase of Citigroup's Phibro business offers the potential for a significant boost in earnings but will test the conservative company's appetite for risk as it enters the volatile world of oil trading. Occidental said ...Read More

Tired of waiting for AT&T to enable MMS on iPhone? Sue!

Sat, Aug 15th, 2009 | SciTech |

Two lawsuits are claiming that Apple and AT&T misled customers about MMS support in their recently-purchased iPhones. Though the iPhone OS 3.0 update promised the feature, AT&T told Ars in June that support wouldn't be ready until "late summer." Two class ...Read More

Comic-Con tribe arrives in San Diego: tattoos, iPhones and all

Wed, Jul 22nd, 2009 | Entertainment |

They came from across the country, by bus, plane and car — and the final half-mile by foot, taxi and pedicabs. The sun was barely peeping into the sky when pop culture purveyors and customers began arriving at the San Diego ...Read More

Jackson fans await word on tickets to the memorial

Mon, Jul 6th, 2009 | Entertainment, Most Viewed, Top Stories, U.S. |

In the days since Michael Jackson died, fans have grieved, cried and sung along to his music as it played perpetually across the airwaves. On Sunday, they did something else; they waited. All day long, they trolled their e-mail accounts and ...Read More

Smart Phones as Modems

Thu, Jun 18th, 2009 | SciTech |

A growing number of tutorials are surfacing on the Web that help consumers turn Apple Inc.'s iPhone and Palm Inc.'s Pre into Internet modems for their computers, a function many smart phone owners want but U.S. mobile phone carriers have ...Read More

Microsoft: No iPhone reimbursements for workers

Mon, Jun 15th, 2009 | SciTech, Top Stories |

Microsoft has found a powerful incentive to get people to use Windows Mobile--at least those within its own ranks. The software maker has stopped paying for cellular data plans for those using BlackBerries, iPhones and all manner of non-Microsoft devices. Although the ...Read More

Apple begins shipping first iPhone 3G S pre-orders

Mon, Jun 15th, 2009 | Most Viewed, SciTech |

Apple on Monday began shipping its new iPhone 3G S handsets to customers who were among the first to place their pre-orders last week following the handset's introduction at the company's annual developers conference. "My 32GB black iPhone that I ordered ...Read More

Ars@WWDC: Picture gallery, devs on iPhone/Snow Leopard

Tue, Jun 9th, 2009 | Most Viewed, SciTech, Top Stories |

Check out a handful of our photos from WWDC 2009 and read what the developers are talking about post-keynote. As they say: developers developers developers developers! Developers! If there's one thing attendees of the Worldwide Developers Conference love, it's iPhones. And ...Read More

Is Apple's iPhone 3GS Enterprise Ready?

Tue, Jun 9th, 2009 | Most Viewed, SciTech, Top Stories |

The new iPhone 3GS and iPhones with the 3.0 software will inevitably find their way into the hands of enterprise workers, but are the devices secure enough for corporate networks? Mobile security experts told InformationWeek that the 3.0 software is a ...Read More

Apple iPhone Users Cry Foul Over AT&T Upgrade Policy

Mon, Jun 8th, 2009 | Most Viewed, SciTech, Top Stories |

AT&T's iPhone subscribers are urging AT&T to reconsider its upgrade policies to allow owners of 3G iPhones to upgrade to the new iPhone 3G S model at the discounted price offered to new customers and subscribers eligible for subsidized upgrades. "If ...Read More

2009 iPhone models surface in Dutch T-Mobile systems

Sat, Jun 6th, 2009 | Most Viewed, SciTech |

Seemingly confirming Apple's basic iPhone product strategy for next week, T-Mobile Netherlands' phone catalog is showing 16GB and 32GB iPhones for 2009 as well as a possible 8GB model. A pair of tips show an entry known as "iPhone 2009" in ...Read More

What to Expect From Apple at WWDC 2009

Wed, Jun 3rd, 2009 | SciTech, Top Stories |

Even without Steve Jobs emceeing, this year's Worldwide Developers Conference sold out in record time. Hopes are running high for products that the secretive corporation will unveil at the conference next week. Rumors about new iPhones, upgraded MacBooks and a ...Read More

Tech Titans' Ties to Washington Grow Closer -- and More Complicated

Wed, Jun 3rd, 2009 | Top Stories, U.S. |

In 1993, well before the introduction of tweets, iPhones and online video, a Silicon Valley engineer was invited to Capitol Hill to teach lawmakers about the future of the Web and how to use it. It would be among many ...Read More

First WWDC Banners Go up at Moscone West

Wed, Jun 3rd, 2009 | SciTech |

With less than one week to go, the anticipation and excitement for WWDC 2009 is in full swing. From new iPhones in varying capacities to the fabled Apple tablet, the past few weeks have seen the resurfacing of several fantastic ...Read More

Want an iPhone 3G? Good Luck Finding One

Mon, Jun 1st, 2009 | SciTech |

Add Best Buy to the list of retailers running out of iPhone 3Gs to sell. The consumer electronics giant warned its staff last weekend that supplies of Apple’s popular handset are running low, and that some stores may run out ...Read More

Keep Tabs on IPhone Rumors With Top-Tens App

Fri, May 29th, 2009 | Most Viewed, SciTech |

With Internet access just a Wi-Fi or 3G/EDGE connection away, the iPhone has established itself as a great tool for tracking information. And that now includes tracking information about itself. If that sounds like the chilling first step toward sentient iPhones ...Read More