News from ZDNet | | | Apple Q1'11: Record revenue, earnings, Mac, iPhone and iPad sales Apple just announced its Q1 2011 financials and a record revenue of $26.74 billion and record net quarterly profit of $6 billion or $6.43 per diluted share. The conference call has begun. Read more | | Apple earnings: 7.3 million iPads, 16.2 million iPhones sold during holiday quarter Apple, which has dominated headlines over news that CEO Steve Jobs would be taking another medical leave of absence, today released first quarter earnings that far exceeded expectations, driven in part by better-than-expected sales of the iPad during the holiday season. For the quarter ending December 25, 2010, the company... Read more | | First images and specs of two HP webOS tablets leaked online -- 9-inch Topaz, 7-inch Opal I'm still skeptical about HP being able to create a runaway success with tablets based on Palm's webOS, but if the photos leaked to Engadget from "a trusted tipster" are accurate, it's definitely designed a sexy slate -- or, apparently, pair of slates. That's because HP has a 9-inch... Read more | | IBM delivers big earnings in fourth quarter, upbeat about 2011 Software and mainframe sales powered IBM's fourth quarter as results topped estimates across the board. Read more | | Verizon offering $200 to recent new customers with iPhone purchase Verizon Wireless is trying to sweeten the iPhone 4 deal for recent new customers with a $200 Visa gift card. Read more | | Microsoft makes OneNote free on the iPhone. Is iPad next? Microsoft released a version of its OneNote note-taking application for the Apple iPhone on January 18. Starting today, Microsoft is making OneNote available as a free download from the iTunes store. Read more | | Samsung LTE MiFi on Video Verizon will be offering a couple of MiFi-like devices, or mobile hotspots, that will share the new 4G (LTE) network with up to 5 devices. I captured the Samsung model on a brief video. Read more | | HTC Thunderbolt (LTE Enabled) Captured on Video The HTC Thunderbolt is a 4G-enabled phone on the new Verizon LTE network, available later this year. This video compares it side-by-side with the EVO 4G. Read more | | Hands on With the Motorola XOOM Tablet With Video My brief time today with the Motorola XOOM made a definite impression, and a good one. I want one of these, and now. Read more | | FCC approves Comcast-NBC deal, with conditions; DOJ approval expected As expected, the FCC today approved a merger between Comcast and NBC Universal - with conditions. Approval of the deal by the other government agency reviewing it - the Justice Department - also is expected today, with conditions. The FCC voted 4-1 in favor of the deal, with commissioner Michael... Read more | | Microsoft Kinect 'core contributor' goes Google Johnny Chung Lee, a Microsoft researcher who was a "core contributor" to Microsoft's Kinect gaming sensor, has jumped ship and gone to Google. Read more | | Microsoft jumps on the W3C HTML5 logo bandwagon The Worldwide Web Consortium launched a new logo and marketing campaign for HTML5 on January 18, and Microsoft is jumping on the bandwagon. Read more | | Rumored iPad 2 cases reveal possible Mini DisplayPort spot As if there hasn't been enough discussion about the iPad 2 in the last few days, weeks and months, now we have leaked images and rumors about the cases. Could Apple's next-gen tablet sport a Mini DisplayPort slot? Read more | | BlackBerry haunted by critical PDF distiller flaw Research in Motion (RIM) has acknowledged a critical security flaw in the way its BlackBerry Enterprise Server processes PDF files. Read more | | Oracle to ship 66 critical security patches Today is Oracle's Patch Tuesday and here's a quick glimpse of what to expect: 66 new security vulnerability fixes across hundreds of Oracle database server products and components. Read more |
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