Long Island Eye: After a Year, Where’s the Gilgo Beach Killer?
The one-year anniversary is approaching: on Dec. 11, 2010, Suffolk County police discovered the first of what turned out to be eight bodies of women sex workers along Ocean Parkway in Gilgo Beach, Cedar Beach and Oak Beach.
Zynga Revised IPO Shows Goal to Raise $1 Billion
Zynga, the online gaming site partially owned by facebook, filed a revised IPO document Friday indicating plans to raise as much as $1 billion, which could be the most since Google’s 2004 offering.
Lexmark Urges Laser Printer Users Get Latest Firmware
Lexmark International Group, the No. 2 U.S. laser printer maker, recommended customers download the latest “firmware” for their devices.
Steve Case Says ‘Revolution’ Has $450 Million to Invest
Steve Case, who guided AOL’s explosive growth, said his Revolution Growth Fund has raised $450 million to be invested in promising East Coast start-ups.
HP Shares Shrug Off S&P Downgrades Citing Cash Levels
Shares of Hewlett-Packard, the world’s biggest computer company, rose slightly Thursday, a day after Standard & Poor’s downgraded the company’s credit two notches.
Intel, AMD Shares Both Surge Despite Lagging PC Sales
Shares of microprocessor leaders Intel and Advanced Micro Devices both surged more than five percent in Wednesday’s advance despite slowing sales of PCs.
Yahoo Shares Gain After Silver Lake PIPE Offer Report
Shares of Yahoo rose two percent in early trading after a report private equity giant Silver Lake Partners was bidding $16.60 a share for the troubled search engine and media company.
GE Unveils Latest Enterprise Software for Manufacturing, Linking Giant Databases
General Electric, the No. 1 U.S. conglomerate, unveiled a major upgrade of its Proficy Historian enterprise software to enable manufacturers to better access huge databases and improve quality.
HP Concedes Concerted Hackers Could Start Printer Fires
Hewlett-Packard, the world’s No. 1 printer maker, conceded some of its laser printers have “a potential security vulnerability” but denied they can be made to explode.
Still Another Yahoo Bidder: Thomas H. Lee?
Still another private equity bidder may be eyeing a bid for Yahoo: Boston-based giant Thomas H. Lee Partners
AT&T Trying to Salvage T-Mobile Deal with Leap Wireless Sale
AT&T, the No. 2 U.S. wireless carrier, may be trying to salvage its $39 billion deal to acquire T-Mobile by agreeing to sell assets to loss-ridden Leap Wireless International.
Apple Could Double iPad Sales in 12 Months Despite New Entries from Samsung, Amazon, Lenovo
Apple, the world’s most valuable technology company, could double the number of iPads sold over the next year despite competition from new entrants, analysts say.
Technology Focus: The Wrong Choice, AT&T!
This year’s Thanksgiving Day Massacre was AT&T’s $39 billion deal to acquire T-Mobile to create the biggest U.S. wireless carrier.
Long Island Eye: Is This the Bus for Paris?
Nassau County has a New Year’s gift for 100,000 daily passengers on L.I. Bus: it’s going French, having been sold to France’s Veolia Environment SA, whose transportation unit operates many other U.S. systems.
Will Microsoft Renew Its Bid for Yahoo?
Microsoft, the world’s biggest software company, may be preparing for a renewed bid for troubled search engine Yahoo. Microsoft’s $44.6 billion bid for Yahoo was rejected in 2008.
HP, Battling Oracle, Moving to Newer Intel Chip
Hewlett-Packard, the No. 1 computer company, will phase out an older Intel chip on high-end servers in favor of a newer one. Besides offering more power, another goal could be to battle rival Oracle.
Memo From Meg: Top 6 Priorities for Hewlett-Packard
Now that we’ve announced HP’s full-year results for 2011, here’s what we have to do to get back on course: Focus on a united company and other aspects of my plan.
HP Earnings Beat Estimates; $3.3 Billion Writeoff for TouchPad and webOS
Hewlett-Packard, the world’s largest computer company, reported fourth-quarter earnings that exceeded expectations even as sales of PCs and printers fell. As well, the company wrote off a record $3.3 billion of the failure of its TouchPad in the tablet sector.
Citrix VP Warns Enterprises Ill-Prepared for Mobile Era
Corporate IT managers don’t have clue about their employees’ mobile devices and how they could potentially kidnap proprietary information, Citrix VP Elizabeth Cholawsky told IBTimes.
RIM Shares Plunge 6 Percent, Set New Low Post-Downgrades
Shares of Blackberry developer Research in Motion fell as much as six percent to $16.93 Monday following yet more downgrades, this time by JMP Securities and RBC Capital Markets.
Technology Focus: Suicide is Not Painless
The technology community last week mourned the suicide of Ilya Zhitomirskiy, a brilliant young mathematician who co-founded Diaspora, a social network site devoted to privacy.
Long Island Eye: The SAT Cheating Scandal Grows
By Thanksgiving, the number of young people on Long Island charged with cheating on their college board exams is expected to reach 13, with at least five more arrests on tap, Nassau County District Attorney Kathleen Rice said.
Amazon’s Cost for Kindle Fire Lowered to $202: iSuppli
Engineers at IHSiSuppi originally tore down a Kindle Fire and estimated the total cost to build it was $209.63. Now they’ve lowered the cost about 4 percent, to $201.70.
HP: Does Whitworth Make a Difference?
Hewlett-Packard, the No. 1 computer services company, has elected Ralph Whitworth, a well-known activist investor to its board, its first election since new CEO Meg Whitworth was elected Sept. 25.
Technology Focus: Big Brother Can Watch You Better!
It was George Orwell who made famous the line, “Big Brother is watching you” when he published ‘’1984” back in 1949. That was in the era of telexes, telegrams and the old AT&T.
GE Plans to Hire 400 Software Engineers for California Center in $1 Billion Expansion
General Electric, the biggest U.S. conglomerate, announced plans to hire as many as 400 more software engineers for a new global center in San Ramon, Calif. The company said it plans to spend as much as $1 billion on software development through 2015.
LANDesk Sees Security Threat from Mobile Platforms
LANDesk Software, the venerable desktop management systems developer, is tapping into the burgeoning market of mobile platforms with new security systems.
Apple Elects Levinson as its Second Chairman Post-Jobs
Apple elected Genentech CEO Arthur Levinson as its second Chairman, following the Oct. 5 death of Steve Jobs.
Dell Shares Slip Despite Higher Net on Slowing Sale Fears
Shares of Dell feel 2 percent despite the company's report of higher-tha-expected results.
Dell: Earnings Beat Estimates on Strong Enterprise Sales
Dell, the No. 2 PC maker, reported third-quarter net income rose nine percent, or 49 cents a share, ahead of estimates largely due to stronger sales to enterprise clients.
