Refresh Roundup: week of October 22nd, 2012
By Zachary Lutz posted Oct 28th 2012 9:00PM Your smartphone and / or tablet is just begging for an update. From time to time, these mobile devices are blessed with maintenance refreshes, bug fixes, custom ROMs and anything in between, and so many of them are floating around that it’s easy for a sizable chunk to get lost in the mix. To make sure they don’t escape without notice, we’ve gathered every possible update,...
Apple Reports Fourth Quarter Results
Board Declares Quarterly Dividend of $2.65 per Common ShareCUPERTINO, California—October 25, 2012—Apple® today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 fourth quarter ended September 29, 2012. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $36.0 billion and quarterly net profit of $8.2 billion, or $8.67 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $28.3 billion and net profit of $6.6 billion, or $7.05 per diluted share, in...
Panasonic introduces new Toughbook C2 convertible tablet with Windows 8 Pro for $2,949
By Daniel Cooper posted Oct 26th 2012 9:00AM The Wire’s Lester Freamon was never too far away from his Panasonic Toughbook, and we’d bet he’d be able to handle plenty more wiretaps with one of these. This is the Toughbook C2, the company’s latest 12.5-inch convertible notebook for Windows 8 Pro that’s designed for healthcare professionals and daring explorer types. On the hardware side, there’s an...
The race toward compliance is ‘not optimal’
According to our tenth annual Global Information Security Survey, conducted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, many of the 12,052 business and technology execs surveyed reported that IT security spending is justified by legal and regulatory demands. To continue reading, register here to become an Insider. You’ll get free access to premium content from CIO, Computerworld, CSO, InfoWorld, and Network World. See more Insider content or...
Motorola scales back ITC case against Xbox, drops WiFi patent complaints
By Terrence O’Brien posted Oct 26th 2012 9:17AM Since taking over Motorola Mobility, Google has started to rein in some of the manufacturer’s legal adventures. First, it struck a licensing deal with Apple in Germany, then it withdrew an ITC complaint against the company in early October. Now Microsoft is benefiting from its new, seemingly less lawsuit-happy adversary. Moto has decided to pull its WiFi-related patent claims...
