Apple announces new MacBook Pro and OS February 24, 2011 Apple yesterday announced it will unveil a new range of MacBook Pros which the firm says will be twice as powerful as the previous generation. It packs next generation processors and graphics and will also feature the firm’s new Thunderbolt technology, a port that allows transfer speeds of up to 10Gbps. It has a glass [...]
Apple dodges calls to reveal Jobs’ successor February 23, 2011 APPLE shareholders yesterday voted down demands for a succession plan for chief executive Steve Jobs. Investors decided not to back a call from the Labourers’ International Union, which would have forced the firm to reveal whether and how it will eventually replace Jobs, who is currently on medical leave and did not attend the meeting [...]
WHAT’S NEW IN GADGETS AND TECHNOLOGY February 23, 2011 SONY LAUNCHES NEW VAIO RANGE Sony unveiled its new range of Vaio laptops this week, including the strikingly-coloured C Series. Available in luminous orange, green and pink, it features light emitting technology that makes your laptop look like it’s glowing. For the more demure consumer, you can also grab it in black or white, and [...]
Apple investors reject Jobs succession plan call February 23, 2011 Apple shareholders have rejected demands that the company disclose a succession plan for ailing chief executive Steve Jobs. But investors at its annual meeting approved a proposal that the world’s most valuable technology company should adopt majority votes for board directors. With co-founder and chief executive Jobs sidelined indefinitely with an undisclosed medical condition, restive [...]
WHAT THE OTHER PAPERS SAY THIS MORNINGF February 22, 2011 FINANCIAL TIMES SUGAR TRADERS CONSIDER CAP The world’s largest sugar exchange and top traders are mulling “circuit breakers” to cap the recent surge in price volatility, people familiar with the discussions said. The ICE Futures US exchange, based in New York, and the World Sugar Committee (WSC), an advisory group of top traders, are setting [...]
Delays may hit the iPad 2 and iPhone 5 February 22, 2011 APPLE may face production delays that could push back the launch of both its iPad 2 and iPhone 5. The iPad 2 was slated for release in April but people hoping to get their hands on the latest tablet could now have to wait until June. The iPhone 5 was expected in July but could [...]
Apple shareholders will call for clear plan to succeed Jobs February 21, 2011 APPLE will face a grilling from shareholders over who will eventually replace Steve Jobs after speculation over the talismanic boss’ health has hit new highs. Shareholders from the influential Central Laborers’ Pension Fund will raise the question at the Cupertino-based firm’s annual meeting tomorrow after one US report suggested Jobs has just six weeks to [...]
Another one bites the… pub February 21, 2011 The Fox & Grapes 9 Camp Road, Wimbledon Common, SW19 4UN. Tel: 020 8619 1300 FOOD SERVICE ATMOSPHERE Cost per person without wine: £28 GORDON Ramsay did it, Heston’s done it, Marco Pierre White did it first, the chaps at the Ledbury have done it and won an extra Michelin star in the process. These [...]
Prepare to join the Stepford cult of Android February 21, 2011 MWC is a phone show that inspires the kind of rabid, frothing fanaticism usually reserved for Star Trek conventions. Ramping it up to fever pitch this year was Google, which littered almost every stall with bowls full of pin badges promoting its mobile operating system. There were 86 different variations (Androids with rocket packs, Androids [...]
IT bull that shorts Ocado February 20, 2011 BLUE Ridge Capital, the hedge fund thought to have lost £40m after betting against Ocado, is no stranger to internet-based businesses: its two biggest long positions in the US are online giants Amazon and Apple, according to an SEC filing last week. The fund was set up by former Tiger Management president John Griffin in [...]