McAfee apologizes for crippling PCs with bad update
Blames changes in testing for letting buggy update get loose; users want to hear CEO say ‘sorry’
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Steve Jobs: Get Google Android if you want porn
Apple boss adds buy an Android if you want mobile porn
EMC reports record first quarter sales
Storage vendor projects full-year revenues will hit US$16.5 billion
Gosling vows to stay involved with Java
Java pioneer James Gosling says his resignation has been ‘a full-time job’ and he’s feeling ‘pretty burned out and trashed’ by his departure from Oracle
BlackBerry prepping new OS and clamshell phone?
Rumors say RIM will release a touch-friendly OS, version 6.0, and a clamshell phone
Hitachi Data Systems launches Unified Compute Platform
HDS also announced worldwide OEM deal with Microsoft
VMware revenue climbs 35 per cent on ‘pent-up demand’
The results beat expectations, though VMware said new license sales may fall next quarter
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Oracle announces another acquisition
Vendor is buying drug trials software maker for US$685 million
Mac sales miss industry average: IDC
But rival research firm Gartner estimates the opposite
AMD’s six-core Phenom II X6 chips appear in stores
Online retailers are taking orders for the chips ahead of launch later this month
Desktops re-emerge as PC shipments grow in Q1, IDC says
PC shipments rise by 24.2 percent during the first quarter of 2010, according to IDC
Intel execs give lukewarm predictions for tablets
Netbooks have become a big market for Intel, but executives seemed less sure about tablets
Apple iPad online use approaches Android, BlackBerry
Tiny usage share — just 3 out of every 10,000 online devices — but closes in on well-established mobile rivals
Canada will wait even longer for Apple’s iPad
Strong U.S. sales of Apple’s iPad have caused the vendor to delay its international launch