Now it's Apple's turn.

After tech firms last week tried to out-dazzle each other at the Consumer Electronics Show with gadgets that marry the Internet, consumer technology and entertainment, Apple Computer takes center stage at its own Macworld conference in San Francisco.

Apple fiercely guards its product announcements until CEO Steve

Sprint Nextel Corp.'s wireless, long-distance and Internet customers along the West Coast were without service for several hours Monday after a fiber-optic cable was cut west of Phoenix.
 
The problem was compounded by network repairs near Reno, Nev., that had forced the company to route calls from that region through

HALF MOON BAY, Calif. — Contrary to popular belief, the semiconductor business is still in the growth phase, according to an economist at Air Products and Chemicals Inc. on Monday (Jan. 9).

For some time, many industry analysts have said the semiconductor industry is maturing. The compound annual growth rate for the

Samsung Electronics said on Monday (Jan. 9) it has agreed to supply 500,000 phones enabled for terrestrial digital multimedia broadcasts (T-DMB) to two major Chinese mobile TV operators. The deal is Samsung's first overseas shipment of T-DMB handsets.

Samsung said it will provide 200,000 handsets to Beijing Jolon Digital Media Broadcasting Co.,

A U.S. government study that reports there were three times more software vulnerabilities in the Linux/ Unix platform than in the Windows platform during 2005 not only is drawing criticism from the open-source community but also has prompted questions from security authorities.
 
Cyber Security Bulletin 2005, published last week by

Microsoft may have released the Windows Metafile hot fix, but it has other patches still to come on Tuesday, the Redmond, Washington-based developer said last week.

In the monthly pre-patch notification it puts out five days prior to releasing fixes, Microsoft warned users that two security bulletins, both tagged as "Critical", will

The Walt Disney Co on Monday said online and retail sales during the 2005 holiday season rose by double digits year over year.

The entertainment conglomerate said strong sales of its Mix Stick MP3 player and Tumble Time Tigger, among other items, boosted online sales by 30 percent.

Giant retailers Target

Intel rolled out last week the first batch of low-power dual-core processors that are the centerpiece of its next-generation Napa mobile platform.

Models based on the technology were on display at the International Consumer Electonics Show in Las Vegas—from large-screen entertainment notebooks offered by top-tier OEMs to whitebooks boasting features tailored for

Samsung Telecommunications America on Friday said it has re-released the SCH-a950 cellular phone with an integrated music player for accessing Verizon Wireless's V Cast online music service.

V Cast Music, which runs on Verizon's high-speed network, enables users to transfer digital music between a phone and PC. The a950 stores songs on

No matter what Apple chooses to release, or not to release, Macworld Expo should be quite exciting for iPod owners this year.
 
When Apple released the iPod nano and iPod with video, the company got rid of the remote port—the small, oval-shaped slot next to the headphone jack. While it’s