Year: 2010

Apple not on ‘Newsweek’ list of ‘green’ companies

Apple not on ‘Newsweek’ list of ‘green’ companies

Posted by | Oct 18, 2010 | , |

“Newsweek” has released its list of “green” U.S. companies (http://www.newsweek.com/2010/10/18/green-rankings-us-companies.html) and, strangely, Apple isn’t in the top 20. The top five on the list are Dell, HP, IBM, Johnson & Johnson, Intel and Sprint Nextel.

The environmental ranking of the 500 largest publicly traded companies in America is measured by revenue, market capitalization, and number of employees. “NewsWeek” ranked the biggest publicly traded companies in developed and emerging world markets.

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‘MUG Event Calendar’: Smile, Cocoatech, computer history, more

‘MUG Event Calendar’: Smile, Cocoatech, computer history, more

Posted by | Oct 18, 2010 | |

“The MUG Event Calendar” has a wide variety of topics coming up this week.

Greg Scown of Smile will show off their company’s Mac and iOS software to one California group, while another will host the Cocoatech team, who will demonstrate Path Finder. A Georgia group will enjoy a presentation from a computer historian, while groups in California and Arizona will discuss genealogy-related topics. Also on this week’s agenda are a COO’s perspective on the Mac, iPhoto, Photoshop Elements, social media and more.

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BlizzCon 2010 gaming convention begins this week

Posted by | Oct 18, 2010 | |

BlizzCon 2010, Blizzard Entertainment’s (http://www.blizzard.com) two-day gaming festival celebrating the Warcraft, StarCraft and Diablo game universes and their global player communities, begins on Friday, Oct. 22, at the Anaheim Convention Center in Anaheim, California.

Attendees of the sold-out show will be able to play the latest versions of Blizzard Entertainment games, as well as speak with developers in discussion panels, witness live top-tier tournament competition, participate in a wide range of activities, and meet with fellow gamers and friends.

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Count the iPad and Apple is #1 U.S. computer vendor

Count the iPad and Apple is #1 U.S. computer vendor

Posted by | Oct 18, 2010 | , |

If you count the iPad as a personal computer — as I’ve long claimed should be done — Apple is now the number one computer maker in the US, notes Deutsche Bank analyst Chris Whitmore.

He told clients in a note Monday — as reported by “Fortune” (http://tech.fortune.cnn.com/2010/10/18/what-if-the-ipad-were-a-pc/?section=magazines_fortune&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+rss%2Fmagazines_fortune+%28Fortune+Magazine%29) — the Apple tablet is “driving a rapid, unprecedented shift in the structure of the computing industry.”

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