Stories by James Niccolai

Apple Watch coming to Australia on April 24

The much-heralded Apple Watch will ship on April 24 with price tags ranging from $499 for the Sports edition all the way up to $14,000 or more for a limited-edition model in 18kt gold, Apple said Monday.

Written by James Niccolai10 March 15 06:29

IBM plugs OpenPower servers into SoftLayer cloud

IBM will roll out a cloud computing service next quarter using OpenPower-based servers, continuing an effort to expand the market for Power processors and challenge Intel in hyperscale data centers.

Written by James Niccolai04 March 15 15:54

Lenovo website hacked in wake of Superfish debacle

Lenovo's website appeared to have been hacked on Wednesday, possibly in retaliation for a piece of adware it installed on PCs that was found to have opened up a security hole.

Written by James Niccolai26 Feb. 15 09:10

Nvidia slapped with lawsuit over 'misleading' GPU claims

Gaming enthusiasts have been griping for months that Nvidia's GeForce GTX 970 graphics chip doesn't operate up to snuff, and now someone has taken the company to court over it.

Written by James Niccolai21 Feb. 15 08:46

NIST pledges transparency in NSA dealings over crypto standards

A U.S. agency that develops widely used standards for encryption has pledged to be more transparent about its dealings with the National Security Agency, amid concerns the NSA undermined those standards to boost its surveillance efforts.

Written by James Niccolai24 Jan. 15 11:31

Ellison sings a new tune: Oracle hardware is cheapest

Larry Ellison has opened a new front in his battle with Cisco Systems and EMC, launching new Oracle hardware on Wednesday that he claims will be the cheapest on the market.

Written by James Niccolai22 Jan. 15 13:17

IBM's new mainframe will eat mobile apps for lunch

IBM has taken the wraps off a new mainframe computer, promising it will help customers to detect more fraud in real time and plow through billions of transactions generated each day by smartphones and tablets.

Written by James Niccolai14 Jan. 15 10:39
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