Articles by Teri Robinson

As Gateway sees it, looks count in personal computing, particularly in the mobile sector. The company has introduced a sleek new design for its 500 desktop series and its Gateway 200, Gateway 450 and Gateway 600 notebook computers Gone are the typical ivory-colored desktop shells and the flat black finish that characterized the company's notebook l...

Microsoft chairman Bill Gates will take the witness stand Monday to testify in the government's ongoing antitrust trial against the Redmond, Washington-based software giant Gates's appearance will mark the first time he has testified in person during the proceedings. "Bill Gates is glad to have the opportunity to testify in the remedy hearings," Mi...

As expected, eBay met estimates in what is turning out to be a mostly positive earnings season. The company reported first-quarter earnings that were more than double what it booked in the year-ago period The auction giant's first-quarter profit totaled US$47.6 million, up from $21.1 million in the same quarter last year. Revenue swelled from $154....

Adding credence to a growing belief that the technology market is slowly regaining its balance, Apple Computer reported on Wednesday a significant profit and a rise in revenue. Customers demanding Apple's revamped desktop iMac helped push the computer maker's second-quarter profits to US$40 million, nearly equal to the profit recorded in the first...

While it is still too early to declare the technology market in full economic rebound, Intel's modest 2.2 percent year-over-year revenue gain -- to US$6.8 billion -- in the first quarter of 2002 indicates that the market is slowly creeping out of decline. Net income in the first quarter grew 86 percent sequentially and 93 percent year-over-year to...

The merger of Hewlett-Packard and Compaq hit another potential snag Monday as the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) and federal prosecutors in New York decided to take a closer look at HP's dealings with at least two large investors whose votes were key to approval of the merger Investigators in the SEC's San Francisco office have asked...