Stories about: Ricoh

Name the previously ignored network device that is now at the forefront of information security? The usual suspects would be PCs, laptops, portable storage, servers, and perhaps critical pieces of infrastructure such as firewalls and email gateways, but they aren't exactly ignored. The security industry has built its fortune securing those.

For many of us, our first painful introduction to old-school Linux installs came from installing early versions of Red Hat. Like most early Linux installs, it was a highly technical, highly finicky process that was best left to the experts.

IBM secured 3,148 patents in 2007, besting all other competitors for the 15th consecutive year, but Big Blue's lead is getting slimmer and Microsoft charged into the top 10 with 1,637 patents, according to an analysis that will be released Monday.

IBM reported a 6 percent increase in profit for its fiscal third quarter as a strong performance from its services business offset a slide in hardware revenue.

Nearly all the laser printers fingered by researchers for spewing particulate matter into offices and homes are sold by Hewlett-Packard, a study published Wednesday said.

Some home and office laser printers pose serious health risks and may spew out as much particulate matter as a cigarette smoker inhales, according to a local air quality researcher said.

InfoPrint Solutions (IPS) is looking to reinforce its business partner ranks following the official local launch of its printing operations.

IBM's Chairman, CEO and President Sam Palmisano declared the vendor's second-quarter fiscal 2007 financial results the company's best growth performance in six years.

IBM and Ricoh's InfoPrint joint venture officially opened for business Monday.

It's an interesting contrast: consumers are fast ditching videotape for DVDs and hard-disks but the people who make TV shows are sticking to tape for some cutting edge applications. When it comes to recording broadcast-quality HDTV today's optical disc systems, just can't spin fast enough to keep up with the video -- but that may be about to change.

Continued strong software sales and some improvements in IBM's services business buoyed its first quarter earnings, the company reported Tuesday.