Nick Cernak

New York Times writer Brian X. Chen reports that Amtrak is replacing its old manual ticketing system with iPhone, noting that the company is among the “growing number of businesses” to use iOS devices to improve operations. Chen reports that the system will allow conductors to keep track of passengers in real time and also provide updates to railway staff, s […]

Apple today announced financial results for its fiscal 2012 second quarter ended March 31, 2012. The Company posted quarterly revenue of $39.2 billion and quarterly net profit of $11.6 billion, or $12.30 per diluted share. These results compare to revenue of $24.7 billion and net profit of $6.0 billion, or $6.40 per diluted share, in the year-ago quarter. “W […]

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Here is one version of Craig Venter's life story where he would've been a dutiful scientist at the National Institutes of Health, a respected yet anonymous researcher in genetics, perhaps. Thankfully, Venter saw that story line developing—and set about making sure it never happened. Instead, in 1992 Venter left the NIH to head the nonprofit Institu […]

Meg Whitman doesn't want to get rid of Hewlett-Packard's PC group, but that doesn't mean she's above making some cuts. According to a pair of anonymously sourced reports, Whitman is planning to announce some big layoffs -- perhaps between 8 and 15 percent of the workforce -- when she announces the company's quarterly financial result […]