Those savings should lead to lower computer prices for consumers, Mr. Siu said.
The 24-inch iMac now offers a 3.06 GHz Intel processor and the high-performance NVIDIA GeForce 8800 GS graphics as options, extending iMac's lead as the ultimate all-in-one desktop computer for both consumers and professionals.
The largest maker of computer security software for consumers, Symantec, agreed yesterday to buy a rival, Axent Technologies Inc., for about $975 million in stock.
The Symantec Corporation, the largest maker of computer security software for consumers, said it had cleared an antitrust hurdle in its plan to buy a rival, Axent Technologies Inc. Symantec said the regulatory waiting period for examining antitrust issues had expired, and the government did not object to the purchase.
By their very nature, iTunes and the App Store are selling mostly third-party content to Apple's users, not content created by Apple, of Apple and for Apple consumers, as Microsoft was allegedly doing by exclusively bundling Internet Explorer by Microsoft with Windows, of Microsoft, on Wintel computers – for Microsoft consumers.
The first device to incorporate the sensor will be a laptop aimed at businesses before possibly offering it in computers for the consumer market as well, according to a report in Japanese business daily The Nikkei.
Toshiba Corporation, major Japanese manufacturer of computers and electronic devices for consumers and industry.
The company, based in Cupertino, Calif., is best known for its Norton line of computer-virus-fighting products for consumers.
The end result could well be a more richly and fully integrated universe of mobile devices — "smartphones" that in many ways resemble hand-held computers — and greater choice for consumers.
