New and Noteworthy: Apple's earnings boosted by laptop sales; Get your Steve Jobs Easter Eggs; Dual-VGA KVM Switch; more

Apple's earnings boosted by laptop sales CNET reports that buoyed by strong laptop sales, Apple Computer on Wednesday posted second-quarter earnings and sales that narrowly topped analysts' estimates. For the three months ended March 29, Apple posted earnings of $14 million, or 4 cents per share, on revenue of $1.475 billion. That compares with earnings of $40 million, or 11 cents per share, on revenue of $1.495 billion in the same quarter a year ago. More.

Get your Steve Jobs Easter Eggs Just in time for Easter, Nitrozac and Snaggy, creators of the popular Joy of Tech comic strip, have created a fun Easter Egg tutorial. Unlike traditional egg decorating using lines and colors, this one features the portraits of IT personalities such as Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, Bill Gates, Linus Torvalds, and other favorites. More.

Dual-VGA KVM Switch available CompuCable has introduced the Power Reach KVM DUO, an electronic Dual-VGA KVM switch. Bundled with ADC and USB adapters, this kit is specifically designed to share PS/2 keyboard, mouse, and two VGA monitors between two Multi-Monitor G4 Systems (PC as well). The Power Mac G4 compatible version is priced at US$ 250.

Apple issues press statement regarding Universal Yesterday Apple issued a press release indicating that it has never made any offer to invest in or acquire a major music company. "The press statements this morning attributed to Vivendi board member Claude Bebear are untrue, as Mr. Bebear has confirmed in a later report," said Steve Jobs, Apple's CEO. Beyond these comments, we will abide by Apple's policy of not commenting on rumors." More.

TidBITS celebrates 13th anniversary Our friend Adam Engst at TidBITS writes "Just a short note to let you know that we're celebrating the 13th anniversary of TidBITS today, cementing our status as one of the oldest continuously published electronic publications on the Internet (the only one we know to be older is a newsletter founded in 1987 called the Irish Emigrant)." More.

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