Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) has seen a flurry of volume today after the New York Times reported that Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer and other executives showed up at Adobe’s corporate…
The success of the company is particularly spectacular because it is largely a four-product enterprise, consisting of the iPad, iPod, Mac, and iPhone. It also produces a suite of supporting software that includes its…
Oracle’s (NASDAQ: ORCL) revenue run rate is about $60 billion a year. That compares to $100 billion for IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ). Oracle has advantages as it attempts to catch its two…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has struggled with a stock price which is stuck where it was five years ago. The world’s largest software company’s revenue in its last fiscal year is not much different from…
Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) shares rose more than 2% after hours reported better-than-expected results, as it benefited from the buyout of Sun Microsystems. Fiscal 2011 Q1 GAAP revenue was up 48% to $7.5 billion, while…
You probably already know now that Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) has promised to pay a dividend of 1.5 to 2% initially for 2011. After a multi-year period of dead performance, this was a…
Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) has finally buckled to pressure to return capital to shareholders. While we did not get the promise of a one-time massive dividend we outlined as a possibility, John Chambers…
Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will open its App Store developer program to a number of new types of software, which appears to include the Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE) Flash technology. We are continually trying to make…
Seventy-three percent of American have been victims of cybercrime which includes computer viruses, online credit card fraud and identity theft. Oddly enough, 54% of those victimized believe that they should have been more careful–a…
Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) had already telegraphed its earnings and revenue expectations when it dropped the ball over the Mark Hurd fiasco. Today was the official release and earnings were $1.08 EPS and $30.7…
Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) has made a game changing event. It announced that it is acquiring McAfee, Inc. (NYSE: MFE) via a Business Wire press release. The $7.68 billion deal comes to $48.00 per…
These days, chief information officers at Fortune 500 companies are spending a lot of their time saying “no.” The good ones are masters at it. They have to turn down pleas from department heads…
There have been for some time a collection of companies that gathers patents and then uses them to sue large technology firms. The issues are often unclear enough and cost of litigation high enough…
VirnetX Holding Corp (NYSE: VHC) is out with more patent suits and the news is sending shares higher. After all, it has already had a major success in its patent cases before. The company…
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is trying to get even with Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) via a new website in the never-ending “PC vs. Mac” war. There is just one problem. Well, more than just…