courtesy of Apple Inc.Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) well outpaced every major personal computer (PC) maker in the new, annual ratings from widely regarded research firm ACSI. Whatever the problems Apple has with its…
courtesy of MicrosoftIt turns out that smaller is better, at least in the world of personal computers. This runs against the tide of other industries. In the fast-food business, bigger burgers are…
courtesy of AppleMaybe you have heard about the death of the personal computer market. If you think you have heard it before, you might want to look much closer now. Tablets and smartphones…
courtesy of DellCarl Icahn won the battle to control Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) with one quick action. He walked away from the competition to run a company that has no future. After…
ThinkstockWith the PC market withering and the mobile market exploding, the two big PC CPU makers should be having some trouble posting profit growth. But over the past 12 months, shares of…
courtesy Dell Inc.Calling his effort to stop the sale of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) to company founder Michael Dell and private equity firm Silver Lake Partners “almost impossible,” activist investor Carl Icahn…
Paul Ausick Jon OggNew tech is supposed to replace old tech at an accelerating pace, analysts believe. The evolution from Web 1.0, which peaked with the tech bubble of the late 1990s, has been…
ThinkstockFor many industries hurt by slow growth, there is China and there is the rest of the world. As consumer and business activity slows in the old world of Europe and the…
ThinkstockDell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) posted its highest-ever share of the global server market — 18.8% — as competitors International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM) and Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) both lost share.…
courtesy of MicrosoftAugust is often a slow time for technology and consumer spending, but the dying PC market may be about to see a resurrection. Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) has fixed many…
White House Photo by Pete SouzaJust as Steve Ballmer prepares to depart as CEO of Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT), the guessing game over who will take the reigns at the troubled tech…
courtesy of Hewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is still in the beginnings of its long-term turnaround under CEO Meg Whitman. Earnings were not so bad, but there is this continued erosion in the core…
courtesy of SamsungAccording to several press sources, Samsung will introduce the equivalent of a smartwatch that can surf the Web, make phone calls and even tell time. At first, the news would…
August 16, 2013: U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning following big down day on Thursday. In the U.S., the Census Bureau’s report on July housing starts put up a positive number,…
courtesy Dell Inc.Shares of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) may have been caught in a serious merger tug-of-war between Michael Dell and Carl Icahn, but the PC-maker and IT services provider decided to…
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