Virtualization was supposed to be the next big thing in enterprise software. Virtualization allows one computer do the job of multiple computers by sharing the resources of a single machine .The software…
Short interest for number of tech stocks listed on Nasdaq rose on March 14 compared to figures from February . Shares short in Microsoft (MSFT) spiked up 7.4 million to 123.1 million.…
After today’s close we’ll get to see earnings out of Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL). The estimates for the enterprise software company from First Call are $0.30 EPS on $5.42 billion in revenues. …
24/7 Wall St. had a chance to interview Steve Ballmer, CEO of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) on a few subjects including why some large companies were late to the search business, his view…
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is predicting that the number of smartphones will move up to 400 million handsets in the next three years. It expects that its share of mobile operating systems will…
Douglas A. McIntyre On Wednesday afternoon, we’ll get to see earnings out of Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL). The estimates for the enterprise software leader from First Call are $0.30 EPS on $5.42 billion in revenues. …
According to The Inquirer, Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is releasing the latest version of its Safari operating system to Windows users. It may get some of them to switch. Hard to see that…
With the performance of the PC reaching its natural limits, the companies with the most at stake, Microsoft (MSFT) and Intel (INTC) are hoping to take computing in directions which users can…
According to Reuters, the Fed cut rates .75%. Reuters writes that Visa raised $17.9 billion in its IPO. Reuters writes that New York City will probe whether Bear Streans (BSC) misled investors.…
Yahoo! (NASDAQ: YHOO) has come out with a business plan which says the company is worth more than Micorosft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is offering. That is based, to some large extent, on how…
Douglas A. McIntyre For those intrepid enough to go into the market today, there are some stocks that are down under 1%. Some are even up slightly. A shopping list for the insane: Micrsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT),…
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) certainly does not want to see Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) buy Yahoo! (NASDAQ: MSFT). It would allow Microsoft to spread its search features across a much larger audience. It would…
According to Reuters, the Fed is opening up its own balance sheet to poisonous securities it may get from banks in exchange for cash. Reuters writes that JP Morgan (JPM) bought Bear…
Video games had a great Febuary. MarketWatch writes "Sales of game software in North America reached nearly $669 million for the month, up 47% from the same period last year, according to…
According to Reuters, regulators unveiled a plan to toughen rules for mortgage brokers. Reuters writes that Yahoo! (YHOO) and Microsoft (MSFT) have begiin informal discussion about the buy-out. Reuters reports that IACI…