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Toshiba May Well Exit HD DVD, Handing Big Win To Sony (SNE)

It appears that Sony (NYSE: SNE) has finally won the battle for high-definition DVDs. Last week, Wal-Mat (WMT), Best Buy (BBY), and NetFlix (NFX) dropped the Toshiba HD DVD format in favor Sony’s Blu-ray…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Tech Investors Eager For Hewlett-Packard Earnings (HPQ, DELL)

After the market closes on Tuesday we’ll get to see earnings out of Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ). The estimates from First Call are $0.81 EPS on $27.59 billion in revenues.  Next quarter estimates are…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Microsoft (MSFT) Xbox Failure Rate As High As 16%

According to a report in The Inquirer, the failure rate of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xboxs is running at about 16%. One retailer put the number as high as 33%. Most industry observers believe that…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Sony’s (SNE) PlayStation 3 Becomes A Winner

After month upon month of being bested by the Nintendo Wii and Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT), the Sony (NYSE: SNE) PS3 is emerging from the shadows. Sales of video games rose 11% in North America…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

How To Get Apple (AAPL) Back To $200

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) traded at over $200 just before the first of the year. On a good day it now trades at $128. 24/7 Wall St. recently ran an analysis of why Apple’s stock…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Apple (AAPL) Looking At Game Console Business

It is not enough that Nintendo, Microsoft (MSFT), and Sony (SNE) are scratching each other’s eyes out in the game console business. It looks like Apple (AAPL) wants in. Given its new visibility with…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Why Apple (AAPL) Won’t Recover

There is too much bad news in the pipeline and no good news likely to appear over the next three months for Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) to recover much from its current level of $128.…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Dell Dumping AMD? (DELL, AMD, INTC)

The Wall Street Journal has reported that Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) has decided to stop offering processors from Advanced Micro Devices (NYSE: AMD) in most of its PC’s.  The computers offered on the Internet…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Smartphone Trends Favor Apple (AAPL) And RIM (RIMM)

Handset users are throwing away their old phones in favor of smart phones from shops like Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL and Research-in-Motion (NASDAQ: RIMM). According to a survey by ChangeWave seventeen percent of people planning…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Sony Earnings: Playstation Resurrection

For years the Playstation franchise carried Sony’s (SNE) earnings. The PS2 was one of the great selling consumer electronics products of all time. Sony stumbled with the launch of the PS3. Microsoft’s (MSFT) Xbox…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Lenovo: The Luck Of Staying Out Of The US (HPQ)(DELL)

Lenovo, one of the two large Asian PC companies with Acer, will report earnings that are likely to double for the latest reported quarter. That probably won’t happen at HP (HPQ) or Dell (DELL).…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago

Sirius (SIRI) May Have To Kill XM Satellite (XMSR) Deal

Sirius (SIRI) does not need competition from XM Satellite (XMSR), Apple’s (AAPL) iPod, or HD radio to put it out of business. The US government is doing the job nicely. While it clear that…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 19 years ago