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Dear Analyst, Can AMD Really Double?

ThinkstockAdvanced Micro Devices, Inc. (NYSE: AMD) is having more than a hard time turning around. The PC business is drying up according to many media reports and even Intel Corporation (NASDAQ: INTC) has been…

Jon C. Ogg · 13 years ago

Primary Tablet Sales Driver: Low Price

courtesy of MicrosoftThe estimated worldwide market for tablets this year has been pushed up by about 10%, from a previous estimate of 172.4 million units to 190 million units. By the end of 2017,…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Lenovo Eyes BlackBerry for Expansion in Mobile Devices

Courtesy Research in Motion Ltd.Lenovo, the Chinese PC maker, is once again hinting it might like to own BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY). Given the battered Canadian company’s results, it is hard to see the appeal.…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 13 years ago

Dell, Icahn Go Behind Closed Doors

courtesy Dell Inc.In a terse press release this morning, Carl Icahn’s Icahn Enterprises L.P. (NASDAQ: IEP) said that it has entered a confidentiality agreement with Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) and “looks forward to commencing…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Rethinking A CDW Re-IPO, The Case For Growth

ThinkstockIf you are a computer and technology buyer, then chances are high that you know CDW. The company is mostly online and sells computers, monitors, networking gear, software, and a myriad of other technology products…

Jon C. Ogg · 13 years ago

Apple Rearranges iPad Orders

courtesy of Apple Inc.Original 2013 production levels for the iPad and iPad mini from Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) totaled about 60 million iPads and 40 million iPad minis. The company is now altering its…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Icahn Gets In on Dell Buyout

courtesy of DellDell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) may have a new activist investor in the fray. CNBC’s David Faber has now reported that Carl Icahn has reportedly taken a stake of close to 100 million…

Jon C. Ogg · 13 years ago

Apple Shares Set String of New Yearly Lows Today

courtesy of Apple Inc.A brief look at today’s trading chart for Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is a study in misery. The company, which put up an all-time high of more than $705 a share…

Paul Ausick · 13 years ago

Downloads Top 1 Billion for iTunes U

courtesy of Apple Inc.The free educational content at iTunes U has hit the 1 billion download mark according to Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL). iTunes U went live in 2007 and got its own online…

Paul Ausick · 14 years ago

New HP Tablet May Be Too Little, and Too Late to Matter

Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) wants back into the tablet market, an effort that the company previously jettisoned under prior misguided leadership. What is so different about this effort here is that the move is…

Jon C. Ogg · 14 years ago

HP Pokes Microsoft in the Eye

courtesy of Hewlett-PackardHewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) is hitting the morning wire with a couple of big stories. Yesterday the company said that it was preparing a 7-inch tablet, called the Slate 7, that would…

Paul Ausick · 14 years ago

Sony Unveils Its Waterproof Xperia Tablet Z

courtesy of Sony Corp.Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) wants to be in the tablet PC market. It is tardy. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung, along with a number of second tier manufacturers, have been…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago

Apple and Nokia Race for Low End of Market

courtesy of Nokia Corp.Apparently both Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Nokia Corp. (NYSE: NOK) have set a strategy to make more sales into the lower end of the global smartphone market. That could put…

Douglas A. McIntyre · 14 years ago