ThinkstockThe stock market has had a tremendous first quarter, and semiconductor stocks as a sector are up more than 15%. Even though many Wall St. analysts and equity strategists see the market moving higher,…
ThinkstockIn a patent infringement case similar to the one it won against Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL), a jury has been unable to reach a verdict in lawsuit brought by patent licensing firm VirnetX Holding…
courtesy of Google Inc.Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) admitted that as it collected data for its street mapping initiative, it collected private data from unprotected Wi-Fi systems as well. The penalty for the action was…
Reuters has a new online challenger, at least in terms of audience size. Terminal sales rival Bloomberg now has more monthly unique visitors than Reuters, in an arena in which Reuters has prized its…
ThinkstockWe have tracked the key short interest changes as of February 28 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), SanDisk Corp.…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.If Facebook Inc.’s (NASDAQ: FB) redesign succeeds at improving user engagement and marketing dollars, it will provide an benchmark for other large websites, even if they are not social media destinations. The…
Chipmaker Qualcomm Corp. (NASDAQ: QCOM) said today that it is raising its quarterly dividend from $0.25 to $0.35 beginning with payments made after March 27. The company also initiated a new $5 billion share…
ThinkstockThough the Internet is made up of tens of millions of websites, people spend the vast majority of time on just a handful of sites. According to comScore, an Internet analytics company, Americans spend…
We have tracked the key short interest changes as of February 15 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), SanDisk Corp.…
courtesy of Google Inc.by Jon Friedman Google’s stockholders should be thrilled these days. Or shouldn’t they? The good news is that their beloved stock (NASDAQ: GOOG) recently smashed through the impressive $800 threshold for…
ThinkstockApplied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) may be looking at a new chief financial officer, but one Wall St. bulge bracket firm has no concern here whatsoever. Applied’s shares have risen with the market today.…
ThinkstockA news announcement earlier this week has gone largely unnoticed, even though it might be a game-changer for Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) now that the computing world for processors is changing so much toward…
RT’s one minute, 24 second footage of the Siberian meteor blast has gotten almost 30 million pageviews in six days, an extraordinary number according to the Russian TV channel. Total views of all videos…
courtesy of Apple Inc.Why do the media hate Apple? Is it because Apple is so incredibly successful — or, perhaps, the animosity stems from Apple’s perceived arrogance? Make no mistake, though, there is a…
courtesy of Google Inc.No matter how much the European Commission wants the world to believe that Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) has a monopoly on search, at least in Europe, and how much software experts…