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Another data security company’s initial public offering may be on the horizon.  A company called BlackStratus has filed to come public and plans to list its shares under the ticker “BLKS” on...
Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) released its open source operating system in September 2008. It is too bad Google’s patent counsel did not look more carefully at whether the software violated patents...
Adobe Systems Incorporated (NASDAQ: ADBE) made what might seem like a startling announcement on Thursday evening with a new share buyback plan of up to $2 billion.  With a market cap of about $16.6...
NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) has been a great growth story and it has ridden the wave of network storage solutions and the cloud long before the most recent interest surged in storage and the cloud. ...
Computer Sciences Corporation (NYSE: CSC) is what Scarface might call a pig which won’t fly straight. The company’s stock is getting punished all over again after things looked as though they...
Several media sources report that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has given app developers financial incentives to create software for its Windows mobile OS. The operating system, combined with phones from...
Shares in Red Hat Inc.(NYSE: RHT), the largest distributor of Linux software, posted a new 52-week high this morning of $60.20. The last time the stock price was higher than that was March of 2000....
In August 2010, Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) filed suit against Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) for patent infringements on the Java programming language the Oracle acquired with its purchase of Sun...
Red Hat, Inc. (NYSE: RHT) has just announced a 21% gain in sales to $297 million for its fourth quarter and its non-GAAP earnings came to a gain of 12% to $0.29 in earnings per share.  Thomson...
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has had trouble in its efforts to get app developers to build products for its Windows mobile OS. Most developers continue to focus on the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) apps which run...
Search advertising network firm LookSmart Ltd. (NASDAQ: LOOK) reported fourth quarter and full-year 2011 results after markets closed yesterday. The company reported a fourth-quarter EPS loss of...
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) has finally listened to the call from Wall Street and Main Street to start using its cash for dividends.  With a yield of about 1.8% a the launch, Apple has left the...
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) told many of its employees that they cannot use Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPads and iPhones. Given the level of competition between the two companies, the action should be...
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) has managed to escape the hangman so far after earnings, but the initial caveat is that guidance is not yet out.  Earnings came in at $0.62 EPS on an adjusted basis...
The single greatest criticism of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steven Ballmer is that the company’s shares have not gained during his tenure as head of the company. The attack is not entirely fair....