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Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) launched a new version of its Office productivity software package today, which includes a free on-line version of the popular Word, Excel, Outlook, and PowerPoint...
China’s tech pirates are at it again. Merchants in the People’s Republic are selling knock-of versions of the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad, Reuters reports. They look a bit different from the...
Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) traded within pennies of its 52-week high today, a sign of the optimism that the market has about the technology sector in general and especially the  strength of the...
Website Vimov says that Apple, Inc (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPad apps may create a billion dollar industry by 2012. Vimov writes, “if the iPad App Store were to be like the iPhone’s, then 40-60% of the...
As news of the SEC complaint filed against Goldman Sachs (NYSE: GS) is pushing everything else off the news feeds, this morning’s purchase of drug software company by Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) ...
Enterprise software company CA, Inc (CA) will fire 1,000 people, about 7% of its work force. The firm will take a $50 million restructuring charge in the current year, according to an SEC filing....
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) came out with earnings today, and as usual it beat estimates.  We have seen earnings of $0.38 in non-GAAP EPS on $6.47 billion in revenues (an 18% gain).  This...
2010 is shaping up to be the year of the dividend.  Stock buybacks are now becoming to be “Oh so 2007” for investors.  In fact, many argue whether or not stock buyback plans do anything at all...
You have to always wonder a bit when a partial spin-out makes a deal to acquire software products from its parent company.  After the close of trading came word that VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) entered...
By some measures, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE:HPQ) is the largest technology company in the world, with annual sales well over $100 billion. The breadth of its business, which include software, PCs,...
Things just still are not going well at SAP AG (NYSE: SAP).  Its CEO Leo Apotheker has stepped down as the company reached an agreement with him not to renew his contract.  The problem is that this...
Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) has just completed its acquisition of Sun Microsystems, and so far we are seeing analysts overwhelmingly in favor of the stock based on the most recent calls or on recent...
Microsoft (MSFT) announced that its revenue rose 14% in the last quarter to $19 billion. EPS rose 57% to $.74. Most of the improvement was due to the sales of Microsoft’s new PC operating system....
Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has just reported earnings of $0.74 on the headline and $0.60 EPS for non-GAAP earnings and $19.02 billion in revenues.  The estimates from Thomson Reuters were...
Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) App Store brought in $2.5 billion last year according to Gartner. The company accounted for 99% of all mobile application sales in 2009. Apple keeps 90% of that revenue....