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Google (GOOG) says it will create its own PC operating system. The first reaction to the news is that it is a threat to Microsoft (MSFT) Windows. That is almost certainly not the case. A lot of the...
Data Domain, Inc. (NASDAQ: DDUP) keeps getting higher and higher bids in the bidding war that has erupted between EMC Corp. (NYSE: EMC) and NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP).  Interestingly enough, this...
Investors and traders alike will want to pay attention to the LogMeIn Inc. (NASDAQ: LOGM) IPO today.  We were expecting a premium pricing and possibly even a higher number of shares, but the price...
Calling for the verdict on an IPO ahead of the actual IPO is a tricky business.  So many things can change.  In fact, too many things can change.  Yet, we are hearing a solid book has built has...
SolarWinds, Inc. (NYSE: SWI) is indicated up this morning.  The recent IPO’s quiet period by analysts has ended and the initiations of new coverage looks positive on the surface. Since its IPO,...
Software applications which allowed owners of Apple (AAPL) iPhones to download pornography have started to disappear from the firm’s huge App Store which now has more than 50,000 offerings....
Larry Ellison and friends over at Oracle Corp. (NASDAQ: ORCL) just reported earnings.  The enterprise software giant posted $0.46 EPS EPS and $6.9 billion in revenues.  Thomson Reuters had...
Microsoft traded at more than $35 in late 2007. It has not traded anywhere near that level since early 2008. Most analysts blame the poor reception for the company’s latest operating system, Vista,...
comScore has released a new round of data showing that Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) is still stealing from the boys over at Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) and other search leaders.  It looks as though...
Adobe Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: ADBE) has just posted earnings.  The Flash and Acrobat software king has posted $0.35 non-GAAP EPS and $704.7 million in revenue.  Thomson Reuters had estimates at $0.35...
Wind River Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: WIND) has only been an in-play takeover name for merger investors for about 36 hours after yesterday morning’s announcement from Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) that it...
There is rather a large amount of buzz out there, and perhaps some confusion, today about Acer’s use of the Android operating system from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) for netbooks.  Acer will begin...
Terremark Worldwide, Inc. (NASDAQ:TMRK) is not a name that normally comes up in discussions among tech investors, although it is a provider of managed IT infrastructure services.  What is going to...
NetApp, Inc. (NASDAQ: NTAP) has long been considered a potential takeover target by many traders and investors.  Yet this morning the company announced that it was a making a play of its own.  It...
SolarWinds, Inc. (NYSE: SWI) is set to debut in an initial public offering this Wednesday morning.  We got a premium pricing at $12.50 for 12.11 million shares, which is higher than the $9.50 to...