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Technology and consumer electronics often face what is called a refresh cycle.  These generate large pops and catalysts for the makers, but ahead of a refresh cycle you generally see a slowdown in...
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) remains the darling of Wall Street as one of the few powerhouses still managing to grow. We have seen two solid research calls showing positive expectations ahead of its...
The deification of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) founder Steve Jobs continued at the D: All Things Digital conference. Oracle (NASDAQ: ORCL) CEO Larry Ellison, nearly a god himself in Silicon Valley, compared...
New Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) CEO Tim Cook was interviewed at the AllThingsD conference. He said that Apple was looking carefully at the TV market. Beyond that, he spoke a great deal, but said very...
The recent sell-off has been brutal to semiconductors and chip stocks of late.  To make matters worse, investing in technology and semiconductors can be brutal during the summer months.  Still,...
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is out with disappointing earnings and the report is going to sour the tone for Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) on Wednesday.  Earnings for the PC maker and services firm...
Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is set to report earnings after the close, one day before rival Hewlett-Packard Co. (NYSE: HPQ) reports earnings.  Dell is expected to report earnings of $0.46 EPS (down...
A ruling by a US International Trade Commission judge has declared a patent claimed by Eastman Kodak (OTC: EKDKQ) to be invalid, casting even more doubt on the value of the iconic photography company...
This week is going to be an earnings bonanza for investors who care about makers of personal computers.  While Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is all of the rage, we have Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL)...
There are persistent rumors, most recently reported by Bloomberg, that Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) will launch a new super-thin line of laptops–the latest version of the MacBook. The machine will be...
Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have pulled back but this is still the darling of America.  Most analysts have stepped all over themselves to raise their estimates and their price targets all the way...
Sony (NYSE: SNE) said it would finally turn around is prospects and make money in the next year. Bumbling CEO Sir Howard Stringer is gone. Sony’s core problems are not. It is still in the TV screen...
Cisco Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is set to report earnings on Wednesday after the closing bell.  While we usually cringe when analysts and media pundits say this about a single report, the truth...
Rackspace Hosting, Inc. (NYSE: RAX) is one of our top earnings this week because we think that this may set up the tone for how “The Cloud” stocks are received by investors this week. So far,...
The new Samsung Galaxy S III is a better smartphone than the Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone. Until a few days ago, the iPhone had no single worthy rival. Could that really change in less than a week?...