RIM shares jump after hours on earnings reportGive credit where credit is due.It always kills me how the Monday Morning Quarterbacks like to criticize the people and companies who are actually out there taking risks and developing technology. RIM just gave great guidance and their stock is up because of...
VMware's first quarter as a public company was an impressive one. The company on Wednesday reported third quarter earnings of $65 million, or 18 cents a share, on revenue of $358 million. Revenue was up 90 percent from a year ago. Excluding charges, VMware reported net income...
Vista sales strong: Ballmer can breathe a sigh of reliefC'mon, now, be honest.I'm always a little cynical when I read, "thanks to Vista sales." Be honest, would sales be less if XP were being shipped to the OEMs instead of Vista? It's probably impossible to say for sure, since most...
HP delivers first earnings report post-FiorinaHP and services.Okay, here's your business decision for the day.You've spent a lot of money to imitate a competitor far ahead of you in a highly profitable part of your market. This part of the market is people-intensive, relying on connections between provider and...
Intel shares fall on earnings reportIn a nut shell - The competition is better than Intel !In virtually every PC market segment Intel is losing share, revenue and reputation. AMD has Hammered Intel big time in both PC and server processors. Now they are also hurting Intel with 32/64 bit...
It's time for a clever cleantech company to make a home testing kit for BPA. Maybe another one could be used by groceries that are tyring to provide truth in labelling. BPA would be biphenol-A a component of some of plastics now uibiquitous in our food packaging here in America....
Netflix's streaming movie and TV service will be made available to Sony's 9 million PlayStation 3 customers under a distribution partnership announced Monday. Netflix said it will begin streaming through the PS3 next month (statement, Techmeme, PlayStation blog). The move gives Netflix another leading game console for...
EBay's third quarter results weren't too shabby, but the company's outlook disappointed some on Wall Street. In addition, the company said it was "cautiously optimistic" heading into the holiday season. The company reported net income of $349.7 million, or 27 cents a share. Non-GAAP earnings were $501.5...
Q4 early?Doesn't Q4 end Dec. 31st? Shouldn't these figures be for Q3??yathats what i was thinking. How could they know their earnings before the Quarter is even over? RE: Apple announces most profitable quarter ever: Q4 2009I find it intrestering how the typical apple user is the berkinstock wearing...
Recent signs of PC market strength are likely to translate into a happy September quarter for Apple courtesy of Mac sales. Gartner and IDC reported that the third quarter was better-than-expected for PC sales and that bodes well for Apple. Meanwhile, NPD data is also looking good...
Here are today's notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET's around-the-Web tech coverage. Earnings wrap: Sam Diaz: Schmidt: Worst of recession is over; Google is hiring Larry Dignan: IBM...
Apple is finally pushing toward double-digit market share with IDC reporting 9.4 percent share in the U.S. for the third quarter - an 11.8 percent jump from the same quarter a year ago - in its quarterly PC Tracker report. The natural assumption, of course, is that...
Cisco is beefing up its video conferencing arsenal, picking up Tandberg, a Norwegian video conferencing outfit, for $3 billion. In a statement, Cisco said it is acquiring Tandberg to expand its collaboration platform. With the deal, Cisco will bring in Tandberg's network infrastructure and video conferencing equipment...
Thesis-changing?Potential MBAs racing to their pcs to start re-writes?RE: RIM signals price war potential; Fallout could be substantialWant to see consumers really scoop up smart phones? Have the carriers charge $5.00 a month for data plans... Some consumers don't see the value in paying $30 a month for mobile...
If a report on TheStreet.com is to believed, things just took a turn for the worst for Palm. TheStreet, citing "people close to the discussions," is reporting that Verizon has had a change of heart about carrying the Palm Pre, a smartphone that was scheduled to arrive...
When Palm announced a new mobile operating system - WebOS - and plans for the first smartphone built on it - the Pre - at the Consumer Electronics Show back in January, the company became the darling of the industry. Here, after all, was the company whose name was once...
Here are today’s notable headlines. You can get News To Know via email alert and RSS daily. For continuous updates see BNET’s around-the-Web tech coverage. Sam Diaz: Adobe to acquire Ominture; CEO calls move a 'game-changer' Larry Dignan: Feds launch Apps.gov; Cloud computing players...
Adobe Systems said Tuesday that it will acquire Omniture, which offers Web analytics, measurement and optimization technologies, in a cash deal that's valued at about $1.8 billion, or $21.50 per share of Omniture. That adds up to a premium of about 45 percent over Omniture's average closing price over the...
On September 22, Microsoft executives will re-explain changes the company is making to the way it plans to report its fiscal 2010 earnings. by Mary Jo Foley
China Unicom said today that it reached a three-year agreement to sell the Apple 3G and 3GS in China, a deal that not only brings the popular smartphone to the most-populated nation on the planet but also gives the No. 2 wireless carrier a chance to gain market share against...
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