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Poor sales for chips. PCs, network equipment and chipmaking products sends a warning that tech growth is easing

How will new Apple CEO Tim Cook fare? Tech company transition CEOs have been a mixed bag.

The impending threat that Apple will see Jobs-less days had been looming since CEO Steve Jobs announced his medical leave in January.

The significant change in the strategy of Hewlett-Packard to pull its hand from the fastest growing mobile computing, by withdrawing its TouchPad, has left its competitors wondering about its forthcoming plans and strategies.

Apple will ship 44.2 million iPads, researchers say

Taiwanese PC maker Acer Inc reported a worse-than-expected quarterly loss, the first in company history, as it took charges to reorganize in a troubled first half, and said it would be impossible to break even for the full year.

Taiwan's Acer Inc reported a worse-than-expected quarterly loss, the first in company history, hurt by charges for an inventory write-off and reorganization, and said it would be impossible to break even for the full year.

With the HP TouchPad getting sold out at $99 like hot cakes customers seem to have deepened their interest in tablet devices. The stores in US have already become empty of the HP tablets. But there is nothing to worry as more stock will be entering these stores by this week.

HP shares gained because they had been beaten down and some saw recovery

HP rebounded a bit on Wall Street Monday as company executives including CEO Leo Apotheker went on a global mission to explain to major investors why the company is drastically changing its mission. Apotheker flew to London to begin selling his new vision of the company and other company leaders, including CFO Cathie Lesjak and Chairman Ray Lane made dozens of calls to answers questions about HP's new and controversial strategy.

HP shares will likely gain Monday after Friday's pounding

Leo Apotheker's credibility as a CEO is falling along with Hewlett-Packard's stock price.

Good news for people suffering from infertility. An international team of researchers reports discovering how a human sperm attaches itself to an egg to create new life.

An international team of researchers claimed they've learned how a human egg captures an incoming sperm for fertilization, a discovery that may help couples who are having infertility issues.

With a $99 price tag, Hewlett-Packard's WebOS TouchPad joined Dell Streak 5 in the tablet graveyard after just seven weeks on shelves, and given the weak sales of many other players, it looks like similar deaths are bound to follow.

A team of international scientists have discovered exactly how a human egg captures a sperm in the fertilization process, which could lead to better fertility drugs.

Hewlett-Packard no longer likes the PC business, but investors aren't liking HP at the moment on that news. One day after HP said it is considering shedding its PC unit, which currently comprises 30 percent of company sales, investors shed the company's stock, sending HP shares plunging to near six-year lows.

While rumors are still in the air about the release date of iPhone 5 and Samsung Galaxy S II is yet to come to the U.S market, Microsoft comes with a “Hey! We’re ahead of schedule!”

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Investors started buying beaten-down stocks Friday, especially in the tech sector, to lift the Nasdaq composite index into positive territory and shortly thereafter boosting other major indexes.

Shares of silver mining companies charged out of the gate Friday, posting huge gains as the price of white metal also rose.

Hewlett-Packard is making a bold move to reshape its business that analysts are applauding as having long-term upside. In the short term, however, investors are concerned about the cost and risks involved -- sending HP shares down 16.23 percent Friday in pre-market trading.

If the new rumors are to be believed, Samsung is taking the smartphone battle to a different level with the introduction of a 5.3-inch Android-based smartphone.

In a bold move, Apotheker -- who took the job as HP CEO in November -- has decided to spin off the company's PC unit that accounted for 30 percent of sales in the most recent quarter. But it's not hard to understand why, since HP's PC unit, despite being the largest in the U.S., generated only a 5.9 percent operating margin.

Asian stocks extended losses Friday, with South Korea's benchmark shedding 5 percent on growing fears the U.S. economy was sliding into recession and as some European lenders faced short-term funding strains, raising fears of a systemic banking crisis on the continent.

Lenovo Group Ltd, the world's No.3 PC brand, reported a near doubling of its first-quarter net profit, beating expectations due to acquisitions and growth in key emerging markets such as China.

Shares of Hewlett-Packard Co and Dell Inc fell on Wednesday as the outlook for U.S. and European corporate government technology spending dimmed.

U.S. wholesale prices outside of food and fuel rose at the fastest pace in six months in July as costs for tobacco and light trucks jumped, but weak consumer demand was seen keeping inflation in check at the factory gate.

Tech shares fell on Wednesday after Dell's disappointing sales outlook fanned worries weak economic growth will hurt earnings in the third quarter.