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Five Reasons Why HP Would Sell its PC Lines
Hewlett-Packard could sell low-margin PCs to focus on high-margin services
HP to Buy Software Company; Spin Off PC Business; Stock Declines on News
Hewlett-Packard may announce a bold plan as early as today to completely remake the company -- shedding its PC unit and acquiring enterprise software company Autonomy Corp for $10 billion.
IBM's Brain Power: Company Produces Chips to Mimic Human Brain
IBM has developed a new microprocessor the company claims comes closer than anything done before at replicating the human brain.
IBM Creates Human-like Processing Chip
Are computers finally taking over the world? Not yet but IBM is hoping to make computers more humanlike.
IBM Designs Mind-Powered Chip
The company calls it an ?unprecedented? step in creating intelligent computers.
Freescale, Ex-Motorola Chip Lines, Could Offer Valuable Patents
Could a bidder for patents look at Freescale Semiconductor, once a unit of Motorola?
Google-Motorola Deal: Implications for Apple, RIM, Microsoft
Google Inc. has agreed to buy Motorola Mobility Holdings Inc. for $12.5 billion or $40 a share in cash, valuing each essential patent at about $20 million, to defend its Android ecosystem. RBC Capital Markets said the deal value of $12.5 billion equates to 0.7 times trailing twelve months (TTM) of equity value-to-sales.
Google Motorola Mobility $12.5B Deal Good For RIM and Nokia: Top Reasons Why
Search giant Google Inc.'s acquisition of Motorola Mobility prima facie looks to shut out Blackberry maker Research in Motion (RIM) and Nokia, which are struggling in the smartphone race, but instead the deal could make the companies attractive acquisition targets.
Google Paid Less Per Patent than Apple in IP Battle
Google paid less per patent than Apple's syndicate did in recent smartphone wars
No Truce for Motorola Patents in Smartphone Competition
Google's response to Apple in the smartphone patent wars ran counter to practice: rather than settling, it bought an Apple rival
Google-Motorola Deal: Nokia, RIM Could be Next Acquisition Targets
Currently, investors are speculating that the Google-Motorola deal will spur other handset deals and Nokia and RIM could be potential acquisition targets.
IBM PC Inventor Mark Dean: 'The PC-era Is Over'
IBM engineer Mark Dean ? who happens to be one of the designers of the company?s first personal computer ? used the celebration of the PC?s 30th birthday to announce that we now live in the ?post-PC era.?
With Cloud Supercomputing, Citizen Scientists Get Opportunity to Find Higgs Boson
With the new LHC@home 2.0 project, the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) are using citizen volunteer computers to help prove the existence of the God particle.
U.S. Stock Market: After a Wild Week, What?s Next?
After a week of gyrations that's seen the Dow Jones Industrial Average rise or fall 400 points for four straight days, it's understandable if U.S. investors are bewildered. Given the tumult, what stance should investors adopt now?
Cisco bulls may underestimate tough road ahead
Cisco Systems Inc (CSCO.O) still faces tough challenges with tight public spending and fears of a new economic downturn, analysts warned, after the giant Silicon Valley company ended a year's worth of disappointing sales forecasts.
IBM Readies Itself for Life after the PC
IBM executive Mark Dean talks about life after the PC on the 30th birthday of the 5150 Personal Computer.
Tech Stocks Ease in Overall Market Fall
Tech stocks didn't fall as sharply as the overall market.
Tech Stocks Decline Moderately in Market Bashing
Tech stocks fell only moderately Wednesday.
Apple Briefly Surpassed Exxon as Most Valuable US Company, Can It be Worth $1 Trillion?
Apple Inc on Tuesday surpassed Exxon Mobile Corp, if only briefly, to become the most valuable company in the United States. With a market cap of almost $342 billion, Apple's sales have been increasing 80 percent a year, coupled with even faster profit.
Tech Stocks Gain Nearly 5 Percent in Recovery
Tech stocks gained nearly 5 percent in Tuesday's market rally
Apple Briefly Replaces Exxon As Largest Public U.S. Company
Ironically, Exxon still generates about four times the annual revenue that Apple does.
Tech Stocks Rise Modestly in Overall Market Leap
Tech stocks recovered slightly from Monday's beating
IBM Drops 'Blue Waters' Supercomputer Project
International Business Machines (IBM) has terminated its contract with the University of Illinois to build a supercomputer for the National Center for Supercomputing Applications (NCSA), citing technical and financial constraints.
Tech Stocks Find Little Refuge in Global Plunge
Tech stocks took a hit, but not as bad as the overall market in Monday's rout.
Tech Stock Drop Not as Drastic as Overall Market Plunge
A stock market decline won't hurt tech companies but could stall IPOs because tech is vital to the economy.
Google vs. Microsoft: When Patents Become Personal
A recap of the battle of words between Google and Microsoft over patents.
Tech Stock Drop Exceeds S&P's Overall Plunge
Tech stocks fell with the market but not as badly as other sectors
Recap: Google vs. Microsoft and Apple over Patents
A recap of the feud that has developed between Google and Microsoft/Apple over patents.
Google cries foul on Apple, Microsoft mobile gang-up
Google Inc, fresh from losing a bid to buy thousands of patents from bankrupt Nortel, lashed out at its biggest rivals on Wednesday and accused them of banding together to block the Internet giant in the red-hot smartphone arena.
Shady RAT? Investors Could Benefit from Security Stocks
Investors worried about Shady RAT cyber intrusions might benefit from security stocks