Manikandan Raman

BMO Capital Markets has raised its profit estimates for Dell Inc. (NASDAQ:DELL), a day after the PC maker reported better-than-expected third-quarter profits.

Online retailer Amazon began shipping its Kindle Fire tablet on Nov.14. The product, which sells at $199, features a vibrant color touch screen, a powerful dual-core processor and a new browser - Amazon Silk - as well as the Amazon Web Services cloud.

The top after-market NASDAQ stock market gainers are: Exelis, MannKind, Velti, Amarin and LM Ericsson. The top after-market NASDAQ stock market losers are: Hot Topic, Amtech Systems, Flow International, Idenix Pharma and Spectrum Pharma.

Rodman & Renshaw has initiated coverage of Manitex International, Inc. (NASDAQ:MNTX) with a market outperform rating, saying that the company is the market leader for heavy lift boom trucks with shares exceeding 30 percent for equipment of capacity greater than 30 tons.

Apple's mobile operating system, iOS, continues to remain the apple in the developers' eyes while Microsoft's Windows Phone 7 showed renewed interest among developers, according to the fourth-quarter mobile developer report from Appcelerator and IDC.

Amazon began shipping its much-anticipated Kindle Fire tablet Nov.14, a day earlier of its original Nov.15 shipping date.

There are a number of polls being conducted by a number of major news organizations to try and predict the winner of the Grand Old Party (GOP) presidential race. However, a new study suggests that a candidate's prospects in the polls could be estimated by the size of his Twitter following.

Any social networking business grows on its user base and Facebook, the world's largest social networking site, is no exception.

Kindle Fire, a tablet computer manufactured by online retail giant Amazon.com, and released on Sept. 28, was scheduled to ship on Nov. 15. However, it is now shipping on Nov. 14, a day earlier.

Bank of America Corp. (NYSE:BAC) said it agreed to sell about 10.4 billion common shares of China Construction Bank Corp. (CCB) through private transactions with a group of investors, in a move that will result in an after-tax gain of about $1.8 billion.

Cloud computing could be key for Oracle's (NASDAQ:ORCL) future and the company's recent acquisition of RightNow implies it is making the right moves in this space.

Daily deals, group buying, group coupons, social commerce and flash sales have emerged as the Internet's new growth segment, modernizing, in the process, the way local consumer services are promoted.

Toronto-based Kobo has unveiled its $99.99 Kobo Touch e-reader that would display ads and other offers when the device is not in use.

Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has unveiled the world's first 16-core x86 Opteron 6200 server chip, formerly code-named Interlagos. The chip maker also launched its 8-core 4200 Series processors, code-named Valencia.

Hong Kong customers have welcomed iPhone 4S with both hands as the device was sold out in just three hours at the new Apple store there, according to China tech news site, TechNode.

Google Inc. has acquired two startup operations -- Katango and Apture -- that should bolster the company's existing Google+ and Google Chrome offerings.

In the latest development of the intense rivalry between Research In Motion (RIM) and Google's Android-based smartphones, the latter has indicated it will end support for Blackberry's Gmail App, beginning Nov. 22.

FBR Capital Markets raised its profit estimates of Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ: NVDA), after the graphics chip maker reported solid third-quarter results that came in above Wall Street expectations.

Sony and Apple are set to compete in a new space - televisions - as both technology giants are working on their own next-generation connected television sets.

A woman and her daughter were stoned to death in Afghanistan's Ghazni province on Thursday and officials are blaming the Taliban for the gruesome act, according to BBC News.

U.S. Federal authorities have charged six Estonian nationals and one Russian national for engaging in a massive and sophisticated Internet fraud scheme that infected with malware more than four million computers located in over 100 countries.

Amazon has unveiled its Kindle Fire tablet on Sept.28, with a shipping date of Nov.15.

FBR Capital Markets lowered its earnings and revenue estimates of Adobe Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ:ADBE) citing challenges in the transition and end-market demand.

Following are some of the stocks that declined in the extended trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange.

Following are some of the stocks that gained in the extended trading hours on the New York Stock Exchange.

Technology giant Apple, Inc. (NASDAQ:AAPL) may report first-quarter shipments below consensus expectations, according to an analyst with Rodman & Renshaw.

Facebook has finally removed several controversial pages that have been heavily criticized for making jokes about rape.

Asus has launched its Eee Pad Transformer Prime, the world's first tablet to feature Nvidia's Tegra 3 quad-core mobile processor.

HyperDynamics, IntraLinks, Weight Watchers, RPC and Cinemark Holdings, GenOn Energy, United Rentals, Lowe's Companies, Lennar Corp. and Standard Motor Products are among the companies that saw active trading in the extended trading session on the New York Stock Exchange.