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New Nook to Challenge Kindle Fire

New Nook to Challenge Kindle Fire

After Amazon (NASDAQ:AMZN) announced their latest set of tablets, the larger of which obviously aimed squarely at Apple’s (NASDAQ:AAPL) dominant iPad, Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) and Barnes & Noble (NYSE:BKS) announced that… Read more »

Nokia Lumia 920 Leaked on the Eve of Nokia World

Nokia Lumia 920 Leaked on the Eve of Nokia World

If Nokia (NYSE:NOK) is going to turn around their fate before fading away into the ash bin of tech history they are going to have to produce a must-have device… Read more »

Lenovo’s Thinkpad 2 To Push Windows 8

Lenovo’s Thinkpad 2 To Push Windows 8

Lenovo is everything that a company like Acer is not.  Earlier in the week Acer’s CEO came out and complained that Microsoft’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) tablet, Surface, was awful and that it… Read more »

Microsoft’s Loss is Google’s Gain

Microsoft’s Loss is Google’s Gain

For the first time in its 26 year public history Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) posted a quarterly loss.  That’s a pretty impressive feat frankly, both up until this point and for this… Read more »

AMD Stays Afloat, Revenues Down

AMD Stays Afloat, Revenues Down

Advanced Micro Designs (NYSE:AMD) reported 2nd quarter earnings on Thursday and the results were in line with the lowered guidance they announced to the market last week.  Top line revenue… Read more »

Mozilla to Build Firefox OS for Smartphones

Mozilla to Build Firefox OS for Smartphones

And because of it Google(NASDAQ:GOOG), Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) and Microsoft (NASDAQ:MSFT) are all quaking in their collective boots.  Well, not really, but the idea of a platform neutral OS similar to… Read more »

Google’s Nexus Tablet Seeks to Take on iPad and Kindle

Google’s Nexus Tablet Seeks to Take on iPad and Kindle

If you, like me, own a tablet running Google’s (NASDAQ:GOOG) Android operating system you will have at some point come across an app that doesn’t work with your particular device. … Read more »

Microsoft Takes on Apple with Surface

Microsoft Takes on Apple with Surface

Let the Windows 8 games begin.  One week after Apple (NASDAQ:AAPL) held their WWDC and showed off the stupendously cool MacBook Pro with the Retina display, which really was the… Read more »

Nokia and Siemens Ink Saudi Arabia 4G Deal

Nokia and Siemens Ink Saudi Arabia 4G Deal

For those that don’t know, Saudi Arabia is one of the top 5 countries in the world for smartphone penetration at 60%.  Most of those people still use a Blackberry… Read more »

Nvidia Earnings Down 16% over 2010, Stock Slips

Nvidia Earnings Down 16% over 2010, Stock Slips

Sunnyvale-based GPU titan Nvidia reported earnings on Wednesday and neither they nor the market were happy with the results and where the business is going in 2012.  Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) posted… Read more »

Microsoft Profit Off Slightly on Weak PC Demand

Microsoft Profit Off Slightly on Weak PC Demand

It was a lackluster day in Redmond as Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) reported 4th quarter earnings which fell behind last year’s results when one factors in the smaller number of outstanding… Read more »

New Windows Version By Microsoft Corp Creating Hype Amongst Investors

New Windows Version By Microsoft Corp Creating Hype Amongst Investors

Microsoft Corp (NASDAQ:MSFT) recently announced the release of a beta version of Windows 8 in February at an event for developers in San Francisco. The company also disclosed its plans… Read more »