Technology

Recent cyber attacks on the Federal Reserve, The New York Times, and the Washington Post have raised the spectre of a new brand of warfare - cyber war. In a recent study conducted by two research firms for Internet security company Tenable Network Security, some 60% of respondents support increased...

The difference between professional services reviews posted to Angie's List Inc. (NASDAQ: ANGI) and book reviews posted at Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) or the number of video views counted at Google Inc.'s (NASDAQ: GOOG) YouTube is that Angie's List takes pains to verify that its reviews are not...

BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) has gone through quite a lot of changes, including a name change from Research In Motion. What is interesting is that its former co-CEO Jim Balsillie is no longer a shareholder. A Schedule 13G filing with the SEC on Thursday morning shows that Balsillie has eliminated his...

The proposed management-led buyout of Dell Inc. (NASDAQ: DELL) is far from being without controversy. When the deal was still in the rumor stage, we came up with a maximum valuation of $15.00 per share (down to $13.60) for what a buyer would pay and what the shareholders might agree to. With the...

Applied Materials Inc. (NASDAQ: AMAT) reported first quarter fiscal 2013 results after markets closed today. For the quarter, the semiconductor equipment maker posted adjusted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.06 on revenues of $1.57 billion. In the same period a year ago, the company reported EPS of...

Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) is out with its quarterly earnings report. The technology and communications equipment giant reported earnings of $0.51 EPS and $12.1 billion in revenue. The Thomson Reuters consensus for today is $0.48 EPS and $12.06 billion in revenue. That comes to $3.1 billion...

Groupon Inc. (NASDAQ: GRPN) is a troubled company under questionable leadership where IPO investors have been crushed. Long gone are the days of a $6 billion or $7 billion buyout offer from Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) back before this IPO. Groupon was raised to Buy from Neutral bt Stern Agee on...

Cisco Systems Inc. (NASDAQ: CSCO) may have had trouble over the last couple of years in growing its share price, but now hours ahead of earnings the stock is about 1.5% or so within a 52-week high. The Thomson Reuters consensus for today is $0.48 EPS and $12.06 billion in revenue. That would be up...

Bankrate Inc. (NYSE: RATE) was downgraded by analysts after the personal finance website had poor earnings and guidance. What 24/7 Wall St. wants to know is whether this is the sign of worse things to come or whether this fire-sale is creating a great opportunity as the stock challenges a new...

One of the worst-kept secrets in the technology world was finally confirmed today. Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC) is building an Internet TV set-top box that it says will launch by the end of this year. Intel has big plans for its Internet TV - but then which company doesn't. Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL)...

Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has had a very tough time attractive investors since its recent earnings report failed to continue to drive interest. It should be no surprise that the stock cooled off after having risen back up more than 11% ahead of earnings to above $31 versus $28.00 at the end of...

Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) is not yet at the point that it really wants to take David Einhorn too seriously. At a Goldman Sachs investor conference today, CEO Tim Cook called Einhorn's idea creative. He also said that the idea of a preferred share issue a silly sideshow to be sued over. Tim Cook...

We have tracked the key short interest changes as of January 31 in the following semiconductor leaders: Intel Corp. (NASDAQ: INTC), Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (NYSE: AMD), Micron Technology Inc. (NASDAQ: MU), SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ: SNDK), Qualcomm Inc. (NASDAQ: QCOM), ARM Holdings PLC (NASDAQ:...

Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ: AMZN) and Apple Inc. (NASDAQ: AAPL) place so high on most customer satisfaction surveys that the repetition has made the conclusions commonplace. Unfortunately for several financially battered retailers, their stumbling has not been helped by their satisfaction grades. The...

Cyber attacks have hit a host of major U.S. companies and government agencies in recent months, an issue President Obama may address in his State of the Union Tuesday -- and then in an executive order aimed at improving our defenses against them on Wednesday.

A division of Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) and Starz (NASDAQ: STRZB) have extended a multi-year agreement under which Starz will remain the exclusive first-run TV outlet for new movies from Sony. The deal will runs through 2012, replacing a prior agreement that would have expired in 2016. In December,...

It's been a colorful week in the world of business, from Facebook's accidental hijacking spree to the timely rescue of Dell, to pink slips being passed out at DreamWorks. Here's a rundown of this week's biggest winners and losers.