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Source: Oracle Reorganizing Sales Force, Patching Relations with Hewlett-Packard
Wednesday, December 18, 2013 - 1:11pm | 613Oracle's (NYSE: ORCL) quarterly financials, to be reported when the market closes Wednesday, may not be the biggest news coming out the Redwood City, California computer tech company this week. With analysts expecting only slight improvement over a year ago of about $0.67 per share on $9.2...
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Twitter, Deere And Other Stocks To Unload For 2014
Monday, December 2, 2013 - 4:52pm | 862The Dow Jones Industrial Average is up about 20 percent year to date, and the S&P 500 has gained even more in that time. Even as the markets continue to challenge new highs, investors and analysts are positioning themselves for the end of the year and for 2014. According to Wall Street...
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Cyber Monday's Hottest Tech Deals: iPod Touch, PlayStation 4 Bundle, Samsung TV And More
Saturday, November 30, 2013 - 10:17am | 601Cyber Monday officially kicks off at 12:01 a.m. Monday, December 2. While most Americans will use that time to sleep off their turkey coma (an inevitable side-effect of overeating all weekend), some will stay up until the wee hours of the morning, searching for deals. What will these brave...
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Best Buy's Best 2013 Black Friday Tech Deals
Thursday, November 28, 2013 - 12:50pm | 593The country's largest electronics retailer is gearing up three waves of sales on Black Friday. Designed to keep customers coming back to Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), the company's first Black Friday sale begins at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, November 28. For those who plan to camp out, the retailer said...
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SLIDESHOW: iPhone 6 And iPhone 7 Rumors, Hot Chromebooks And More From The Second Week Of November
Saturday, November 16, 2013 - 12:16pm | 227Never content to enjoy the current-generation iPhone, the rumor mill has quickly shifted its attention to Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) iPhone 6 -- and iPhone 7 (or iPhone 6S). Tesla (NASDAQ: TSLA) made headlines after its co-founder and CEO, Elon Musk, said that the company would not issue a Model S...
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Hewlett-Packard Chromebook 11 Sales Suspended To Fix Overheating Chargers Before They Melt
Thursday, November 14, 2013 - 11:29am | 467When Hewlett-Packard (NASDAQ: HPQ) created the Chromebook 11, Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) knew the product would be hot. Unfortunately, the search engine giant had no idea it would be so hot that the charger would overheat and (in some instances) melt. According to Bloomberg, Google and Hewlett-Packard...
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Hewlett-Packard's Chromebook 11 Disappears From Best Buy, Amazon
Wednesday, November 13, 2013 - 4:34pm | 795Last month, Benzinga reported Hewlett-Packard's (NYSE: HPQ) Chromebook 11 contained an innovative feature not found in Apple's (NASDAQ: AAPL) MacBook. But now it seems that Apple is having the last laugh. While a wide array of MacBook Pro and MacBook Air units can be found at Best Buy (NYSE:...
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EnterpriseJungle Could Become One Of The Biggest Self-Funded Startups
Friday, November 1, 2013 - 2:25pm | 473EnterpriseJungle, a predictive analytics company, does not have a multi-million-dollar contract with a venture capital firm. It does not have a Board of Directors filled with Silicon Valley's most recognizable names. But as corporate and individual users discover the benefits of EnterpriseJungle...
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Apple Takes 94 Percent Share In Education Tablet Market
Tuesday, October 29, 2013 - 9:39am | 601It’s not exactly the sexy side of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). The company isn’t creating special media events complete with presentations fit for a Broadway stage around this side of the business, but that doesn’t mean it’s the ugly stepchild of the company. It’s a large part of the Apple profit...
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Hewlett-Packard Wants To Dominate 3D Printing In 2014
Wednesday, October 23, 2013 - 2:41pm | 440Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) hopes to release its first printer toward the middle of 2014. This is big news for the company, which is known for selling twice as many traditional printers as its nearest competitor, Canon (NYSE: CAJ). Now the company wants a piece of the 3D printing pie. According...
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Amazon's $139 Kindle Fire HD Could Sell Two Million Units Before December
Tuesday, October 8, 2013 - 2:48pm | 416Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN) expects to sell a large number of low-cost tablets this fall. According to DigiTimes, Amazon has asked Taiwan-based ODMs (original design manufacturers) to ship more than two million units of its slightly revised Kindle Fire HD. Retailing for $139 (for the 8GB model) and $...
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Microsoft's Surface 2 May Be Hurt By Late Arrival, High Prices And Weak Ecosystem
Monday, September 30, 2013 - 10:43am | 496Is Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) being hurt by its late arrival to the tablet market? In the months and years after Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) released the iPad in April 2010, dozens of companies entered the fray. Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ), Dell (NASDAQ: DELL), Barnes & Noble (NYSE: BKS) and Toshiba (...
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Hewlett-Packard Estimates Fewer Notebook Shipments In 2014 (HPQ)
Monday, September 9, 2013 - 1:42pm | 553Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) may greatly reduce the number of notebooks it ships next year. According to DigiTimes, the company is internally forecasting that it will ship 21 million notebooks in 2014. This is significantly lower than the 32 million notebooks it shipped in 2012. In 2015, Hewlett-...
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Barron's Recap: Watch Out Apple, Here Comes Lenovo
Saturday, September 7, 2013 - 3:21pm | 895This weekend in Barron's online: how Lenovo is putting the moves on Apple and Samsung, as well as the prospects for Microsoft, Bob Evans Farms and Chinese and Korean stocks. Cover Story "Lenovo on the Attack" by Leslie P. Norton. Lenovo has come out of nowhere to become the global leader in...
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The Pros And Cons Of The Unconfirmed Lenovo Buyout Of BlackBerry
Wednesday, August 28, 2013 - 11:16am | 808Lenovo (OTC: LNVGY) and BlackBerry (NASDAQ: BBRY) might be on the verge of the biggest merger the smartphone industry has ever seen. Lenovo has been toying with a possible union for several months. Company executives have hinted at a potential buyout on multiple occasions. Little has come from...