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Windows 11 Upgrade Will Put 240M Computers On The Brink Of Becoming E-Waste: Report
Friday, December 22, 2023 - 7:04am | 580In a potentially alarming development, the impending end of Microsoft Corporation’s (NASDAQ:MSFT) Windows 10’s life may add up to millions of devices to the worldwide electronic waste pile. What Happened: A study by Canalys suggested that the transition to Windows 11 could result...
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Microsoft To Discontinue Support For Wordpad After Nearly Three Decades: 'No Longer Being Updated And Will Be Removed'
Sunday, September 3, 2023 - 10:34pm | 472After almost 30 years, Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ:MSFT) has announced the discontinuation of WordPad, its basic word processor. According to a report by The Verge on Saturday, the tech behemoth will cease updating WordPad and plans to remove it from a future Windows...
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Google Play Games Lands On PC: Here's How To Play Your Android Games On Your Computer
Wednesday, November 9, 2022 - 11:26am | 1156By Juan Lomanto Just over a month and a half ago, Alphabet (NASDAQ: GOOG)'s Google confirmed the closure of Stadia for January 2023. The cloud video game service launched in November 2019 became one of the most popularly anticipated failures in its history, and the feeling that...
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Microsoft Offered Free Ice Cream And NFTs For Windows 11 Launch: What Investors Should Know
Wednesday, October 6, 2021 - 5:52pm | 445A new update to the Windows operating system was a major event Tuesday and brought with it new creative ways to advertise the event, given the virtual versus an in-person style launch. What Happened: Windows 11 from Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) launched on Tuesday with the technology...
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Reasons To Be Bullish On HP
Wednesday, August 23, 2017 - 12:48pm | 324Analysts at Loop Capital Markets initiated coverage of HP Inc. (NYSE: HPQ) ahead of the company's earnings report, scheduled to be released after Wednesday's close. Analyst Ananda Baruah initiated coverage of HP's stock with a Buy rating and $23 price target. HP's printing business...
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JPMorgan Says New Microsoft Survey Data Show Faster Transition To The Cloud
Monday, July 18, 2016 - 12:20pm | 327JPMorgan reiterated its Neutral rating on Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT), as its recent partner survey showed the Windows software maker's continued strong momentum in the cloud portfolio. Recent Data "39 percent of the survey respondents believe that the pace of transactional business...
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Windows 10 To See Big Changes With Its Free 'Anniversary Update'
Thursday, June 30, 2016 - 9:04am | 245Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is giving away a Windows 10 upgrade starting August 2. The free "anniversary update" of the company’s most popular OS version ever will include a suit of revamped browsing, gaming and security tools and apps. However, users who have not installed...
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Citi Skeptical On HP's Radical Shift In Its Supplies Pricing Model
Wednesday, June 22, 2016 - 1:37pm | 392Jim Suva of Citi is skeptical on HP Inc (NYSE: HPQ)'s radical shift in its supplies promotional pricing model; he maintains his Neutral rating on the stock. In its supply pricing, HP is moving "from a push model to a demand-driven pull-in model," combined with compensation/incentive changes to "...
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Bank Of America Just Called Microsoft 'Cool'
Thursday, March 31, 2016 - 12:54pm | 630Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) is closing out the first quarter of 2016 relatively flat, with a year-to-date read down 0.15 percent. Perhaps in an attempt at a Hail Mary play, the firm recently took steps that have been interpreted as keen interest in potentially buying out Yahoo! Inc. (...
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This Is What Microsoft Has To Say About Hulu's Availability On Windows 10
Tuesday, February 16, 2016 - 8:49am | 127Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced on Monday the availability of the new Hulu app for Windows 10. Tuula Rytila, Microsoft's Corporate Vice President of Windows Marketing, commented in a blog post Hulu's new app "works beautifully" with Windows 10 features like Cortana and Live Tiles. In...
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Gartner: PC Shipments Fell By 8.3% In Q4, Fifth Consecutive Quarterly Decline
Wednesday, January 13, 2016 - 9:54am | 284Gartner, the world's leading information technology research and advisory company, reported on Tuesday that worldwide PC shipments declined 8.3 percent year-over-year in the fourth quarter of 2015. According to Gartner, worldwide PC shipments totaled 75.7 million units in the quarter,...
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FBR Increasingly Positive On Microsoft Following Windows 10 Adoption Data
Monday, January 4, 2016 - 3:43pm | 346Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) announced on Monday morning, ahead of tech event CES 2016, that 200 million devices have adopted and are now running on Windows 10 – its latest OS, launched last July. After the upbeat announcement, FBR & Co. analyst Daniel H. Ives decided to...
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3 Reasons Microsoft Has Finally Turned It Around
Tuesday, October 27, 2015 - 9:05am | 332The share price of Microsoft Corporation (NASDAQ: MSFT) has appreciated 23.46 percent over the past month, reaching a high of $54.25 on Monday. FBR & Co.’s Daniel H. Ives has maintained an Outperform rating and price target of $60 on the company. Ives believes that CEO Satya...
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Hewlett-Packard CEO Optimistic, But Agrees: HP Inc. Is In For 'Difficult Quarters'
Friday, August 21, 2015 - 2:47pm | 355Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) reported mixed second-quarter results on Thursday post the market closing, following which the company's stock opened strong on Friday. Meg Whitman, Hewlett-Packard CEO, was on CNBC with Jim Cramer recently to weigh in on the company's results and...
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Baird Is No Longer Bullish On Micron, Here's Why
Friday, August 21, 2015 - 12:44pm | 329In a report issued Friday, Baird analysts Tristan Gerra and Jaime A. Viteri downgraded shares of Micron Technology, Inc. (NASDAQ: MU) to Neutral, while trimming their price target from $36 to $15. They anticipate blended DRAM pricing could tumble by more than 20 percent by the beginning of next...