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Cisco's Fourth Quarter Expected to Be Pretty, Oh So Pretty!

Kara Swisher in News on August 11, 2010 at 8:15 am PT

Cisco Systems is expected to report strong fourth-quarter earnings later today after the markets close, which should be another boost to the tech market. The Internet computer networking equipment maker is being buoyed by a return to spending by customers eager to upgrade after recession pullbacks.

Googzilla! Yahoo Japan Confirms Google Switch From Yahoo for Both Paid and Algo Search

Kara Swisher in News on July 26, 2010 at 11:44 pm PT

As BoomTown reported earlier today, Yahoo Japan confirmed it would switch its search technology and paid search provider to Google from Yahoo. The move is a definite blow to Yahoo’s new search and advertising alliance with Microsoft, although Yahoo sought to minimize the damage in a statement. But make no mistake, given the huge Japanese market: It’s Googzilla totally wiping the floor with MicroHooSoftra.

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Semi: No Sign of End Market Improvement, Avian Says

Eric Savitz, Blogger and Columnist, Barron's, Tech Trader Daily in News on March 18, 2009 at 1:32 pm PT

So, did you buy a PC this week? How about a cellphone? A printer? A switch? Probably not. And that could be a problem. The higher the current rally takes the semiconductor stocks–the SMH, the Semiconductor HOLDRS, is up 18.5 percent over the last seven sessions–the more you can expect the Street to dig into the question of whether there has been any real change in demand beyond inventory restocking.

Squeaky Wheels: Tracking Mobile Mice

Katherine Boehret in The Mossberg Solution on April 9, 2008 at 12:01 am PT

Several companies now sell wireless mice designed especially for laptop users for whom the laptop touch pad just won’t do.