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Should You Upgrade to Windows 8?
Walt answers readers’ questions about whether it makes sense to upgrade to the new Windows 8 operating system and if the capacity of the iPad is infinite.
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Zynga Shares Trading Higher Ahead of Fourth-Quarter Earnings
Zynga is trading higher this morning after an analyst upgraded the company’s stock to “buy.” The social games company will report fourth-quarter earnings this afternoon. The stock was up nearly 6 percent to $2.70 a share after Bank of America/Merrill Lynch said it was more optimistic about the company’s performance and investors’ increased appetite for public companies with developing businesses models. The company is expecting earnings of up to $162 million before some expenses on quarterly bookings of up to $1.1 billion.Windows 8: Not for Old-at-Heart PCs
If you’re thinking of upgrading your PC to the new Windows 8, be prepared for hassles and disappointment, especially if the computer is more than a year or two old, says Walt.
Facebook’s Early Christmas Gift: Shares Surge on Analyst Upgrades
Facebook’s usual Wall Street Scrooges do a sudden, positive about-face on the stock’s prospects.
Can the Hedge Fund Dudes Save Groupon’s Stock?
The capitalist kind can be very helpful.
QOTD: Faint Praise for Googorola, More for Google
We still view GOOG’s acquisition of the football coaching headphone equipment company as highly risky, but given signs that Amazon & Facebook may also enter the Smartphone market, GOOG’s move isn’t unprecedented.
– Citigroup analyst Mark Mahaney, who is upgrading his Google rating to “buy” from “neutral,” despite his lack of enthusiasm for the $12.5 billion Motorola deal. On the bright side, he adds, if regulators approve the purchase next year, it will “still provide GOOG with patent support, & it’s an accretive deal.”
VMware CEO Paul Maritz Talks About the Cloud Monster, Microsoft and More! (Video)
VMware CEO Paul Maritz has his hands full trying to keep the lead in the hyper-competitive virtualization space, as more and more businesses move into the cloud. He talks about the complexities and the competition with companies like Microsoft, where — irony alert — he was a former top exec and is often mentioned as the best candidate to be its next CEO.
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Microsoft Stumbles With First Windows Phone 7 Update
Microsoft has confirmed reports that an update that went out to new Windows Phone 7 handsets on Monday has a glitch affecting some handsets manufactured by Samsung. A Microsoft spokeswoman told Digits that the upgrade still appears as available to all Windows Phone 7 users, but that Samsung owners get a message saying that the upgrade is no longer available to them.
Hulu Plus Gets an Art House Upgrade With Criterion Collection
Jean-Luc Godard, François Truffaut, Ingmar Bergman and other directors you can’t see in Imax join the video service’s catalog.
The Streak 7: Bargain Tablet From Dell Is No Real Deal
Dell’s Streak 7 is the least expensive tablet from a major manufacturer and claims to be the first capable of 4G cellular speeds, but the compromises made to get the price down make it impossible to recommend.