Apple's Mac flies in under the radar

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• Apple's Mac flies in under the radar
• Tech focus now on Microsoft Windows 8, Surface tablet
• U.S. ITC judge says Samsung infringed Apple patents
• The Philosophy Behind Windows 8, From One of Its Creators
• Facebook Barely Beats Twitter, Trounces Google+ Among Teens [VIDEO]
• Zynga shores up 2012 view after revenue beat, shares jump
• Dutch court says Samsung does not infringe Apple patent
• Symantec beats Street, new CEO begins to make his mark
• Spend fewer quarters on these cool ‘80s arcade games for Android
• Sprint unveils new data plans for 4G LTE tablets
• Holiday gadgets: Samsung launches Note II phone
• News Summary: Zynga posts 3Q loss, shares jump
• Apple's Mac flies in under the radar
• Teradyne 3Q profit up but outlook disappoints
• And the Actual Retail Price for Instagram Is...
• Babies Could One Day Have Three Parents; How Did Those Easter Island Statues Get There?
• The Philosophy Behind Windows 8, From One of Its Creators
• Zynga shores up 2012 view after revenue beat, shares jump
• Tech focus now on Microsoft Windows 8, Surface tablet
• Zynga posts 3Q loss, shares jump after-hours
• ASMI profit dragged down by weak chip packaging business
• Prices of Facebook stock since long-awaited IPO
• Military plans new hypersonic flight after failure
• A look at tech companies with recent IPOs
• High-tech product announcements this fall
• What earnings reports have revealed about ads
• Corning may make job cuts as part of cost cuts
• Windows 8: Make-or-break moment for Microsoft CEO
• How Slight Sleep Deprivation Could Add Extra Pounds
• Symantec beats Street, new CEO begins to make his mark
• U.S. ITC judge says Samsung infringed Apple patents
• AT&T sees fewer new customers in 3Q
• F5 shares fall after hours on weak 4Q and forecast
• Facebook Barely Beats Twitter, Trounces Google+ Among Teens [VIDEO]
• IAC stock shaken after guidance confusion
• Symantec beats 2Q profit, sales expectations
• Zynga posts 3Q loss, signs UK gambling deal
• Facebook shares post biggest single-day gain

Apple's Mac flies in under the radar Posted: 24 Oct 2012 05:44 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amid the fanfare accompanying the noisy launch of the iPad mini this week, Apple Inc also took the wraps off new Mac computers. The facelift may help revitalize an important lineup that -- while seeing growth tail off in the early part of 2012 -- yields 14 percent of revenue and still racks up sales growth numbers that are the envy of a flagging PC world. ...

Tech focus now on Microsoft Windows 8, Surface tablet Posted: 24 Oct 2012 04:32 PM PDT SEATTLE (Reuters) - Firm sales numbers for Microsoft Corp's Windows 8 and its new Surface tablet will not be available for three months, but it may be clear long before then if it has a hit on its hands. "We can definitely gauge it by chatter," said Emily Chan, an analyst at Bernstein Research. "There is a slight learning curve, so I don't think we will see that big pop that iPad saw. ...

U.S. ITC judge says Samsung infringed Apple patents Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:59 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung Electronics, the world's top maker of smartphones, infringed Apple patents to make its smartphones and tablets, a U.S. trade panel judge said in a preliminary decision issued on Wednesday. Apple had filed a complaint in mid-2011, accusing Samsung of infringing its patents in making its Captivate, Transform and Fascinate smartphones, as well as the Galaxy Tablet. Judge Thomas Pender said that Samsung infringed four Apple patents but did not violate two others listed in the complaint. ...

The Philosophy Behind Windows 8, From One of Its Creators Posted: 24 Oct 2012 05:00 PM PDT Microsoft will officially release Windows 8 to the public on Friday, and although company executives would never say so, they must be at least a little bit nervous about it. After all, the user interface (formerly known as Metro) is the most radical redesign of the operating system since Windows 95.

Facebook Barely Beats Twitter, Trounces Google+ Among Teens [VIDEO] Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:30 PM PDT It came as little surprise that Facebook was the social network of choice in a recent survey of 7,700 teens across the U.S. But now that the study's authors have revealed its numbers, we can see just how much -- or indeed, how little -- Facebook won by.

Zynga shores up 2012 view after revenue beat, shares jump Posted: 24 Oct 2012 04:38 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Zynga Inc raised the lower end of its 2012 earnings outlook after quarterly revenue beat Wall Street's rock-bottom expectations, driving its shares 13 percent higher. As pressure fell on the embattled "FarmVille" creator to show Wednesday that it has stabilized its spiraling business, the company assuaged investors with a series of minor announcements, from a new deal with British firm bwin.party to offer online real-money gambling in the United Kingdom to a $200 million share buyback plan that would lift its dismal share price. ...

Dutch court says Samsung does not infringe Apple patent Posted: 24 Oct 2012 08:06 AM PDT AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - A Dutch court has ruled Samsung Electronics does not infringe an Apple Inc patent by using certain multi-touch techniques on some of the Samsung Galaxy smartphones and tablet computers. Samsung and Apple, the world's top two smartphone makers, are locked in patent disputes in at least 10 countries as they vie to dominate the lucrative mobile market and win over customers with their latest gadgets. Apple scored a sweeping legal victory over its South Korean rival in August when a U.S. ...

Symantec beats Street, new CEO begins to make his mark Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:01 PM PDT BOSTON, Oct 24 - Symantec Corp reported results ahead of Wall Street expectations as its new chief executive took direct control of the company's sales force as part of an effort to turn around the maker of security software. Shares in the company, which had fired its previous CEO, Enrique Salem, in July after its stock had languished for years, rallied 9 percent in extended trade. "The company is performing pretty well in a tough environment. You have a new CEO who is off to a good start," said Daniel Ives, analyst with FBR Capital Markets. ...

Spend fewer quarters on these cool ‘80s arcade games for Android Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:24 PM PDT I grew up in the 1980s and spent a ton of time and quarters at the arcade. This was our main form of gaming entertainment, since personal computers were not mainstream. It's really neat to see some of the games getting ported to Android and other mobile devices. There are a lot of these classic arcade titles on Android. Maybe I will do another post or two on them, but for now here are the ones I have played and loved.

Sprint unveils new data plans for 4G LTE tablets Posted: 24 Oct 2012 07:48 PM PDT (Reuters) - U.S. wireless carrier Sprint Nextel Corp said it will introduce new rate plans for 4G tablets that offer customers up to 20 percent more data than rivals for the same price. Competition is heating up among wireless carriers to meet growing customer demand for data as more people buy handheld devices with Internet browsing capabilities. Sprint, the No. 3 U.S. mobile service, also said in a statement that it is waiving for a limited time the activation fee on all 3G and 4G LTE tablets. ...

Holiday gadgets: Samsung launches Note II phone Posted: 24 Oct 2012 06:08 PM PDT Samsung Electronics Co. has been running ads touting its Galaxy S III phone as its "next big thing." Now it has something bigger.

News Summary: Zynga posts 3Q loss, shares jump Posted: 24 Oct 2012 05:45 PM PDT BREATH OF RELIEF: Battered shares of Zynga Inc. soared in after-hours trading Wednesday after the social gaming company posted stronger-than-expected revenue for the third quarter and said it will enter the gambling business.

Apple's Mac flies in under the radar Posted: 24 Oct 2012 05:44 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Amid the fanfare accompanying the noisy launch of the iPad mini this week, Apple Inc also took the wraps off new Mac computers. The facelift may help revitalize an important lineup that -- while seeing growth tail off in the early part of 2012 -- yields 14 percent of revenue and still racks up sales growth numbers that are the envy of a flagging PC world. ...

Teradyne 3Q profit up but outlook disappoints Posted: 24 Oct 2012 05:14 PM PDT Teradyne Inc. reported Wednesday after the market closed that its third-quarter net income increased 56 percent on improved revenue.

And the Actual Retail Price for Instagram Is... Posted: 24 Oct 2012 05:13 PM PDT Though the Instagram sale got a lot of press for its big $1 billion price tag, when all is said and done Facebook will only pay $715 million in cash and stock for the photo-sharing app, according to a Security and Exchange Commission filing from today. The 10-Q states that Instagram will sit in its accounting for $512 million. How do we get $715 million then? The Next Web's Alex Wilhelm does the math for us:

Babies Could One Day Have Three Parents; How Did Those Easter Island Statues Get There? Posted: 24 Oct 2012 05:10 PM PDT Discovered: Recreating the Easter Island statue march; scientists create embryo from three people; brain waves separate video game pros from n00bs; bacteria that act like electric cables.

The Philosophy Behind Windows 8, From One of Its Creators Posted: 24 Oct 2012 05:00 PM PDT Microsoft will officially release Windows 8 to the public on Friday, and although company executives would never say so, they must be at least a little bit nervous about it. After all, the user interface (formerly known as Metro) is the most radical redesign of the operating system since Windows 95.

Zynga shores up 2012 view after revenue beat, shares jump Posted: 24 Oct 2012 04:38 PM PDT SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Zynga Inc raised the lower end of its 2012 earnings outlook after quarterly revenue beat Wall Street's rock-bottom expectations, driving its shares 13 percent higher. As pressure fell on the embattled "FarmVille" creator to show Wednesday that it has stabilized its spiraling business, the company assuaged investors with a series of minor announcements, from a new deal with British firm bwin.party to offer online real-money gambling in the United Kingdom to a $200 million share buyback plan that would lift its dismal share price. ...

Tech focus now on Microsoft Windows 8, Surface tablet Posted: 24 Oct 2012 04:32 PM PDT SEATTLE (Reuters) - Firm sales numbers for Microsoft Corp's Windows 8 and its new Surface tablet will not be available for three months, but it may be clear long before then if it has a hit on its hands. "We can definitely gauge it by chatter," said Emily Chan, an analyst at Bernstein Research. "There is a slight learning curve, so I don't think we will see that big pop that iPad saw. ...

Zynga posts 3Q loss, shares jump after-hours Posted: 24 Oct 2012 04:31 PM PDT Battered shares of Zynga Inc. soared in after-hours trading Wednesday after the social gaming company posted stronger-than-expected revenue for the third quarter and said it will enter the gambling business.

ASMI profit dragged down by weak chip packaging business Posted: 24 Oct 2012 04:00 PM PDT AMSTERDAM (Reuters) - Dutch chip equipment maker ASM International reported a 94 percent fall in profit for the third quarter, weighed down by a 79 percent fall in operating profit. ASMI, which makes equipment used for processing, assembly and packaging of semiconductors, said weak economy weighed on both its chip processing and packaging businesses. "While sales, both in Front-end and Back-end showed, despite worsening market conditions, a healthy growth, our results were lagging behind," Chief Executive Officer Chuck del Prado said in a statement. ...

Prices of Facebook stock since long-awaited IPO Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:49 PM PDT Facebook's stock has been down on 60 trading days, up on 48 and unchanged on three since its initial public offering.

Military plans new hypersonic flight after failure Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:48 PM PDT The U.S. military said Wednesday it is planning another unmanned hypersonic flight in the wake of a failed attempt.

A look at tech companies with recent IPOs Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:47 PM PDT Facebook and other companies that went public recently are starting to report quarterly earnings. Here's a look at earnings reports from some tech companies that had IPOs since last year.

High-tech product announcements this fall Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:45 PM PDT It's high season for consumer electronics. Manufacturers of various gadgets are unveiling their holiday lineups. Add to that products surrounding a new version of Windows coming out Friday.

What earnings reports have revealed about ads Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:27 PM PDT Companies that sell advertising have begun releasing their earnings reports for the latest quarter. Here are highlights of recent quarterly earnings reports from selected Internet and media companies and what they say about the state of spending on advertising.

Corning may make job cuts as part of cost cuts Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:26 PM PDT Corning said Wednesday that it will likely cut costs, which may include "modest" job cuts, to support profit in a weakening economy.

Windows 8: Make-or-break moment for Microsoft CEO Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:22 PM PDT Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer can't afford to be wrong about Windows 8.

How Slight Sleep Deprivation Could Add Extra Pounds Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:10 PM PDT How Slight Sleep Deprivation Could Add Extra Pounds

Symantec beats Street, new CEO begins to make his mark Posted: 24 Oct 2012 03:01 PM PDT BOSTON, Oct 24 - Symantec Corp reported results ahead of Wall Street expectations as its new chief executive took direct control of the company's sales force as part of an effort to turn around the maker of security software. Shares in the company, which had fired its previous CEO, Enrique Salem, in July after its stock had languished for years, rallied 9 percent in extended trade. "The company is performing pretty well in a tough environment. You have a new CEO who is off to a good start," said Daniel Ives, analyst with FBR Capital Markets. ...

U.S. ITC judge says Samsung infringed Apple patents Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:59 PM PDT WASHINGTON (Reuters) - South Korea's Samsung Electronics, the world's top maker of smartphones, infringed Apple patents to make its smartphones and tablets, a U.S. trade panel judge said in a preliminary decision issued on Wednesday. Apple had filed a complaint in mid-2011, accusing Samsung of infringing its patents in making its Captivate, Transform and Fascinate smartphones, as well as the Galaxy Tablet. Judge Thomas Pender said that Samsung infringed four Apple patents but did not violate two others listed in the complaint. ...

AT&T sees fewer new customers in 3Q Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:57 PM PDT The flow of customers into AT&T's wireless stores slowed further in the latest quarter, putting the company far behind rival Verizon Wireless.

F5 shares fall after hours on weak 4Q and forecast Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:38 PM PDT F5 Networks Inc.'s shares slid after the company's fiscal fourth-quarter results and first-quarter forecast fell short of market expectations as the weak economy affects corporate customers' technology spending.

Facebook Barely Beats Twitter, Trounces Google+ Among Teens [VIDEO] Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:30 PM PDT It came as little surprise that Facebook was the social network of choice in a recent survey of 7,700 teens across the U.S. But now that the study's authors have revealed its numbers, we can see just how much -- or indeed, how little -- Facebook won by.

IAC stock shaken after guidance confusion Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:24 PM PDT Shares of IAC/InterActiveCorp declined Wednesday amid investor confusion over the company's 2013 guidance following a mistake by a financial-information provider.

Symantec beats 2Q profit, sales expectations Posted: 24 Oct 2012 02:08 PM PDT Computer security company Symantec Corp. said Wednesday that its fiscal second-quarter net income rose 6 percent from a year ago as revenue ticked higher.

Zynga posts 3Q loss, signs UK gambling deal Posted: 24 Oct 2012 01:56 PM PDT Battered shares of Zynga Inc. soared in after-hours trading Wednesday after the social gaming company posted stronger-than-expected revenue for the third quarter and said it will enter the gambling business.

Facebook shares post biggest single-day gain Posted: 24 Oct 2012 01:44 PM PDT Facebook's stock gained the most in a single day Wednesday since it began trading in May, a sign that the social media company's complicated relationship with Wall Street may be getting brighter.

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