Computer Hardware

HP's (NYSE: HPQ) decision to shutter its WebOS line of portable gadgets inspired a weekend scramble to buy the deeply-discounted TouchPad tablet, as consumers flooded online retailers and waited in lines outside brick and mortar stores. At $99 for the 16GB version, which was previously priced at $...

US stock futures are higher this morning. Futures on the Dow Jones Industrial Average surged 73 points to 10,893.00 and futures on the S&P 500 stock index rose 9.30 points to 1,132.80. Nasdaq 100 futures gained 22.00 points to 2,063.00. US stocks closed lower on Friday, with the Dow Jones...

Auriga has upgraded Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) from Hold to Buy and has established a $32 price target.

Will Hewlett-Packard's (NYSE: HPQ) slashing of the price of the discontinued TouchPad to $99 be the death blow for lower-volume tablet makers and in the long-run increase Apple's dominance with the iPad? Certainly it will put tablets in the hands of possibly a million consumers who would never have...

Just a day after announcing they were killing off the TouchPad, Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) put the entire stock of the tablets on clearance; $99 for the 16GB model and $149 for the 32GB version. Retailers and the HP website were sold out of the two models in just a few hours.

ProShares UltraShort Silver (ETF) (NYSE: ZSL) traded 9.86% lower on Friday as silver continued its uptrend. ZSL closed at $11.33, and it had a volume of 15.64M traded shares. Direxion Daily Technology Bull 3x Shares (ETF) (NYSE: TYH) fell 8.13% as Hewlett-Packard Company (NYSE: HPQ) slipped 20.03...

VelocityShares Daily 2x VIX Short Term ETN (NYSE: TVIX) closed its fourth consecutive trading session higher on Friday. TVIX gained 10.90%, and closed at $59.94. ProShares Ultra Silver (ETF) (NYSE: AGQ) gained 10.18% today as silver continued to move higher. AGQ closed at $241.57, and it had a...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has created countless products throughout the years that both investors and tech geeks alike love. Here's a few of them.

Bank of America (NYSE: BAC) is cutting 3,500 jobs by September, and could potentially cut thousands more. What is it called when banks go bankrupt? Oh ya. That's right. It's called Bank of America. Hewlett-Packard's (NYSE: HPQ) planned exit of the personal-computer business may provide a boost...

We could replace Apple (AAPL) with Exxon (XOM) but you get the picture - you can combine the top 32 European banks and they would not be worth as much as either of the 2 companies above.  But they sure cause a lot more trouble. Earlier on Friday the DJ STOXX euro zone banks index fell 4 percent,...

You know you are great when you are worth as much as all the banks in Europe. Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is now worth as much as the 32 largest banks in the Euro zone, according to Reuters. As a result of the sharp increase in volatility over the past few weeks, and recent share prices declines in some...

Huge news out of Bloomberg, especially if it winds up becoming true. According to the New York-based financial publication, European Union regulators may start drafting legislation for a Eurobond to help control the debt crisis, which appears to be spiraling out of control. This is a stark...

Dell (NASDAQ: DELL) CEO Michael Dell just loves to verbally throw down, and he particularly enjoys spreading dirt about HP (NYSE: HPQ). It is almost as if he is obsessed with HP, who recently underwent massive corporate restructuring. HP is keeping a dignified silence, telling Benzinga that the...

FBN Securities retained its Hewlett Packward (NYSE: HPQ) Sector Perform rating and lowered its Hewlett Packard price target from $38 to $28 in a research report published today. In the report, FBN Securities states, "The bottom line is that while HPQ is trying to become “more like IBM” (exit PCs,...

We have heard the countless iPad 3 rumors, but it looks like we finally have a concrete date for the next tablet from Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). The Wall Street Journal is reporting Steve Jobs and the rest of his team in Cupertino, Calif. are planning to launch the third version of the iPad in early...