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Beacon Rock Research Reiterated Buy and PT of $25 on Sonic Foundry
Wednesday, May 25, 2011 - 8:32am | 138Beacon Rock Research reiterated its Buy rating on Sonic Foundry (NASDAQ: SOFO). At the same time, Beacon Rock left its price target unchanged at $25. In a research report published today, Beacon Rock praised Sonic Foundry as the leader in the online education sector. In the report, Sonic Foundry...
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More Spying on Elite Funds - Part 2
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 7:05pm | 1695A follow-up to my last comment on spying on elite funds. We begin with an article by Naked Value on Seeking Alpha, Paulson & Co.'s Biggest Buy, Biggest Sell and Top Holdings. You'll notice that unlike Dodge and Cox, Paulson & Co sold all their Pfizer shares, and initiated a new position in...
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TeleCommunication Systems Receives Six U.S. Patents for Advancements in Public Safety Communications Technology
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 11:30am | 116TeleCommunication Systems (NASDAQ: TSYS) today announced that the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office has issued TCS six patents related to public safety and E9-1-1 technology: "Ancillary Data Support In Session Initiation Protocol (SIP) Messaging" (U.S. Patent No. 7,929,530) "Wireless Emergency...
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Microsoft Previews Next Release of Windows Phone
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 10:03am | 62Microsoft Corp. (NASDAQ: MSFT) today previewed the next major release of Windows Phone, code-named "Mango," through a series of media events around the world. "Mango" will deliver more than 500 new features. The "Mango" release will be available for free to Windows Phone 7 customers and is...
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Don't Look Now: IBM Ahead of Microsoft in Market Capitalization
Tuesday, May 24, 2011 - 6:12am | 222International Business Machines Corp. (NYSE: IBM), following the lead of Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL), has pulled ahead of Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) in overall market capitalization, dealing yet another blow to the software giant. Shares of IBM have gained more than $20 since the beginning of the year, now...
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How to Sell a Windows PC
Monday, May 23, 2011 - 1:43pm | 700For generations, salesmen have scratched their heads at the prospect of selling a Windows PC. “It should be so easy!” the salesmen would shout. “They should practically sell themselves!” And why wouldn't they? Why would anyone go on a Safari when they can explore a wide web of content right here...
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Is Sony Relevant Anymore?
Monday, May 23, 2011 - 10:03am | 405Sony Corp. (NYSE: SNE) this morning that it expects to post a loss for fiscal 2011 of around $3.2 billion, as a plethora of problems have plagued the Japanese electronics giant this year. From production disruption related to the devastation in Japan, to an attack on its its online gaming service...
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Citi Reports On Symantec Aquisition
Friday, May 20, 2011 - 7:31am | 94According to Citi, Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) announced the acquisition of eDiscovery software vendor Clearwell for $345m plus $45M for employee options issuance. Citi said that Clearwell provides compliance software that enables legal departments to respond to eDiscovery and other legal, regulatory...
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J.P. Morgan Reports on Symantec
Friday, May 20, 2011 - 7:26am | 143J.P. Morgan commented on Symantec (NASDAQ: SYMC) in a report released earlier today. In the report, J.P. Morgan was positive in its assessment of the company. J.P. Morgan writes, "The acquisition is expected to enhance the eDiscovery capabilities of Symantec's Enterprise Vault, the company's...
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Evolving Systems Announces Share Repurchase Program of up to $5.0M
Friday, May 20, 2011 - 7:03am | 140Evolving Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: EVOL), a leading provider of software solutions and services to the wireless, wireline and cable markets, today announced that its Board of Directors has authorized a share repurchase program for up to $5.0 million in aggregate of the Company's common stock....
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Symantec to Acquire Clearwell Systems for $390M
Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 4:07pm | 106Symantec Corp. (NASDAQ: SYMC) today announced it has signed a definitive agreement to acquire privately-held Clearwell Systems, Inc., a recognized leader in the eDiscovery market. The acquisition of Clearwell will bring together the industry's leading eDiscovery, archiving and backup offerings to...
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Is the LinkedIn IPO Proof That We Are in a Bubble?
Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 3:03pm | 694In the ‘90s, fresh startups were known as “websites” and “dot-coms.” Now that every company has a website, we simply refer to them as “tech startups.” For the average person, these labels are meaningless. Few people care about the way Groupon is classified so long as it saves them money. If...
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Microsoft Using Free Xbox to Spur PC Sales, But Will it Work?
Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 2:28pm | 249Starting May 22, Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) will begin giving away free Xbox 360 consoles (the $200 four-gig version) to students who spend $699 or more on a new Windows PC. According to Mashable, this deal – which will be available at Best Buy (NYSE: BBY), the Microsoft Store, Dell.com (NASDAQ: DELL...
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Exclusive - Adobe Speaks To Benzinga Amid Rumors of a Microsoft Purchase
Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 12:32pm | 65The internet was going crazy yesterday with rumors that Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is planning to buy Adobe (NASDAQ: ADBE). Jodi Warner Sorensen, Adobe's Group Manager in Corporate PR, could neither confirm of deny these reports when contacted by Benzinga. "Adobe does not comment on rumors or...
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Why LinkedIn Will Be a $25 Billion Company in 5 Years
Thursday, May 19, 2011 - 12:21pm | 1018By Conor Sen A wise man once said, "All you have is your name and your word." Indeed. That, in a nutshell, is LinkedIn's economic proposition. Professor Pinch and I have written a lot about the emerging data economy and how it represents the next phase of disruptive change for the Internet. One...