Usman Khalid
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Articles By Usman Khalid
Microsoft and Research in Motion are the biggest beneficiaries of the ongoing half of 2012, according to the market research firm ABI Research. Both companies have their flagship operating systems in line expected to be launched in September 2012 and first quarter of 2013, repectively. Microsoft, who recently redesigned and re-launched its corporate logo, are […]
Aug 31 2012 | Posted in
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Adobe Systems announced the new version of the online television viewing program Adobe Pass 2.0. The program will enable TV content providers authenticate and verify subscribers among other features. Adobe has been working hard on TV Everywhere program, an international term used by television content providers and support system developers. The term encompasses all the […]
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Data Analytics software solutions company Splunk announced its financial report for the second fiscal quarter ended July 31. According to the report, the company incurred one cent loss minus items per share. Although it is a loss that was reported, it was much lesser than what was the consensus of the analysts conducted by Thomas […]
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Amazon.com is making strong and encouraging statements that surely are going to inculcate confidence in investors. The company said Tuesday that its 180,000 books available for Amazon Prime membership have received over a hundred million-plus hits in terms of downloads, borrows and purchases. Though it has been less than a year since the service started […]
Aug 30 2012 | Posted in
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Western Digital has won back the top spot in the global ranking of hard disk drive shipments in the second quarter 2012, said a new report from IHS iSuppli. The top position went to Seagate temporarily when WD’s Thailand plant was hit by flooding last year. The monsoon flooding in Thailand destroyed some parts of […]
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Pandora Media, the online satellite radio service is expected by analysts to move to profitability after a year-earlier IPO. Wall Street forecasts a 2 cent per-share profit minus items, reversing the 3-cent loss in the year-earlier quarter, according to the consensus of analysts polled by Thomson Reuters. The company will report its third-quarter performance sheets […]
Aug 30 2012 | Posted in
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Semiconductor industry is declining by the day due majorly to the aching global economic health. KLA-Tencor and ASML Holding were two more companies that received the negative effect. The shares of both companies were down 3.4 percent down in late trading. Deutsche Bank’s downgrade of stocks hit both ASML and KLA, both had a 28 […]
Aug 30 2012 | Posted in
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VMware, a virtualization and cloud computing developers, showed off new product bundles, clouding packages and new pricing models in wake of the rapidly growing market. VMware is one of the biggest companies that specialize in cloud computing infrastructure. Moreover, VMware also develops tools that virtualize physical servers to run on different operating systems and software […]
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Lexmark, the printer makers, announced on Monday that they will probe deeper into the inkjet printer market more and will undergo downsizing by a volume of 1,700 jobs. The company has seen a slow growth in consumer and corporate market and its share price has paid the toll. Lexmark, trading under LXK has seen a […]
Aug 30 2012 | Posted in
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Google, Inc. has come up with yet another service on its search engine Google.com. The new service Google Shopping will target shoppers that search for consumer products online and will connect them directly to the retailers. The main feature of the service is to add visualization to advertisements in search results. The search queries on […]
Aug 30 2012 | Posted in
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InterActive Corporation, IAC, announced Monday that it will acquire About.com and its parent company About Group for $300 Million from The New York Times Corporation. The acquisition is 100 percent to side with IAC and the company will pay all the money in cash to news giants. NY Times bought About Group in 2005 for […]
Aug 29 2012 | Posted in
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The aftermaths of the historic Apple-Samsung ruling is starting to show its vitals. Tablet display manufacturers Universal Display Corp. was the first company affected by the court decision. UDC’s shares fell 8.5 percent on Monday due to the fear that display demand might drop if Android tablets are banned. The nine-member jury passed the verdict […]
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