http://www.itworld.com/taxonomy/term/579/all xx http://www.itworld.com/business/70189/wall-street-beat-after-strong-q2-whats-next-tech The second quarter officially ended on June 30 with technology stocks leading all others. The question is, after a strong second quarter run, where do they go from here? Some analysts predict a dip in coming months as people avoid buying new PCs, opting instead to wait until late October when they can buy computers with Microsoft's new operating system, Windows 7. http://www.itworld.com/business/70189/wall-street-beat-after-strong-q2-whats-next-tech#comments Business IT management/strategy News technology stocks Wall Street Fri, 03 Jul 2009 09:12:27 -0400 ITworld staff 70189 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/security/63031/conficker-spawn-recession-smackdown A new version of Conficker has turned up and could portend even more malevolent uses of that already-nasty malware. Hewlett-Packard, Apple and Sprint Nextel, through either rough earnings reports or market surveys, joined the ranks of big-name tech companies that have been slammed by the recession. And if you use facial recognition to securely log on to your laptop, you may want to reconsider. http://www.itworld.com/security/63031/conficker-spawn-recession-smackdown#comments Business Security News Black Hat conficker recession Wall Street Sat, 21 Feb 2009 10:23:10 -0500 ITworld staff 63031 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/59830/wall-street-beat-it-crawls-end-tough-year Amazon and Red Hat provided a few glimmers of sunlight as the tech sector suffered through a turbulent week, with no signs of letup soon. http://www.itworld.com/business/59830/wall-street-beat-it-crawls-end-tough-year#comments Business IT management/strategy News economy Wall Street Sat, 27 Dec 2008 10:45:39 -0500 ITworld staff 59830 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/59192/wall-street-beat-it-forecasts-slashed With CIOs reporting budget revisions, market analysts slashing expectations for tech sector growth, and companies as diverse as Yahoo, Hynix, Texas Instruments and Sony cutting sales forecasts and jobs this week, there is no bottom clearly in sight for IT. http://www.itworld.com/business/59192/wall-street-beat-it-forecasts-slashed#comments Business News IT forecast IT spending Wall Street Fri, 12 Dec 2008 10:02:38 -0500 ITworld staff 59192 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/business/58205/wall-street-beat-tech-shares-sink-6-year-lows An upbeat earnings forecast from HP and better-than-expected October PC sales in the U.S. could not boost confidence in the technology sector this week. http://www.itworld.com/business/58205/wall-street-beat-tech-shares-sink-6-year-lows#comments Business Software News Wall Street Fri, 21 Nov 2008 08:47:07 -0500 ITworld staff 58205 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/internet/57860/once-again-worrisome-financial-news-prevails Start to finish, the week was full of news related to the sorry state of the global economy, with Sun capping things off by announcing it will cut thousands of jobs. Casting a little hopeful light on yet another week of dismal news was optimism from IT professionals who say that, unlike with previous downturns, they aren't being ordered to make drastic cuts. http://www.itworld.com/internet/57860/once-again-worrisome-financial-news-prevails#comments Internet Software News AMD salary Sun Microsystems Wall Street Fri, 14 Nov 2008 16:22:16 -0500 ITworld staff 57860 at http://www.itworld.com http://www.itworld.com/wall-street-tycoon-blacharski-080604 The days of frantic Wall Street traders shouting and waving pieces of paper are long gone. Today's traders "rely on sophisticated computer programs to execute their trades in a very clever way, to send them down to the electronic markets, and to disguise their intentions so that their competitors don't know what they're up to," says Matthew Klein, author of Con Ed and founder of Collective2.com. In fact, the most frantic thing traders do these days is "go and get themselves another cup of coffee when things aren't going well," says Klein. But easy trading combined with risks hidden behind complex algorithms is a dangerous combination. "Computers can only make you faster and more efficient at what you normally do," says Klein. "In many cases you just get a lot better and faster at losing your money." http://www.itworld.com/wall-street-tycoon-blacharski-080604#comments Business Tech & society Interview stock market Wall Street Wed, 04 Jun 2008 11:54:16 -0400 abennett 44341 at http://www.itworld.com