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Wall Street Beat: After a strong Q2, what's next for 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.



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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.

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Wall Street Beat: IT crawls to end of a 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.

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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.

| News | Business | 12/12/08 at 10:02 am |


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Wall Street Beat: Tech shares sink to 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.

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