Week in review: Apple earnings, Steve Jobs’ health dominate the headlines

The following is a roundup of my stories from Investor’s Business Daily at Investors.com and Click, IBD’s Tech Blog.

Robot company stocks jumped Friday. Intuitive Surgical and iRobot rose on heavy volume. (Jan. 21, 2011)

Devices running Google’s Android operating system will turn up the heat on Apple’s iPhone and iPad this year. (Jan. 19, 2011)

Steve who?
Apple’s stellar Q1 results and upbeat guidance help investors forget CEO Steve Jobs is seriously ill again. (Jan. 18, 2011)

Why Steve Jobs’ latest health scare should worry Apple investors. (Jan. 17, 2011)

Apple CEO Steve Jobs takes his third medical leave of absence in six years.
Questions about his future at Apple return. (Jan. 17, 2011)

Movie rentals sluggish at Redbox kiosks.
Business hurt by 28-day delay in renting new movies. Coinstar stock plunges. (Jan. 14, 2011)

Corporate PC refresh cycle isn’t even halfway done yet, Intel CEO says. (Jan. 14, 2011)

Flash memory chip maker SanDisk is benefiting from the growth of smart phones, tablets and SSD notebooks. (Jan. 13, 2011)

Intel posts better-than-expected Q4 results on strong server chip sales, which offset weaker PC chip sales. (Jan. 13, 2011)

Video game software sales across all channels flat to down 1% in 2010.
Activision’s “Call of Duty: Black Ops” was the year’s top-selling video game. (Jan. 13, 2011)

Personal computer shipments slow in Q4 and come in below Gartner and IDC forecasts. Tablets partially to blame. (Jan. 12, 2011)