Week in review: Microsoft readies Surface

The following is a roundup of my stories from Investor’s Business Daily at Investors.com.

Microsoft Windows 8 faces growing pressure to succeed. (Oct. 19, 2012)

Microsoft misses Q1 estimates ahead of Windows 8 launch. (Oct. 18, 2012)

Microsoft Surface tablet pricing called “fatal mistake.” (Oct. 18, 2012)

Apple must apologize for calling Samsung a copycat. (Oct. 18, 2012)

Mellanox stock plunges on guidance. (Oct. 18, 2012)

Microsoft facing a down quarter ahead of Windows 8. (Oct. 18, 2012)

Apple iPad Mini likely to cannibalize 15% to 20% of regular iPad sales. (Oct. 17, 2012)

Intel sees no PC sales boost from Microsoft’s Windows 8 near term. (Oct. 17, 2012)

Apple sets Oct. 23 for expected iPad Mini debut. (Oct. 16, 2012)

Microsoft Surface tablets match Apple iPad on price. (Oct. 16, 2012)

Intel seen posting first sales decline in three years. (Oct. 15, 2012)

Photo: Microsoft Surface tablet with colored keyboard covers. 

Week in review: Apple Maps controversy no big deal to consumers, survey shows

The following is a roundup of my stories from Investor’s Business Daily at Investors.com.

Apple Maps controversy no big deal to consumers, survey finds. (Oct. 12, 2012)

Best Buy fights “showrooming” with Amazon.com price match for holidays. (Oct. 12, 2012)

Electronic Arts scores with “Madden NFL,” but video game industry sales sacked in September. (Oct. 12, 2012)

AMD warning adds to personal computer sector woes. (Oct. 12, 2012)

Infosys shares down on Q2 sales miss and weak guidance. (Oct. 12, 2012)

Softbank would give Sprint much needed deep pockets vs. AT&T and Verizon. Deal could lead to Sprint purchase of Clearwire. (Oct. 11. 2012)

U.S. loses PC lead to China’s Lenovo. (Oct. 11, 2012)

Sprint Nextel confirms Softbank talks; Stock jumps. (Oct. 11, 2012)

HP loses global PC crown to China’s Lenovo. (Oct. 10, 2012)

PC shipments seen falling for first time in 11 years. (Oct. 10, 2012)

Apple’s refreshed iPhone lineup stalls Android sales. (Oct. 10, 2012)

Apple one-upped by Boxee in TV set-top boxes. (Oct. 10, 2012)

Intel stock hits 52-week low on analyst downgrade. (Oct. 9, 2012)

Apple stock falls on iPhone 5 supply and production issues. (Oct. 8, 2012)

Netflix stock jumps on second bullish report in one week. (Oct. 8, 2012)

Apple’s iPad Mini faces pricing conflict with iPod Touch. (Oct. 8, 2012)

Week in review: Apple Maps flap, Bar Refaeli ‘sex film’ in the news

The following is a roundup of my stories from Investor’s Business Daily at Investors.com.

Apple turns website into tribute to Steve Jobs on one-year anniversary of his death. (Oct. 5, 2012)

U.S. tech jobs market shrinks in September. (Oct. 5, 2012)

Apple Maps rejected by iPhone users, who seek alternatives. (Oct. 4, 2012)

Bar Refaeli “sex film” latest satire of Kickstarter. (Oct. 3, 2012)

Analyst calls Netflix stock a “screaming buy.” (Oct. 3, 2012)

Hewlett-Packard slashes 2013 profit forecast as the company implements its turnaround strategy. (Oct. 3, 2012)

Sourcefire stock falls on CEO retirement news. (Oct. 3, 2012)

Ancestry.com buys photo-sharing startup 1000memories. (Oct. 3, 2012)

Apple iPad Mini reportedly in mass production. (Oct. 3, 2012)

Apple iPad Mini to kick off tablet holiday season. Other tablet makers vying for shoppers include Samsung, Amazon, Barnes & Noble, Google and Microsoft. (Oct. 2, 2012)

Microsoft is making a “big, multimillion-dollar investment” to create a news operation for its MSN website. (Oct. 1, 2012)

Apple executive Scott Forstall taking flak for maps app flap. (Oct. 1, 2012)

Photos: Still from Bar Refaeli comedy video (top); Apple’s Map software on iPhone 5.

The following is a roundup of my stories from Investor’s Business Daily at Investors.com.

Equinix, Rackspace riding the cloud computing wave. (Sept. 28, 2012)

Apple’s iPhone 5 grabs the lion’s share of media attention. (Sept. 28, 2012)

Apple mea culpa over maps flap praised as “classic, good apology.” (Sept. 28, 2012)

Apple CEO Tim Cook admits the company’s new maps app sucks, suggests alternatives. (Sept. 28, 2012)

Apple’s iPhone 5 hampered by component shortages, especially new displays. (Sept. 25, 2012)

Adobe Systems partners with Monotype Imaging to beautify the Web with fonts. (Sept. 25, 2012)

A tear-down analysis of Apple’s iPhone 5 reveals that SanDisk, Elpida and Sony have scored component wins in the new smartphone. (Sept. 25, 2012)

Apple’s iPhone 5 smartphone has been on the market only a few days, but it’s already been shot by a high-powered rifle, slam-dunked like a basketball and fried in a microwave oven. (Sept. 24, 2012)

Google stock hits an all-time high, as the search giant’s traditional Web advertising business regains favor on Wall Street. (Sept. 24, 2012)

Google Maps app is coming to the iPhone 5 and iOS 6, analyst says. (Sept. 24, 2012)

Verizon Communications cleared up two patent infringement lawsuits involving video technology by agreeing to pay more than $500 million to TiVo and ActiveVideo Networks. (Sept. 24, 2012)

Apple stock falls on lower-than-expected first weekend iPhone 5 sales. (Sept. 24, 2012)

Photo: Apple’s iPhone 5.

Week in review: Apple starts selling iPhone 5

The following is a roundup of my stories from Investor’s Business Daily at Investors.com.

Long lines greet iPhone 5 retail debut. (Sept. 21, 2012)

Apple stock hits its sixth record high in the last seven trading day as the iPhone 5 debuts at retail. (Sept. 21, 2012)

Adobe Systems is trying to speed up its transition from selling software licenses to software subscriptions. (Sept. 20, 2012)

Online family history service Ancestry.com is in talks with Discovery Communications to pick up celebrity genealogy show “Who Do You Think You Are?” for its TLC channel. (Sept. 20, 2012)

Apple’s App Store this year will command about 65% of the global market for mobile application store sales. (Sept. 19, 2012)

Strong early demand for Apple’s iPhone 5 is raising the prospects for chipmakers Broadcom and Qualcomm, which are supplying components for the new smartphone. (Sept. 19, 2012)

Household robotics leader iRobot plans to buy rival Evolution Robotics to expand its portfolio of floor-cleaning robots. (Sept. 18,2012)

Apple shares hit new record high on iPhone 5 pre-orders. (Sept. 17, 2012)

Photos: Apple’s iPhone 5 (top) and Evolution Robotics’ Mint floor-cleaning robot.

Week in review: Apple debuts iPhone 5 and new iPod music players

The following is a roundup of my stories from Investor’s Business Daily at Investors.com.

Apple stock hits new record high on aggressive iPhone 5 rollout plans. (Sept. 13, 2012)

Apple shares up on early reviews for iPhone 5. (Sept. 13,2012)

Apple shakes up sleepy iPod music player business. (Sept.12, 2012)

Apple iPhone 5 feels “like a piece of fine jewelry.” (Sept.12, 2012)

Apple stock rises as iPhone 5 is unveiled. (Sept. 12, 2012)

How Apple could help President Obama win re-election. (Sept.12, 2012)

More purported Apple iPad Mini photos surface. (Sept. 11,2012)

Networking chip maker Mellanox Technologies fell hard for a second straight trading day on fears about its rich valuation, a key executive departure and a possible pause in demand signaled by Intel. (Sept. 11, 2012)

Mellanox stock falls sharply on CFO retirement news. (Sept.10, 2012)

Photos: Apple iPhone 5 (top) and new iPod Touch.

Week in review: Amazon launches new Kindle Fire tablets with Dolby audio

The following is a roundup of my stories from Investor’s Business Daily at Investors.com.

Dolby Labs gets first tablet win with new Amazon Kindle Fire tablets. (Sept. 7, 2012)

Democrats and Republicans agree on one thing: Using Panasonic technology at their national conventions. (Sept. 7, 2012)

Video game sales at U.S. retail fell for a ninth consecutive month in August. (Sept. 7, 2012)

Audience shares collapse after audio chip company loses Apple iPhone business. (Sept. 7, 2012)

Pandora Media shares fall on reports that Apple is planning a competing streaming music service. (Sept. 7, 2012)

Microsoft bucks up hiring and R&D spending in China. (Sept.6, 2012)

Digital Innovations launches made-in-USA product to solve tangled headset cord problem. (Sept. 5, 2012)

VeriFone Systems stock falls on weak sales guidance. (Sept.5, 2012)

The centerpiece of Apple’s iPhone 5 handset announcement is likely to be a new display-screen technology that can allow for a thinner-profile phone and longer battery life. (Sept. 5, 2012)

Google’s recently acquired Motorola Mobility division unveils new lineup of Razr-branded Android smartphones. (Sept. 5, 2012)

Nokia stock falls as its Windows 8 smartphones underwhelm. (Sept. 5, 2012)

U.S. video game market loses 12 million players in last year. (Sept. 5, 2012)

Apple teases iPhone 5 launch with media event invitation, while Samsung grabs the U.S. smartphone sales lead. (Sept. 4, 2012)

Computer hackers reportedly have stolen 12 million Apple IDs from an FBI agent’s laptop computer, sparking consumer concerns about cybersecurity and government snooping. (Sept. 4, 2012)

Photo: Amazon.com’s new Kindle Fire HD tablet.