After the announcement of the much-hyped acquisition of 3Com Corp. (COMS), Hewlett Packard Co. (HPQ) has decided to beef up its education portfolio.   The three new easy-to-manage education solutions are tools for classroom teaching. The first is the HP MultiSeat, which enables a group of students to access a single host computer at the same time, thereby reducing the need to install additional host computers for uninterrupted data access. The second is the HP TeachNow, which helps teachers from non technical back grounds to address students using technology. Finally, HP SchoolCloud enables both students and teachers to access their applications and data from anywhere with the help of the Internet.   The rapid growth of the primary and higher education sector across the world is being driven by the increasing demand for skilled professionals, particularly in developing countries. This is a recession-proof industry and mostly remains ...

US telecom giant AT&T (T) has reportedly expanded its portfolio of premium cloud-based solutions with an innovative cloud computing service that delivers on-demand computing through a self-service approach over the company’s reliable and highly secured network cloud platform. The service called “AT&T Synaptic Compute as a Service" will offer businesses of all sizes on-demand access to computing resources based on their requirements.  Customers can use the service to quickly address immediate demands for variable computing processing power and increase capacity according to their business needs. The service will be officially launched in the US during fourth-quarter 2009 and will be expanded across select international markets in due course.  Cloud computing is a process of computing where tasks are assigned to a combination of connections, software and services (jointly forming the “Cloud") which can be accessed over a network. Cloud computing is gradually gaining momentum as industry ...

ON Semiconductor (ONNN) reported second quarter earnings that beat the Zacks Consensus Estimate by 4 cents. Revenue by End Market Revenue of $472.9 million was up 12.6% sequentially and down 18.7% year over year. The company saw sequential improvement across all end markets except communications and medical, although all end markets were down on a year-over-year basis. Consumer witnessed the strongest growth, increasing 47.3% sequentially. Automotive and computing also grew double-digits. Year-over-year declines moderated in all except the communications and medical markets. Computing was again the largest end market in the last quarter, generating 27% of sales, followed by automotive with 18%, comunications 17%, industrial/mil/aero with 17%, consumer 17% and medical 4%. Revenue by Segment The double-digit year-over-year decline was across all except the standard products segment, with Digital & Mixed Signal the weakest, followed by Computing & Consumer and Automotive & Power. ...

German telecom giant Deutsche Telekom (DT) announced results for third-quarter 2009 with reported earnings per ADS of 31 cents, beating the Zacks Consensus Estimate of 25 cents. Net income of €959 million (US$1.4 billion) reflects a 7.2% increase from €895 million (US$1.3 billion) reported a year ago.   This year-over-year growth was fueled by the company’s ongoing cost-cutting initiatives under the "Save for Service" program. Total savings from this program reached approximately €5.4 billion (US$7.7 billion) at the end of the quarter, exceeding the annual savings target of up to €4.7 billion (US$6.7 billion) originally expected to be achieved in 2010.   Group Revenue & EBITDA   Reported revenues of €16.3 billion (US$23.2 billion) reflects 5.2% year-over-year growth, primarily due to the consolidation of Greek operator OTE group, in which Deutsche Telekom holds a 30% stake. Domestic revenues grew 0.6% year over year to €7.2 billion (US$10.3 billion), ...

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Wednesday November 4, 2009

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PWRM, INTC, PSFT, JPM, AQNM, MSFT, CVAT, STEC, CSRH

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PSFT, Powersafe Technology Corp., PSFT.PK

PSFT subsidiary Amplification Technologies Inc. (www.amplificationtechnologies.com) (ATI), is offering higher performance thermoelectrically cooled discrete amplification single photon counting solid state photodetectors. These photodetectors are mounted on a two stage thermoelectric cooler inside a hermetically sealed TO8 package and can be operated down to a temperature of -30oC.

The devices are available in both Si and InGaAs/InP technologies. As compared to TO5 devices, these TO8 packaged detectors have 10-30X lower dark current depending on operating temperature. The Si devices offer flat and

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Diodes Inc. (DIOD) posted third quarter results after the closing bell on Monday. The company swung to a GAAP net profit of $7.0 million, from GAAP net loss of $3.0 million and $4.6 million in the previous and year-ago quarters, respectively. Excluding certain special items, pro forma earnings per share came in at 21 cents, edging past the Zacks Consensus Estimate by a penny.   Diodes is a global designer, manufacturer and supplier of application specific standard products serving the consumer electronics, computing, communications, industrial and automotive markets. The company’s product portfolio includes diodes, rectifiers, transistors, MOSFETs, protection devices, functional specific arrays, amplifiers and comparators, Hall-effect sensors, temperature sensors and power management devices.   The company reported an 8.9% year-over-year decline in revenues to $122.1 million, but grew by 17.5% on a sequential basis. The sequential expansion was driven by a recovery in the demand for Diodes’ products ...

International Business Machines Corp. (IBM) will report third-quarter earnings after market close today. We have a Neutral rating on the stock.  Positives:  • IBM has been growing its profits and stands to benefit from cost-cutting measures, strong liquidity position, operational efficiency, substantial free cash flow and earnings momentum.  • The company relies heavily on its technology services and software as a result of which it has recently signed various large IT contracts.  • IBM has been executing a strategy to accelerate initiatives such as Smarter Planet, Business Analytics and Optimization, and Cloud computing and is expanding into ‘smart’ power grid projects, thereby driving higher profit margins.  Negatives:  • IBM’s long-term revenue growth potential is very limited and we remain cautious about currency fluctuation, which is taking a toll on its revenue.  • We believe that the scope for further cost cutting ...

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Monday October 12, 2009

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AAPL, Apple Inc. and GOOG, Google Inc.

AAPL and its wholly owned subsidiaries design, manufacture, and market personal computers, portable digital music players, and mobile communication devices, and sell various related software, services, peripherals, and networking solutions.

GOOG, a technology company, maintains index of Websites and other online content for users, advertisers, Google network members, and other content providers.

Arthur Levinson has resigned from GOOG’s board, averting a potential showdown with government regulators over his overlapping job as a director for computer and gadget maker

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PFE, Pfizer Inc.

PFE is the world’s premier biopharmaceutical company taking new approaches to better health.

PFE has been named among the 2009 Working Mother 100 Best Companies for its steadfast commitment to family-friendly benefits. Pfizer and the other winning companies are pioneering programs that support families, with 100 percent offering flextime, on-site lactation and telecommuting; and 98 percent offering job-sharing and wellness programs—numbers that dwarf those seen nationwide. In addition, financial programs available to the 100 Best employees are on the rise, a much needed boost for families

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The sequencing of the human genome has resulted in the emergence of an enormously important new branch in the biotechnological sciences. The most common terms for this field are bioinformatics or computational biology.

You may have read about the discovery, recently, of a new and radically more effective mosquito repellent. Based on molecules found in black pepper, it was not discovered using traditional laboratory methods. Instead, it came about through computer simulations based on knowledge of mosquito cell biology. This is just the tip of the bioinformatics iceberg.

Until recently, cell biology has been something of a “black box.” We could observe how cells functioned, but had little insight into the actual mechanisms. Now, though, scientists are learning how cells work on the molecular level.

Using mathematical models and new technologies for detecting molecular processes, researchers are extracting raw data from DNA and modeling the ways genes work and interact. To understand this

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