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Chicago, IL – November 13, 2009 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Apple Inc. (AAPL), Nokia (NOK), Research In Motion (RIMM), Motorola (MOT) and Palm (PALM).

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Here are highlights from Thursday’s Analyst Blog:

Apple Beats Nokia in Smartphones

According to a recent Strategy Analytics research report, Apple Inc. (AAPL) surpassed Nokia (NOK) by generating the highest total operating profit in the industry for the third quarter of 2009. The research firm estimated Apple's operating profit for iPhone handset units to

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Dell Inc. (DELL) finally launches the much awaited XPS Adamo laptops, the second product in the Adamo series. The company is expected to begin the shipment of the world's most sleek laptop this month. At a 0.4 inch thickness, it is thinner than any other notebook on the market, weighing 3.3 pounds. It weighs around 3.3 pounds. The laptop provides 13.4-inch high-definition display, runs on a low-power Intel Core 2 Duo processor at 1.4 gigahertz, has a 128 gigabytes storage space and has a 4GB DDR3 800 memory.

The notebook will cater to customers who are more inclined towards making a style statement rather than being concerned with the technical specification of the machine. So the pricing of the product is set much higher at $1,799, above the $600 to $900 price range for mainstream notebook machines. The company revealed the picture of the product more than a month

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Beware This Tech-Tonic Shift In The Global Technology Sector

by Tony Daltorio, Investment U Research

If you’re betting on a recovery in technology stocks based on third quarter earnings reports from companies such as IBM (NYSE: IBM) and Google (Nasdaq: GOOG), you’re not alone.

While economists and commentators debate the issue, many investors have already placed large bets on a V-shaped recovery for the tech sector.

They have some good reason to think so too, since the tech-heavy Nasdaq composite has risen 70% from its March lows. The problem is, they’re expecting “business as usual” in the industry… meaning they think spending will pick up the way it did in the 1990s.

Kris Gopalakrishman, CEO of Indian tech giant, Infosys (Nasdaq: INFY) – a company in the Xcelerated Profits Report portfolio – sees it differently,

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Yucheng Technologies Ltd. reports that for a second year the company has ranked in the FinTech 100. The rankings are made on selection criteria which include key applications in the banking sector including: core processing, branch, tellers, loan management, credit card, mortgage origination, CRM, online banking and cash management, along with many other services.

Yucheng is a turnkey solutions provider with products that serve banking needs from front office solutions, such as e-banking, to back office and risk management. Yucheng currently has the widest portfolio of IT solutions targeted to banks in China.

Mr. Weidong Hong, CEO of Yucheng Technologies, commented, “Yucheng’s exclusive focus on the banking sector in China makes it uniquely able to provide customized solutions that meet banks’ rapidly developing requirements,” “This win acknowledges the importance of the Chinese banking market and Yucheng’s contribution to developing superior solutions for banks.”

The FinTech 100 survey has been tracking

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NEW YORK, Nov. 3, 2009 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — TIE Technologies, Inc. (Pink Sheets:TTCS), a leading developer of advanced communication technologies designed to improve connectivity, productivity, and communication, today announced it has signed a Teaming Agreement with Informatica’s Complex Event Processing (CEP) business unit, formerly Agent Logic.

TIE Technologies and Informatica have now commenced the design and configuration for Informatica RulePoint software to be incorporated into TIE’s ACUMEN architecture. Solutions built on the ACUMEN architecture deliver improved situational awareness by automating data correlation, dissemination, and anomaly detection processes. They also enable inter-agency information sharing for critical infrastructure protection and assist in coordinating risk, security and emergency operations for localized or larger scale incidents.

One of the first results of bringing these cutting edge technologies together will be the roll out of a new integrated Airport security and safety system solution. This technology agnostic platform will incorporate various sensor and communications technologies

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As per a recent article in the Wall Street Journal, Hewlett Packard Company (HPQ) is considering merger of its Personal-Computer (PC) and Printer businesses into one single division. The combined unit would be headed by Todd Bradley, the chief of the personal computer division. This indicates that the printing business, once the biggest revenue earner for the company, is going through a bad patch and the company is currently focussing on building other businesses relating to PC, commercial computing hardware and software. The company did not confirm the date or details of this restructuring process, as the final decision will be made by the company CEO, Mark Hurd. Even in the third quarter, the "Imaging and Printing" business did not perform well, as the segment revenue fell 19.6% year over year. Both ink supplies and hardware posted double-digit declines. We believe the segment has come under pressure ...

For Immediate Release

Chicago, IL – September 16, 2009 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Hewlett Packard Co. (HPQ), Dell Inc. (DELL), Sasol Ltd. (SSL), AT&T (T) and Centennial Communications (CYCL).

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Here are highlights from Tuesday’s Analyst Blog:

HP: Notebook Follows Printers

Hewlett Packard Co. (HPQ) has now taken up the task of enhancing its notebook product line. The company has come up with new advanced gadgets in this segment.

Technology research firm IDC projects that the light-weight notebook market is expected to grow in

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After revamping its printing segment by offering new products, technology and a strategic partnership with Toshiba for selling its laser jet printers, Hewlett Packard Co. (HPQ) has now taken up the task of enhancing its notebook product line. The company has come up with new advanced gadgets in this segment.  The most notable product in this segment is what the company claims to be the world's slimmest full performance notebook PC along with a slim consumer notebook, expected to strike an optimum balance between enhanced performance, mobility and price. The products, christened HP ProBook 5310m and HP Pavilion dm3, are expected to cater to the same segment as the affordable HP Pavilion dv2 series did in the first half of 2009.  Now coming to product specifications, HP ProBook 5310m will mainly cater to the corporate segment, being specially designed for professionals. With this new notebook, the mobile ...

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Chicago, IL – September 2, 2009 – Zacks.com announces the list of stocks featured in the Analyst Blog. Every day the Zacks Equity Research analysts discuss the latest news and events impacting stocks and the financial markets. Stocks recently featured in the blog include: Google (GOOG), Sony Corp. (SNE), Microsoft (MSFT), Apple (AAPL) and Hewlett Packard Co. (HPQ).

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Here are highlights from Tuesday’s Analyst Blog:

Google Ropes in Sony

Google (GOOG) recently struck a deal with Sony Corp. (SNE), according to which the latter will ship the Chrome browser pre-installed on some of its PC models. The financial or other details of the transaction were not disclosed. A Google spokesperson said that

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Google (GOOG) recently struck a deal with Sony Corp. (SNE), according to which the latter will ship the Chrome browser pre-installed on some of its PC models. The financial or other details of the transaction were not disclosed. A Google spokesperson said that the deal was in the nature of a first step and agreements with other leading PC-makers are expected to follow.   We think this is an interesting move and could be leveraged to boost sales of its Chrome operating system to be launched next year. Microsoft’s (MSFT) domination of the web browser space is largely attributable to its strategy of bundling the Internet Explorer with its operating system. Since MSFT operating systems continue to be the most commonly used, this is an obvious advantage. While Microsoft, being the market leader, is hindered by anti-trust actions from smaller players, Google Chrome is not likely to face ...