Hardware

Microsoft’s 34% Upside Dwarfs Intel, Qualcomm – Seekingalpha.com

Intel (INTC) and Qualcomm (QCOM), however … they are even more attractive in light of the fact that the company is only valued at 44% of Apple’s market cap. Yes, Apple is an amazing company, but Microsoft is, in my … Continue reading

Asus, Samsung Bringing Sub-$400 Tablets This Month – YAHOO!

Apple’s strategy for low-end iPhone and iPads is simple … It announced another tablet there, though, called the Transformer Pad 300, which is basically the same quad-core hardware as its Transformer Prime tablet put into a cheaper, colored plastic …

Intel Reportedly Shipping New Thunderbolt Controllers Ahead of April 23 Ivy Bridge Introduction – MacRumors

What this means is that it could in theory interface with a discrete graphics card as well as the integrated graphics from an Intel CPU. This is likely to be the chip used by Apple in its desktop systems, whereas … Continue reading

Bring Steve Jobs Money to Auction for Apple Prototype – NBC Bay Area

If you’re a hard core Apple fan, you might want a piece of rare Apple hardware that I promise none of your friends will have. This rare Macintosh prototype is up for auction on Ebay, but with a starting price … Continue reading

America Not Protecting Its Crown Jewel Apple Inc., Says CEA Boss – Softpedia

“Apple’s iPad hardware and iBooks software have an estimated 10 to 15 percent of the market share in e-books. Our ambiguous antitrust laws are now being used to take on a new market entrant of just over two years as … Continue reading

Apple: Credit Suisse Ups Target To $750 On Higher iPhone Sales – Forbes

After capturing 19% smartphone share in 2011, we believe Apple can expand share to 23% in 2012/2013, aided by distribution-led growth, a leading software/services platform and innovation on hardware.” Garcha adds that in a multi-device world …

Broadest Rally Since 1990 Masked by Apple Adding 8% to S&P 500 – Businessweek

Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. each accounted for almost 7 percent during that cycle, the data show. Apple advanced 48 percent last quarter (AAPL), the 11th-largest increase among the 500 constituents of the benchmark gauge for U.S. equities.

Intel Predicts $699 Ultrabooks by Summer – PC Magazine

lightweight appeal pioneered by Apple with its MacBook Air product line. The chip giant introduced the ultrabook concept at the Intel Developer Forum last May and further expanded on the idea at the Consumer Electronics Show in January. Intel has … Continue reading

Broadest Rally Since 1990 Masked by Apple Adding 8% to S&P 500 – Bloomberg

Intel Corp. and Microsoft Corp. each accounted for almost 7 percent during that cycle, the data show. “The rally has been much more than Apple,” said Howard Ward, a money manager at Gamco Investors Inc. in Rye, New York, who … Continue reading

Morning Tech: New domain world – Politico.com

AMAZON SNAGS INTEL PRIVACY STAFFER — Brian Huseman … WSJ takes a look: http://on.wsj.com/Ii3seP MORE HEAT FOR APPLE: This time, on cybersecurity, as experts criticize the company for moving too slowly in response to a new malware threat.