Hardware 
RIM Changes CEOs as BlackBerry Maker Struggles Against Apple – Businessweek
The BlackBerry is “a secular loser to Apple and Android devices,” Ittai Kidron … overseeing engineering, hardware and software. In an interview, Heins cited RIM’s 75 million subscribers, “strong balance sheet” and negligible debt …
Massive capex spend from Intel, Samsung, TSMC will skew industry dynamics. – ElectronicsWeekly.com
Intel has announced a capex budget of $12.5bn … Samsung currently has a lucrative business serving as Apple’s foundry partner for the A4 and A5 application processors used in iPad tablet computers, iPhones, and iPod touch devices.
Forget About TI, Look at Intel, Others: Traders – CNBC
Adami owns Citigroup (C); Adami owns Goldman Sachs (GS); Adami owns Microsoft (MSFT); Adami owns Agzium (AGU); Adami owns Nucor (NUE); Adami owns Peabody Energy (BTU); A family member of Guy Adami works at Merck (MRK); Seymour is long Apple … Continue reading
Apple Trying to Bar Kodak from Obtaining Loans to Continue Patent Dispute – Softpedia
AppleInsider points out to a passage where Apple expressly notes that the spat involves “pioneering work on digital camera and imaging technology and related hardware, software, and user and communication interfaces” from the early 1990s, when Apple …
The Zacks Analyst Blog Highlights: Microsoft, Intel, Apple, Nokia and AT&T – Zacks.com
Chicago, IL – January 23, 2012 – 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 … Continue reading
Analysts Expect iPhone to Top Strong Apple 4th Quarter – NewsFactor Network
According to Kitagawa, new Ultrabooks based on the latest ultra-low-power processors and chipsets from Intel did not appear to have had a major impact on the mobile PC segment overall, or on Apple’s Mac sales in particular. “Ultrabooks didn’t seem … Continue reading
350,000 Apple iBooks Fly Off Virtual Shelves in First Three Days – Hot Hardware
For all the ballyhooing over Apple’s restrictive license for its iBooks 2 initiative, users seemed eager to flock to Cupertino’s virtual book store and download in droves. To wit, All Things D is reporting that more than 350,000 textbooks were … Continue reading
Google, Apple Sued Over "No Poaching" Pact – Forbes
confirming Adobe and Apple agreed not to hire each other’s staff. It also alludes to similar agreements between Lucasfilm and Pixar, as well as a Google-Intel no-poaching pact. The evidence exposes the extreme measures top companies take to …
Why is Intel propping up Apple’s competition? – ZDNet
Summary: Apple, like most PC makers, buys its PC processors from Intel. So why is Intel funding competitors to one of its largest customers? Apple should ask for $400 million off its next Intel CPU order. In a tacit admission … Continue reading
Apple 2012: Smooth sailing, for the most part – Reuters
Apple tacked on $43 billion to its top line in fiscal 2011, lifting it to $108.25 billion – a 65 percent increase from the previous year. Barry Jaruzelski, a consumer hardware business expert and partner at consulting firm Booz & … Continue reading
