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This was an interesting week for the tech industry. There weren't too many big announcements, but there were enough tidbits (key Apple rumors, another Gmail outage) to keep things interesting. Chromebooks took center stage as Hewlett-Packard (NYSE: HPQ) and Acer unveiled new models. The iPhone...

Sony's (NYSE: SNE) upcoming game console seems to be reaching a new level of popularity. In order to keep up with the growing demand for PlayStation 4 (which is still a month away from release), Foxconn has reportedly forced its interns to work extra hours to assist with assembly. According to a...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) may have had a good week or a bad week, depending on the rumors investors choose to believe. One rumor claimed that the company either delayed the iPad Mini 2 or that device quantities will be very limited when the unit ships. Another rumor showed the potential of a...

Sony's (NYSE: SNE) next-generation game console, PlayStation 4, is proving to be more popular than Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox One. According to a Reuters/Ipsos poll, 26 percent of consumers surveyed plan to purchase a PlayStation 4 this fall. Fifteen percent said that they planned to...

Tech companies were determined to cram as much as possible into this week. Amazon (NASDAQ: AMZN), for example, made an unexpected (and ultra-quiet) announcement regarding its new Kindle Fire tablets. Instead of holding a press conference, Amazon sent out a press release in the middle of the night...

Domestic software pre-orders for Sony's (NYSE: SNE) PlayStation 4 are 55 percent higher than the software pre-orders for Microsoft's (NASDAQ: MSFT) Xbox One. According to the latest United States pre-order data from VGChartz, consumers have pre-ordered a combined total of 834,242 games for Xbox...

The winter season is always a popular one for video gamers and consoles alike. As record sales for the Grand Theft Auto franchise trickle (or flood) in and the football season is getting underway, some companies are preparing for a big boost in revenue. With the upcoming release of two new...

It is amazing how one story can take over the Internet. Twitter, the world's second-largest social network, is going public. It won't happen overnight, but the mere mention of its IPO -- and confirmation that it has filed an S-1 with the SEC -- has excited the masses. While this wasn't the only...

After two years of declines, the video game industry is beginning to rebound. According to The Wall Street Journal, sales of new hardware (consoles like Xbox 360 and handhelds like Nintendo 3DS), new software and accessories have risen one percent in the United States. The collective sales of...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) is still busy trying to clean up what became a series of decisions that left its long-time faithful group of gamers livid and turning their sites on rival, Sony (NYSE: SNE)’s upcoming PlayStation 4. At the GameStop (NYSE: GME) Expo this past weekend, Microsoft took a...

This weekend in Barron's online: how Lenovo is putting the moves on Apple and Samsung, as well as the prospects for Microsoft, Bob Evans Farms and Chinese and Korean stocks. Cover Story "Lenovo on the Attack" by Leslie P. Norton. Lenovo has come out of nowhere to become the global leader in...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has had a difficult time hiding the fact it was greatly inspired to make changes after Sony (NYSE: SNE) gained the upper hand with PlayStation 4. Microsoft was not the only company that took cues from its chief competitor, however. It turns out that Sony has been inspired...

Another week, another batch of headlines that are nearly dominated by Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL). From patent filings and trade-in deals to Apple TV and Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) sales troubles that were caused by the iPad Mini, Apple stole the spotlight nearly every day this week. The exception is...

Xbox One suppliers are dismissing rumors that Xbox One shipments have been reduced due to the poor yield rates of two key supplies. According to DigiTimes, the Kinect camera module should not cause Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) to deliver fewer Xbox One consoles this fall. Newmax, the unconfirmed...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) has reportedly lowered the number of Xbox One units that it expects to ship to retailers in 2013. According to a DigiTimes translation of a report by the Chinese-language publication Economic Daily News, only 6.2 million Xbox One units will arrive before the end of the...