"2009 was the coming out party for Google's Android and Palm's webOS as both operating systems revealed new ways to surround the users with increased functionality," says Kevin Restivo, senior research analyst with IDC's Mobile Phone Tracker, in the press release   read full story

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Given that Consumer Reports has found cheaper, more functional alternatives in each category, from the low maintenance $30 Archon Clipper MP3 player to the $530 Toshiba Satellite T135 Windows 7 laptop, is Apple's cultural cachet worth its asking price? "You can have a great marketing campaign, but it doesn't mean anything if you don't have a solid product to back it up," says Susan Kevorkian, an Apple analyst at IDC "The products that have really worked for Apple have hit a nerve among consumers and filled a need that hadn't been filled in the past"   read full story

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Michael Nemeroff , an analyst at Wedbush Securities Inc in New York isn't convinced Investors should "trim exposure" to SAP until it becomes clear that the potential problems don't run deeper, he said "Major changes to SAP's senior leadership could create significant near term operational risk," Nemeroff said Fresh Blood Some analysts called the management shakeup a welcome change Snabe, currently head of product development, has been credited with improving the productivity in development   read full story

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He said he planned to go to the US soon to talk with American workers and dealers to bring the ranks together Analysts said fears of an even bigger consumer backlash prodded Toyota into recalling the Prius "If they hadn't done the recalls, their image would have suffered even more," said Ryoichi Saito, auto analyst at Mizuho Investors Securities in Tokyo The Japanese transport minister rapped Toyota as reacting too slowly, and said he was meeting US Ambassador to Japan John Roos on Wednesday to exchange views about Toyota's recalls and make sure US Japan relations remained on good terms "The consideration for customers was lacking in Toyota," Seiji Maehara told reporters, after a meeting with Toyoda   read full story

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Shares of EA, which is based in Redwood City, Calif, fell $148, or 85 percent, to $16 in extended trading after the earnings report EA said in November it was cutting its work force by 17 percent, or 1,500 people, as it tries to align its business with transformations in the industry Game development costs are skyrocketing, forcing publishers to sell blockbuster amounts of games to justify the expenses In turn, EA is creating fewer games â?? cutting out projects it is less certain can become big hits "They are certainly not passing through all of the cost savings," Wedbush Morgan analyst Michael Pachter said in a telephone interview   read full story

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Combined with the popularity of social networking sites for mobile Internet users, this suggests a big opportunity to drive mobile Internet traffic through popular social gaming applications In contrast to the general reluctance to access networks' mobile Internet portals, over half of all mobile Internet users surveyed said they access Facebook on their phone and 10 percent access Twitter The most popular mobile Internet application is e mail with 61 percent of young mobile Internet users in Europe's top five markets accessing e mail on the move Paolo Pescatore, Director of Operator Strategy at CCS Insight and co author of the report, commented "Despite the warnings for the mobile industry, the opportunities are there Network operators, phone makers and media companies need to focus less on what they want to sell and more on what consumers want to access on their mobile phones   read full story

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Microsoft Corporation, which as you may recall acquired FAST two years ago for $12 billion, has confirmed it will stop development of FAST's ESP core on Linux and Unix after the release of SharePoint 2010 later this year Microsoft has in effect said it will now build its FAST search engine only for Windows   read full story

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Home Depot (NYSE: HD , Analyst Report ) rose 22% after being upgraded by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS , Analyst Report ), and Hewlett Packard (NYSE: HPQ , Analyst Report ) closed up 06%, even as the tech sector eased 06%   read full story

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UBS Posts First Profit In More Than A Year (Bloomberg). UBS earned 121 billion francs in the fourth quarter, its first profit since the third quarter of 2008, helped by lower costs tied to the company's debt and a tax credit The bank is paying 29 billion francs in bonuses for 2009, up 34 percent from the previous year   read full story

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Citigroup analyst Deborah L Weinswig said that the company's earnings were inline with consensus estimate as well as their estimates and that CVS reiterated its 2010 EBIT guidance for PBM and retail segments Furthermore, the company provided 2010 guidance that was inline with consensus estimates However, Citigroup sees its guidance on the conservative end Weinswig said, "Management noted that LDG has already exceeded profitability targets driven by strong margin performance and solid expense management   read full story

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