TECHNOLOGY INFRASTRUCTURE UPGRADE
We will be upgrading our technology infrastructure this weekend. As a result you may not be able to access our sites from 1/13/12 4:00 pm to 1/17/12 morning.
January 13, 2012
We will be upgrading our technology infrastructure this weekend. As a result you may not be able to access our sites from 1/13/12 4:00 pm to 1/17/12 morning.
On the morning of January 11, 2012, there was a repeat of twin lessons for long investors in gold and silver miners. First it pays to understand the condition of mines. And second that the money is often made on the short side. Established in 1891, Hecla Mining /quotes/zigman/229110/quotes/nls/hl HL
It is no secret that Google (GOOG) missed the boat on social networking when the time was ripe. Now Google is chasing Facebook with Google+. Google+ is well designed. Some experts consider Google+ to be a better design than Facebook. Google+ has met with some initial success.
For years, media have reported on a number of military options to bomb Iran’s nuclear facilities. Iran has learned from the 1981 bombing of Iraq’s nuclear facility. Nuclear facilities in Iran are widely distributed and most of them are built deep underground. Some of these facilities are believed
Some stock market gurus seem to have a fatal attraction to technology patents. While technology patents can certainly add to the performance of a stock, that attraction often fails to account for a number of factors affecting the value of the patents. Technology patents are very complex and understanding them
Best Buy has done an excellent job at becoming a showroom for Amazon.com. Now Best Buy is working hard at charging more than the competition, making poor service poorer and not stocking what customers want. As a shopper, I gave up on Best Buy a long time ago in
Symantec, maker of Norton Antivirus, has admitted to a major security breach by a group called the Lords of Dharmaraja, which in English means ‘˜Kings of Religion’. For background, please see my article from January 6th, ‘œLords Of Kings Hack Norton Antivirus, Are You Safe?‘ In the last piece, I
Google (GOOG) just bought 100 patents from IBM (IBM). Most gurus have been writing that this buy is to battle Apple (AAPL). It is rare that so many gurus are plain wrong. Perhaps, technology patents are too complex for most stock market gurus to get it right. We are including
Speculation of Yahoo (YHOO) buying Netflix (NFLX) is rampant in the trading circles. The trigger for this speculation is appointment of Scott Thompson as the new CEO Yahoo.Thompson has been President of PayPal, which is a crown jewel of eBay (EBAY). Thompson has significant background in technology, mobile, and international.
Astute observers have long contended that the biggest military threat to the United States in the future is from China. Today, Obama in a speech is expected to counter the threat from China. According to sources, Obama has been personally involved at the Pentagon in this matter. Obama