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
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
Symantec, (SYMC) one of the largest computer security firms in the world, seems to need urgent help with computer security. There are reports that Symantec has confirmed that hackers have stolen a portion of its popular flagship product Norton Antivirus. Are your computers and emails still safe if protected by
IBM (IBM) can now count Warren Buffett as owner of over 5% of the stock. Buffett has built his $10.7 billion stake in IBM over the last two quarters. This is Buffett’s first big technology purchase. Investors may want to observe caution in following Buffett into IBM as