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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...

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...

Panasonic (OTC: PCRFY) has reportedly approached Nokia (NYSE: NOK) about a key asset sale. According to Nikkei, Panasonic is interested in offloading its cellular base station business. Nokia is one of many prospective buyers that Panasonic is believed to have approached. This is the latest...

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...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) has taken an interest in developing a system to control virtual objects. After Apple filed a patent for what could be the company's answer to Kinect (the Microsoft-developed (NASDAQ: MSFT) motion-based control system for Xbox), investors began to wonder what Apple might do...

Google (NASDAQ: GOOG) has purchased an unspecified number of patents from the world's largest assembler of electronic devices. According to the Financial Times, Google acquired the patents -- which relate to head-mounted displays that can superimpose virtual images onto real environments -- from...

Microsoft (NASDAQ: MSFT) CEO Steve Ballmer will retire in the next 12 months. The announcement, which was made just 30 minutes before the market open Friday morning, came more than a year after Ballmer reportedly told his colleagues when he planned to retire. At the time, no one knew when he would...

Another day, another threat to the cable companies. Tuesday’s Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) rumor mill produced an interesting idea where Apple could move forward with its TV plans by essentially forming its own cable company. The fact that Apple is interested in the TV space is nothing new. Steve...

Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) is looking to populate its long-awaited television set with content from Disney (NYSE: DIS), Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA) and Time Warner (NYSE: TWX). According to Quartz, Apple has spoken with all three firms about the possibility of obtaining select content. While Netflix (NASDAQ:...

Sony (NYSE: SNE) announced this week that its upcoming game console, PlayStation 4, will be released in North America on November 15. The device will arrive in Europe two weeks later on November 29. Sony did not say when it will release the new machine in Japan (where the company is headquartered...

Popular music-video company Vevo penned a deal with Apple (NASDAQ: AAPL) and Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) that will bring it to Apple TV as early as next week and Samsung in the near future. While not on the same scale, the story feels a bit like the Zynga (NASDAQ: ZNGA)/Facebook (NASDAQ: FB) story....

How do you combat the release of the year's most anticipated smartphone? Now that the Galaxy S4 has been released, Samsung (OTC: SSNLF) could jump ahead and release the Galaxy Note III before its presumed October release. Instead of a release date shuffle, Samsung has another plan in mind....

Universal Studios, which was acquired by Comcast (NASDAQ: CMCSA) during Q1 2013, failed to deliver a successful sequel to the original Kick-Ass. Plagued by questionable ads (the second film was accused of looking too similar to the original) and a now-infamous controversy with comedic actor Jim...