Palm Inc. shares surged almost 18% on Monday after reports that the struggling smart-phone maker will put itself up for sale this week.
Google and Yahoo plan to fight a lawsuit filed last week by Xerox, which claims that the two search-engine giants infringed on the copier and printing company's patents.
Palm Inc.'s smartphone sales rose 134% to 823,000 units during the latest quarter on the back of the new Pre, but the company still reported its ninth consecutive quarterly loss and sales fell 81%.
Treo smartphone maker Palm says it swung to a fiscal fourth-quarter loss as revenue declined sharply, falling below Wall Street's expectations.
Palm Inc. Thursday posted lower quarterly profit and revenue, even as it reported record sales of its Treo smartphones.
What could you do with technology that turns all your employees' camera-enabled cell phones into networked videocams?
Treo smartphone maker Palm Inc. could bring a buyer a decade's worth of digital assistant design and mobile phone know-how, but at a hefty price for a company no longer viewed as cutting edge.
Here are some of the companies whose shares were active in late trading on Tuesday:
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SAN FRANCISCO (Business 2.0) - SAN FRANCISCO (Business 2.0) - Palm beat analyst expectations today on strong smartphone sales, posting $19.8 million in earnings on $388 million in revenues for its third fiscal quarter ended in February.
Rivals Palm and Microsoft have finally converged. The Palm Treo 700w Smartphone, introduced by Bill Gates in early January, is the first Palm device based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating system software instead of Palm's own Palm OS.
Rivals Palm and Microsoft have finally converged. The Palm Treo 700w Smartphone, introduced by Bill Gates in early January, is the first Palm device based on Microsoft's Windows Mobile operating sy...
WHY IT'S HOT
The pioneer of the PDA has bounced back thanks to the success of its Treo smartphone. But is there enough growth ahead for investors who buy the stock now? 
Technology stocks rose Tuesday and the Nasdaq advanced for the sixth straight session as shares in NetFlix and Dupont Photomasks soared.
Barring a surge of almost unprecedented proportions during the final three months of the year, the Nasdaq is not going to match last year's heady 50 percent gain.
Maybe it hit you this summer vacation, grinding your way through tourist-clogged traffic, utterly lost, a little voice from the backseat asking, "Are we there yet?" Wouldn't it be nice, you may hav...
As a former Netscape executive, Danny Shader learned the hard way what happens when you try to go head-to-head with Microsoft. So when he launched Good Technology, he had Microsoft clearly in mind—...
After the market closes on Thursday, PalmSource, the software company created by the split of PDA maker Palm Computing, will report its fourth-quarter and annual earnings.
Shares of PalmOne Inc. tumbled Tuesday after the hand-held computer maker warned that fiscal second-quarter results would be less than Wall Street expectations.
When it comes to thin screens, you can have too much of a good thing. No one knows that better than the LCD industry. Last year, anticipating a rush to upgrade the family TV, Samsung, LG Philips, a...
Tech stocks managed a slight gain Tuesday in another light trading session, but Intel limited the rise as a number of analysts issued cautious comments on the world's largest chipmaker before its mid-quarter update.
In a perfect world, we could carry one mobile device--a universal communicator. This device would combine the abilities of a mobile phone, a notebook computer, a contact book, a calendar, a notepad...
Technology stocks finished mostly higher Tuesday as investors bought shares of JDS Uniphase Corp. on news of a big investment in fiber optics.
U.S. stock markets were mixed early Tuesday, as concerns about interest rates and Iraq competed with strong earnings from a pair of investment banks.
Investors likely will continue to be cautious ahead of next week's Federal Reserve meeting that could usher in higher interest rates, the handover of power in Iraq and a handful of economic readings out at the end of this week.
When Palm split in two last fall, the consensus was that its software unit, PalmSource, would have an easier go than the gadget makers at PalmOne. PalmSource, creator of the OS powering the Treo an...
I guess I fell out of love with my Palm at some point; for the past year or so, I've carried only a cheap cell phone and a BlackBerry. But ever since senior writer Om Malik--whom I listen to religi...
On a foggy day in the fall of 2001, the top executives of Handspring gathered in a drab conference room at a hotel in Monterey, Calif. The mood was tense, the debate heated. The company, co-founded...
When the Palm V handheld computer made its debut five years ago, the typical buyers were male (80%), highly educated (over 33% had postgraduate degrees), and affluent (average income was $100,000)....
Wall-to-Wall Sound
Technology stocks ended modestly lower Tuesday after struggling much of the afternoon as lingering security fears cramped investor optimism.
The Nasdaq fell and the Dow industrials closed mixed Tuesday, the fourth straight session of weakness, as some positive earnings failed to inspire investors still shaky after a two-week selloff.
U.S. stock markets bounced back early Tuesday, as investors tiptoed back in after a three-session selloff.
Geopolitical worries dominated trading Monday, with U.S. stock markets tanking as investors reacted to threats of retribution against the United States and other nations after the killing of the founder of the Palestinian group Hamas.
Will handheld shipments slip for the ninth straight quarter? Sony, Hewlett-Packard, and PalmOne hope for better news as IDC releases its 2003 figures on Feb. 27. Though the slide has slowed--worldw...
The CEO [1] IBM ThinkPad T41: You need a computer that knows how to keep a secret. This 4.9-pound laptop comes with built-in encryption to shield your proprietary data from prying competitors. $1,6...
In the summer of 2001, FORTUNE recommended that rival PDA makers Palm and Handspring set aside their differences and get hitched to split R&D costs and to avoid a price war. More than two years lat...
The hybrid handheld used to be more of a curiosity for gadget freaks than a truly useful device for the business traveler. But that's changing as more powerful chips and more sleekly designed units...
The company that was once synonymous with handheld computing is betting its future on an amicable corporate divorce. This month, Palm plans to split in two--officially separating the team that deve...
Tough Love
PALM ZIRE $99 As in desire, get it? But should you? Well, this is a good PDA for the money. At 3.8 ounces, it's one of the lightest handhelds I've ever seen; its 2 MB of memory is plenty if you onl...
Tablet PCs
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While the rest of us were furiously scribbling away on our Palm PDAs--or, perhaps, just waking up to the handheld revolution for the first time--Wall Street types and techies were forming a cult ar...
While the rest of us were furiously scribbling away on our Palm PDAs -- or, perhaps, just waking up to the handheld revolution for the first time -- Wall Street types and techies were forming a cult around a product called the BlackBerry.
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The airport security guard already thought me a fool or worse for trying to slip past him with a deadly set of fingernail clippers concealed in my overnight kit. But when he asked to inspect my bac...
HANDHELDS
Palm and Handspring, the leading makers of handheld computers based on the Palm operating system, are gaining some weight around the middle. Both companies have just beefed up their mid-range offer...
There was a time when choosing a handheld was simple: There were the Palms and the also-rans. More recently, of course, Handspring started chipping away at Palm's hegemony. Expansion ports, which l...
I've seen the best minds of my generation in thrall to their Palm Pilots--Prada pump-shod hipsters standing on Greenwich Village corners, searching silvery Palms for guidance on all-night tapas bar...
My phone is chirping, reminding me that it's time to call the office. It also wants me to stop by the bookstore to pick up some reading material before getting on the plane. Nag, nag, nag. Go to th...
Oh, what a dilemma it's been: On the one hand, Palm's most popular personal organizers are thin and stylish but lack both an expansion slot and a color screen. On the other hand, Handspring's Visor...
If you think it's a bad idea for people to talk on cell phones while driving, now might be a good time to move to Montana. In November, Handspring plans to begin selling a small digital-phone modul...
When it comes to computers and peripherals, you continue to get more for your money. More speed, more power, more style, more choice. To help you sort through the at times overwhelming options, we'...
Cell phones? Nope. DVD players? Not a chance. The iMac? Maybe. But you have to look far and wide to find a gadget that has won as many hearts as Palms have in the past few years. Devotees of these ...
The coronation of the next great superstock could occur the week of Feb. 14, when 3Com sells 20% of Palm Inc. in a much ballyhooed IPO. The 3Com division is the undisputed king of handheld computin...
Choosing a holiday present for the technologically minded can be difficult. Sure, you try to pick out something that someone wouldn't buy herself, but with tech gadgets you run the risk that the gi...
Jeff Hawkins and Donna Dubinsky were back on familiar ground. It was the morning of Sept. 3, and the two creators of the PalmPilot were in Santa Clara, Calif., in the personal conference room of 3C...
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