Heartbleed bug causes major security headache
By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and ANICK JESDANUN - AP - 17 mins ago
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) ' A confounding computer bug called "Heartbleed" is causing major security headaches across the Internet as websites scramble to fix the problem and Web surfers wonder whether they should change their passwords to prevent theft of their email accounts, credit card numbers and other sensitive information.
Game Developer Stocks Fall On Amazon Report
at Investor's Business Daily - 22 mins ago
Shares of game developers Electronic Arts (EA) and Take-Two Interactive Software (TTWO) fell in the stock market today following a Reuters story picked up by the New York Post late Tuesday that said Amazon.com (AMZN) is courting game developers for...
Amazon's FireTV Is Better Than Apple and Google's Alternatives -- For Now
Sam Mattera, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - 29 mins ago
Unless you're an HBO Go addict, Amazon 's FireTV is just about the best set-top box you can buy. It's faster than the Apple TV, packing features Apple's set-top box lacks, including voice search and the ability to play video games. It's more...
Why Rovi (ROVI) Stock Finished Higher Today
at The Street - 2 hrs 27 mins ago
Rovi (ROVI) stock finished higher Wednesday after analysts at Brean Capital reiterated a 'buy' rating for the company.
EMC CEO Joe Tucci Makes His Case For Hybrid Cloud Era
at Investor's Business Daily - Wed Apr 09, 3:06PM CDT
EMC and its spinoff, VMware, along with their progeny called Pivotal, make a formidable trio as IT firms aim to survive and thrive in the cloud computing era. The Internet cloud proffers a new kind of competition. Amazon (AMZN), Microsoft (MSFT) and...
Forget Momentum: Amazon Presents an Opportunity
Brian Nichols, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 09, 1:00PM CDT
In one month, Amazon.com 's stock has declined more than 15% to triple the Nasdaq's loss; Amazon now trades 22% below its 52-week high. Yet given this loss, Amazon's sum-of-parts might imply the presence of a good investment opportunity. This...
Roundtable: 1 Stock to Buy in April
Motley Fool Staff - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 09, 11:33AM CDT
As we do each month, we asked a handful of our top analysts across sectors for one stock that looks especially compelling right now. Here are the companies they singled out. Jim Mueller : I like Netflix this month. It's down about 25% from...
Big Plans for Yahoo Screen - Analyst Blog
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Apr 09, 11:24AM CDT
Yahoo! Inc. seems to be doing all that is required to make it big in the online video content space.
Bigger Than Drones: Here Are 2 New Ways Amazon Wants to Rule Your Daily Life
Brandy Betz, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 09, 10:45AM CDT
Source: Amazon Online megastore Amazon wants to pull a Google and become ingrained in multiple aspects of our daily lives. The company has discussed Sunday deliveries, drop-off lockers, and even drone deliveries. The company's two newest...
Why Rackspace Hosting (RAX) Stock Is Down Today
at The Street - Wed Apr 09, 10:19AM CDT
Rackspace Hosting (RAX) stock is lower after the company said the cloud provider refuses to join in the price cutting battle going on between Google (GOOG), Microsoft (MSFT) and Amazon (AMZN).
Stock Market News for April 09, 2014 - Market News
Zacks Equity Research - Zacks Investment Research - Wed Apr 09, 9:06AM CDT
Benchmarks snapped a three-day losing streak and ended higher on Tuesday after bargain-hunting investors bought momentum and technology stocks
These 2 Companies Are Losing the Cloud Price War
Timothy Green, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 09, 8:45AM CDT
The cost of cloud computing is rapidly declining, and for the past few years, Amazon has been dictating the pace of this decline. Microsoft has been matching the price cuts of Amazon, ensuring that its Azure cloud is competitive, but Amazon has...
Amazon Greenlights New Pilots The Cosmopolitans and Hand of God
Business Wire - Wed Apr 09, 8:20AM CDT
--Ron Perlman, Dana Delany, Garret Dillahunt and Alona Tal to star in drama Hand of God Directed by Marc Forster and Written by Ben Watkins
Why Aren't Companies Paying Their U.K. Taxes?
Andrew Marder, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Wed Apr 09, 7:35AM CDT
Caffe Nero, a British coffee chain, has recently come under fire for not paying its fair share of U.K. corporate tax. Specifically, it's been alleged that the company has paid no taxes since 2007. CEO and founder Gerry Ford told the Telegraph that,...
Jim Cramer's Top Stock Picks: TWX CBS BRK.B HAR AA AMZN IBM
at The Street - Wed Apr 09, 5:00AM CDT
Cramer remains a big fan of Time Warner, CBS and Warren Buffett and sees Alcoa going higher.
Alcoa Inc. Beats on Earnings; Groupon's Hobson to Step Down
ACCESSWIRE - Tue Apr 08, 11:13PM CDT
Alcoa Inc. (NYSE: AA) - For an in-depth report on Alcoa Inc. follow: www.BullTrends.com/stockquote/AA
Content Is King: The Transformation of Tech Giants Into TV Producers
Dan Newman, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 08, 7:30PM CDT
Netflix released its first original content, Lilyhammer , in February 2012. Netflix wanted to untether itself from the content deals where production companies had all of the leverage, which could have become an Achilles' heel of mounting costs...
Jim Cramer's 'Mad Money' Recap: What's Going on Here?
at The Street - Tue Apr 08, 7:11PM CDT
The market is so confusing and Cramer is seeing some of his favorite stocks being sold off heavily.
Why Rovi Corporation Shares Sank Today
Steve Symington, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 08, 6:22PM CDT
Although we don't believe in timing the market or panicking over market movements, we do like to keep an eye on big changes -- just in case they're material to our investing thesis. What: Shares of Rovi Corporation  fell nearly 12% Tuesday...
Can Amazon.com's Fire TV Kill Apple TV?
Andrew Tonner, The Motley Fool - Motley Fool - Tue Apr 08, 6:00PM CDT
After having been rumored for some time , tech powerhouse Amazon.com finally joined the likes of Apple 's Apple TV last week when it unveiled its own streaming set-top box -- Amazon Fire TV. And while Amazon's shadow looms particularly large...