A spate of technology companies reported better-than-expected earnings at the same time as Microsoft.
A spate of technology executives were kicked out or left voluntarily from their companies Wednesday resulting from investigations into stock option granting practices.
A spate of technology heavyweights led the setback, including Microsoft msft, Intel intc, Dell Computer dell, Amazon.com amzn and Cisco Systems csco.
Thing Seven: High-Speed Traders: Stop Us Before We Wreck The Market Again: High-speed traders are apparently just as terrified of themselves as we are of them, the Wall Street Journal writes: "High-frequency trading firms, long resistant to tighter oversight of their businesses, are beginning to change their tune amid a spate of high-profile technology failures that have roiled financial markets".
The news from Hewlett-Packard follows a spate of earnings warnings from technology companies, including one last week from Sun Microsystems.
And the new economy has spawned a spate of magazines specializing in coverage of technology, e-commerce and the Internet, the so-called Seven Dots: Business 2.0, eCompany Now, Fast Company, The Industry Standard, Red Herring, Upside and Wired.
While nearly twice as many Americans view 2000 to 2009 negatively than positively, they were pleased with a spate of new and evolving technologies, according to a survey by the Pew Research Center.
EASTERN EUROPE -- A spate of investment in vineyards and technology is beginning to bear fruit.
While there has been a spate of deals recently as entertainment and technology companies try to capitalize on their shared interest in new media, many people view wireless carriers as too controlling, particularly when it comes to offering new software and content on today's more sophisticated, Web-friendly cellphones.
BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS A loose alliance of 500 scientific organizations has declared 2009 the Year of Science and is hoping the effort will lead to a spate of projects to put science and technology in reach of the public.
The recent spate of layoffs, particularly in the high-technology sector, raises a new set of questions for the workplace: Who owns the personal data that employees routinely store on their office computers?
