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We like to stay out of many local college issues, and we do that because that's the way the tech system is set up. There's more autonomy with the local colleges.

Everything is overshadowed by geopolitical events. Tech stocks appear resilient in their financial performance, yet we're struggling to attain that in the stock performance.

Every tech stock gets painted with the same brush those guys get painted with.

Every July, 400 of the most powerful media and tech industry chieftains meet at investment banker Herb Allen's conference in Sun Valley, Idaho, for what are usually convivial discussions of megatrends and megamergers. But this year, Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates III laid into Sony Chief Executive Howard Stringer, according to two sources, including one who witnessed the exchange in a private room,

As the memory of the tech bust fades, we seem to be getting better and better job growth.

As the show has continued to evolve in getting more tech and semiconductor companies, we've focused the Sands on new technologies. Sands is our hub for technology and the stuff used to build products. It helps people to find those technologies if they are all in one area.

At Square, we got our tech up and running in three weeks, but it took us 18 months to get licenses, banking relationships and everything else we needed to be able to move money. We had to partner up with major companies to do it.

At $50 to $60 a share, that was probably the right currency to buy high-flying tech companies. For companies that are maturing, sometimes debt is the right currency.

At the very best, this hints at a muted recovery, and that's a long way from what tech bulls are expecting. The numbers have to go beyond seasonal strength,

Diversifying our tech talent pool is an imperative for the tech sector. More diverse engineers and entrepreneurs will bring about a new type of innovation that Silicon Valley has yet to see.

Don't expect 86 percent this year on the tech stocks, ... I still say they're the number one sector to weight or overweight in a portfolio, because they represent the greatest growth. Your companies at 8-to-10 percent are languishing. Companies with earnings, who cares. It's a 100 times earnings. It's 30 percent growth that matters in this market.

And traders that were short playing recent weakness and volatility in tech were caught with their pants down.

Energy stocks are very volatile. We consider them to be the tech stocks of the energy industry. And that is probably one of the reasons why they do so well and investors are looking for higher returns in this market. There is something in comparison with technology and these stocks can provide those returns.

Election years are typically not good for tech stocks. I'm not sure why that's the case.

Earnings have been pretty astonishing, but the market hasn't always responded to that. I think people are feeling better about tech earnings in particular, but we still have worries about interest rates and what that might do to the recovery.

Earnings are going to have to really go up in order for valuations to look attractive. Tech earnings are going to be strong but it's already more or less priced into the stocks,

Earnings are a mixed bag, but it seem like tech stocks are starting to turn the corner.

There's optimism on the general business environment for the next year, and that's why tech is rallying.

There was a combination of things that really depressed it. One was Hewlett-Packard's shortfall and we had a sympathetic sell-off using the political environment as a backdrop. Ironically, IBM remained the stalwart and it probably gave the notion of stability to the tech sector and we saw some people looking for bargains.

There's still upside in tech but it's going to be more grudging and grinding and choppy, it's not going to be this moon shot that we saw a year ago.

There's still a bit of a tech wreck going on in the wake of the Nasdaq weakness. The other problem is that we haven't had good sector rotation and we've seen a bit of a sell-off in the banks. The results for the banks have not been too good - they are facing margin pressures.

There's not a heck of a lot out there in tech that is working. From that standpoint, the question that fund managers have is, 'Where do I put my money if it's not Apple?

There's more area between the leisure pool and Tech parkway that can be captured and utilized for all student functions that go on near that leisure pool.

There's lots of mixed news. We started off with negative tech news, then National Semi came out in the middle of the day, and we're doing better, but we're still down for the week.

There's lots of across-the-board tech selling, but the moves are little. There's no big company news that is having an impact on any particular sector within techs.

There's no unilateral belief about tech stocks. People are confused and somewhat justifiably.

I still don't think that the tech outlook is all that great. This rally is based on sentiment, not fundamentals.

I started working with brain sensing tech in labs over a decade ago and was immediately fascinated by the potential to help people peer into the workings and behaviors of their own minds.

I've been doing the same job for the last 10 years and I just feel that I'm getting a little bored. I'd like to do something that allows me to remain in the tech industry, but at the same time I'm not sure I'd be making what I make now. I'm not necessarily looking for something that would pay me more, just something that I will like doing more and if that means making less, so be it.

I've been playing for Virginia Tech for a long time where we started off with a bang and we kind of fell off,

The worst point of the tech cycle is probably upon us now, but the actual results and the commentary on earnings are no surprise. There's a selling exhaustion in regards to tech stocks. People are trying to focus on the road ahead. Looking forward; there is a lot of upside potential.

They are among the three most profitable software companies in the high tech industry.

The whole tech sector jumped after the IBM announcement and it may spark a rally tomorrow. But it's one piece of good news. Could the impact be erased by a subsequent piece of bad news between now and tomorrow? Sure.

The whole market will continue to be influenced by the war. For the most part, the tech stocks are still in a significant recession than the rest of the economy. It's going to be selective stocks that are going to be leaders.

These are toys that both adults and kids can enjoy and the price points are also coming down. That's why tech gadgets will certainly be the winners again with shoppers this year.

I've said all year long that Virginia Tech is one of three or four best teams in the league. I really believe that, and I said that before they were a 45-footer away from beating Duke at Duke. ... I think they're an NCAA Tournament team at the end of the year, and I strongly believe that.

These companies' businesses haven't collapsed like tech companies' did. But they've withered and they're losing their reputations and their investor bases.

These software warnings have got people thinking that companies aren't spending their wads of cash. There may have been some unrealistic expectations, so I'm waiting to see how the rest of the tech sector does.

These days, just about every major tech firm is raising its profit forecasts, generating rather strong demand.

The stocks that have the strong earnings are in tech but you're not getting any leadership in terms of group movement out of the technology sector and I think that will likely be the case in the fourth quarter.

The stock price is just stuck. Microsoft is probably as safe a play as you can have in tech but I would like to see it break out and move before buying it again.

The single-minded focus has been on attracting tech visitors. By and large the city does not appreciate the value that its diverse neighborhoods can bring to its tourism promotion.

The selling you're seeing is nearly all on the tech side, and you're seeing resilience in other parts of the market. This tells me that people aren't panicking over Japan or anything else.

The stuff that worked in the fourth quarter and the first part of this year isn't working any more, like Internet stocks, large-cap tech stocks, and other large-cap names.

The stalwarts are tech stocks. It's almost as if they are independent of other concerns that might weigh on the overall market.

The silence has been deafening. Usually, tech drowns out everything else but now the IPO market is a place where investors don't like to take a risk.

The tech stocks have been beaten up quite badly and I think a lot of investors have seen, after getting beaten up, they come back strongly. So, I think, from a timing perspective, that could also be happening.

The tech stocks are pretty strong and we won't see much change in that,

The tech sector should provide a nice hedge from broad-based (outward) spread pressure in 2006, especially in cyclical areas.

The tech sector is where the money seems to want to flow. You can just look at last week's action, when all the averages were up, the money flows into technology, primarily in telecommunications. And even though the valuations have been high all of these quarters and still are, I guess if you want to do well in the market you've got to have some of your assets in technology, definitely.

The tech sector continues to be a drag. Outside the manufacturing sector, the market still has a long way to go.

The tech sector as a whole has performed so badly this year; the Nasdaq has been the worst performer year-to-date. I think a lot of money flew into the 10-year bond during the conventions, during the Olympics, and now people are looking to put their money into the beaten-down sectors, like tech.

The tech rally looked good (this morning), but after an hour they went to far too fast, ... You're getting six-month performance in about an hour. Everyone wants to be on the leading edge of what's happening, so you get these huge swings.

The tech news exacerbates an already negative feeling,

The tech market was a speculators' market back then. It was a difficult environment to invest in. Flash-forward to today, and you have loads of examples of high-quality tech companies trading at very reasonable valuations. ... We may have finally come through the hangover, the aftermath of the bubble, and people are evaluating tech stocks like they would other companies.

The tech job market was flat on its back throughout most of the decade. It's now back on its feet. I expect it to break into a jog this year.

The tech IPO market is struggling a little bit. Investors are hesitant to invest in a lot of things that they are seeing since the market now is very fundamentally focused, ... The IPO window is pretty shut for all but the most well managed companies with great prospects.

The tech industry used to be home to a disproportionate number of misfits and weirdos. Geeks. Nerds. People who needed to know how machines worked: needed to take them apart, make them better, and put them back together again.

The tech industry is creating its own shakeout,

The tech companies in the East Bay perhaps had products that were more useful to general types of businesses than really cutting-edge Internet products. Companies may want to buy products they can use in their business operations than a technology that lets you smell things over the Internet.

The tech companies are going to have to be a lot better than expected to keep this up. I say sell this tech rally.

The tech and tech media world are meritocracies. To fall back to race as the reason why people don't break out in our wonderful oasis of openness is to do a massive injustice to what we've fought so hard to create.

The suggestion that all of these powerful and capable tools, especially authoring tools, and the support of the world's leading tech company, has been a negative for HD DVD, is simply absurd.

I've already begun to put pilot programs in place that give CUNY grads opportunities to get good tech jobs. We should expand on that so that New Yorkers are getting those jobs, because those jobs are probably one of the biggest 21st Century pathways into the middle class.

I've always believed that government tends to screw up whatever it touches, but Obama in particular seemed different. He understood tech issues that left the other candidates bewildered. Part of it may be his age. But whatever the reason, I had real hope that he could help lead us into a new century of technology leadership and growth.

Texas Tech made us feel welcomed. We are forever indebted to them.

Texas Tech is a very talented team. We will have to play extremely well to win, but I don't think intimidation will be a factor. It is an honor and a challenge at the same time to play a team like Tech.

Texas Tech had a very disappointing season, and Erin didn't have a lot of people around her. I think people looked at that team as underachieving and maybe labeled Erin the same way. But she had a tremendous pre-draft camp. When you put her with better players, she's able to rise to the occasion. I expect that she is really going to compete for that backup spot.

Texas Instruments' conference call left people pretty cold. That broke the momentum of that group and has spilled over into other tech stocks.

Tech has been the biggest factor behind the latest bull run, so the fact that stocks are down seems fairly reasonable. I hesitate to sit back and say this a great buying opportunity.

Tech has been so weak for so long that no one wanted to touch it. But people are looking at it again. Although the tech picture looked bleak for the last three years, people are seeing that there are going to be survivors, the leaders in the sectors.

Tech has been hit hard this year, with the semiconductors down nearly 40 percent, so we've been seeing this rise recently. What's in question is whether this is just a much-deserved bounce after the weak performance, or if this is something more. It's not clear yet.

Tech earnings are improving, and the reality is that stock prices always move ahead of fundamentals. That's what they do. They are predictive instruments,

Tech Data's IT expertise will enable our company to be a strong player in the IP surveillance market. Tech Data's move into security is in line with the ongoing convergence of the IT and security markets and will complement Axis' strength in traditional IT channels.

Tech cuts have been trending downward year after year as firms continue to regain their strength after the devastating dot-com collapse in 2000 and 2001.

Tech companies work at the speed of sound, and they want to see construction,

Tech companies in general are going to have a multiplier effect versus the GDP. So as long as the GDP stays relatively strong, tech earnings should be a multiplier of that. If we see the GDP slow down markedly, then we could have a real problem in technology. But we don't see that yet.

Tech companies have a finite lifespan: For the successful ones, an IPO or exit is never more than a few years off. But by recruiting locally and developing homegrown talent, companies can build something that remains after they're gone. People, skills and a culture of innovation persist.

Tech companies are still facing a tough time with drops in product prices.

Tech companies are not saying that things are recovering quickly. They are saying that things are recovering gradually. But tech stocks are not priced for slow improvement.

Tech companies are frustrated with equity analysts and their inability to get beyond the quarterly cycles. Many companies feel their growth strategies are not being actively rewarded.

Tech colleges have a source of revenue that no other public entity in the state does - a tax that they can levy without any accountability to the electorate.

Tech blitzes so much, the only way you can get them to back down is start to gash them,

Tech and telecom are undergoing a substantial re-evaluation in the marketplace.

Teams are remembered by their last game. Our last game, we lost to Florida State, so we have to get that bad taste out of our mouths and go out there and do our job. We can be one of the greatest teams in Virginia Tech history and go out there and win 11 games. That's a big statement, so there's a lot on the line and we all know that.

Tech really did hang in there with us for a while. They gave us all we could handle.

Tech predictions can go up as well as down

Tech plays good defense. They're one of the better three-point shooting defenses in the league. It wasn't a news flash that they could cover, but we felt like we were getting some good shots inside and out.

Telecoms and tech stocks (also) still get hit by France Telecom's sales warning.

Tech will have the worst performance of any S&P sector in 2001 with operating earnings per share plunging 73 percent. But next year (2002) we believe tech earnings will snap back strongly.

Tech valuations have fallen by about one-third since early-September. Although technology stocks are not at bargain basement prices, semis, communication equipment, and hardware are trading at the lower end of their five-year ranges. These sectors are also looking attractive relative to the S&P 500. Wireless, storage, and software remain expensive.

Techs were hot and everything else was not on confusion about the future of interest rates. When the interest-rate picture is cloudy, the focus turns to earnings. And earnings in the tech sector have been good.

Techs took the brunt of the selling yesterday, so that may be why they're performing a little better today, ... There is also a sort of sincere belief that next year, and even in the next six months, tech and telecom will perform better, so that may be reflected in the buying, as well.

Tech stocks were oversold on a short-term basis and on Monday everybody had to get out of them because of Microsoft, and then Tuesday everybody thought that if Microsoft is broken up maybe it's not the end of the world, and maybe there's an upside to it.

Tech stocks have performed quite well considering third quarter earnings weren't anything to write home about. We need to see some more positive data points for these stocks to go to the next level.

Tech stocks have done better recently, so it could be some profit taking.

Tech stocks brought us up from our Oct. 8 lows and have continued to lead the market higher. When they go down it's going to drag the rest of the market with it.

Tech stocks are under great selling pressure. A quarter end is coming up and fund managers are probably trimming their positions in the technology sector simply because they don't want to show big tech weights at the end of their reporting period.

Tech stocks are probably a little pricey. But they're not stupid pricey.