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RBC Capital Markets believes Google's new online payment system, called GBuy, could be the next big thing. The financial services provider, based in Canada, is maintaining its "outperform" rating on Google due to the perceived potential of GBuy.

Symantec, the security software corporation, beat Wall Street analysts' quarterly profit and revenue predictions with its Tuesday posting. This had the effect of sending the company's stock shares up by 3 percent.

Executives from the Googleplex whispered sweetly into the ears of industry analysts and convinced them growth opportunities do indeed exist for the search advertising company.

After a year-plus of nearly continuous share price increases matched by equally lofty financial reports, a couple of stock market analysts think it's time to sell Google investments.

Google's standard rule of not telling anybody anything until its too late has caused worldwide speculation as to what on Earth they plan to do with all that new money. A recent New York invitation-only meeting with Eric Schmidt and Sergey Brin did little to change that silent trend.

What new product gets more press attention than a new Porsche? What can generate more buzz than bear at a beehive? It's a bird, it's a plane . . . it's super fruit! Apple Computer can and does get that kind of attention, and it does so regularly. Hyperbole begins well in advance of each semiannual MacWorld, and begins with the Mac publications and rumor sites. Every Mac devotee imagines a revolutionary new product which answers their every fantasy, whether it be super fast or super cool.