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The company's third-quarter earnings are boosted into positive territory after receiving $105 million in patent trial award.

Dell’s third quarter was a mixed bag. Revenue was down amid weak demand, but earnings were better than expected.

The outlook was “challenging” as expected. The company reported third quarter earnings of $727 million, or 37 cents a share, on revenue of $15.16 billion.

The good news: Earnings handily topped estimates of 31 cents a share.

Cisco Systems reported fiscal first quarter earnings of $2.2 billion, or 37 cents a share, on revenue of $10.3 billion.

Excluding charges and other items, Cisco reported earnings of $2.5 billion, or 42 cents a share. Both sets of Cisco earnings (statement) included a tax gain of 3 cents a share.

Symantec sees tough sledding ahead as the company cut its fiscal third quarter outlook. “Like many other companies we saw a pause in IT spending the last week of the quarter,” said CEO John Thompson on a conference call.

Comcast continues to add broadband Internet subscribers as telecom giants like AT&T and Verizon trail. Comcast’s third quarter earnings Wednesday tell the tale of a company weathering the downturn pretty well–but not well enough to excite Wall Street.

AT&T’s iPhone 3G pact with Apple doesn’t come cheap. It cost AT&T its quarterly targets and took a chunk of cash flow even though company officials declare the iPhone-induced earnings hit “success-based costs.” The company on Wednesday reported adjusted third quarter earnings of 67 cents a share, four cents below Wall Street estimates.

Same story - different company, different day. This time it’s Amazon on the hot seat. The company reported third quarter earnings of $118 million, or 27 cents per share, on $4.26 billion in revenue.

(statement) Profits were up 48 percent from the same quarter a year ago and revenue rose 31 percent.

Yahoo’s third quarter earnings weren’t the complete train wreck that was expected as the company met Wall Street estimates and announced a long-awaited layoff.

The company plans to lay off 10 percent of its workforce in the fourth quarter.

Google will report its third quarter earnings after the bell Thursday and all eyes will be on the search giant to see if it can weather an economic storm.

Google has been facing these questions repeatedly in recent quarters–so much that the company put its economist on its last conference call with Wall Street.

Google is set to report third-quarter earnings after the market closes Thursday, and investors aren't exactly placing bets on a big blowout.

Despite a huge jump in September Internet searches related to the election and the widening credit crisis, the boost in traffic may not necessarily mean it's all good for Google.