Tech stocks look for direction in early trading

Technology stocks put in a mixed early trading performance Wednesday. Gains came from Dell Inc. (DELL:19.98, +0.15, +0.8%) , Oracle Corp. (ORCL:19.63, +0.12, +0.6%) and Google Inc. (GOOG:444.29, +4.45, +1.0%) , while decliners included Apple Inc. (AAPL:126.20, -1.15, -0.9%) , Hewlett-Packard Co. (HPQ:47.54, -0.38, -0.8%) and IBM Corp. (IBM:116.41, -0.08, -0.1%) . Take-Two Interactive Software Inc. (TTWO: 25.00, +0.35, +1.4%) shares rose 31 cents to $24.99 after the video game publisher on Tuesday raised its quarterly outlook due to strong advance orders of "Grand Theft Auto IV." The tech-heavy Nasdaq Composite rose 7 points to 2,262.