Tech Winners and Losers: What Losers?

Updated from 3:54 p.m. ET

Widely held tech stocks generally stayed in positive territory Tuesday, with Google(GOOG Quote) among the day's biggest winners.

Google shares were rising $15.65, 4.9%, to $335.34 amid reports that HTC planned to launch three phones using the Internet company's Android operating system. Search rival Yahoo!(YHOO Quote), meanwhile, was up 5.8% to $13.99. Microsoft also rose, tacking on 4% to $16.90.

In the computer hardware space, Cisco(CSCO Quote) shares were rising 4.5% to $16.14 after Goldman Sachs added the stock to its conviction buy list. Hewlett-Packard(HPQ Quote) was up 2.5% to $29.75. IBM(IBM Quote) was up 1.9% to $92.91, Dell(DELL Quote) was up 4.9% to $9.34, and Apple(APPL Quote) was up 4.4% to $99.66.

Chip stocks reversed course Tuesday, with Advanced Micro Devices(AMD Quote) leading the pack in percentage gains with an 11.3% increase to $2.76. National Semiconductor(NSM Quote) was up 8% to $10.15. Texas Instruments (TXN Quote) rose 4.7% to $16.45. SanDisk(SNDK Quote) rose 4.3% to $10.26. Intel(INTC Quote) rose 3.4% to $14.90.

Among the major telco gear makers, Nokia(NOK Quote) rose 1.2% to $11.48. Palm(PALM Quote) rose 5.3% to $8.14. Research In Motion(RIMM Quote) rose 6.4% to $41.660. Motorola(MOT Quote) rose 6.6% to $3.89.