Tech Wreck Getting Bloodier as Year Winds Down

Where's the holiday cheer? Where's the festivity?

Last night's warnings from Gateway(GTW Quote) and Altera(ALTR Quote) -- adding to the generally lousy tone of the market -- have sent the major indices south today.

Is this a one-day event, or can we expect this kind of market through the end of the year? Many of the stock market's brightest lights have predicted -- hopefully, it seems -- that every dip in the past few months represented a market bottom. ...